Recent Devotions
“Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.” I Timothy 4:12 Children learn from example. According to what Paul wrote in II Timothy 1:5, the faith that Timothy possessed was a result of the life he had seen his mother and grandmother live. As a child growing up in their home, he had watched them live out their faith in the Lord, and so faith arose in his heart. When my younger son was a teenager, he took note of my daily…
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. 1…
I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go into the house of the LORD.” (Psalm 122:1, NKJV) It’s Sunday and many reading this devotion will be heading to church soon. Like the psalmist, do you feel anticipation and joy because you will be worshiping with other believers today?…
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“I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.” Genesis 9:13 As we begin reading the Bible through for another year, it seems no matter how often we have read these familiar stories, something new always seems to stand out to us. As I read the story of Noah, and how God gave him the promise of the rainbow in the sky as His token that he would never again destroy the earth by a flood, I wondered how Noah reacted to this beautiful sight.…
“This letter is from Paul, an apostle. I was not appointed by any group of people or any human authority, but by Jesus Christ himself and by God the Father, who raised Jesus from the dead” (Galatians 1:1, New Living Translation). A friend has an unusual spelling of a common name. Even after knowing her for many years, some still spell her name “the correct way.” In fact, someone once questioned, “Why do you spell your name like that?” She smiled as she informed the curious person it was actually her mother who chose how to spell her name. She…
“I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.” Psalm 55:8 It is cold outside. Snow is falling and the wind is blowing. But here in my apartment there is peace because the presence of the Lord is here. There is food in my cupboard, I have warm clothes to wear, and there is no need to go out in the storm. Our world is in turmoil. There are many things that could bring us fear. There are stories of mass shootings, viruses that are causing sickness and death, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and large forest fires. In some…
“O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.” Psalm 139:1-3 Our minds often wander down strange paths, its seems our thoughts jump from one thing to another, especially when we are trying to get to sleep at night. Or when we are trying to pray and just can’t seem to keep our mind on the Lord. Often, we wonder where these thoughts come from. If our friends or family could read…
