Recent Devotions
2 Peter 3:9 “The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent.” I struggle with having patience, and waiting to see the full picture revealed. My husband doesn’t understand that when I’m reading a book, I sometimes skip to the last chapter to make sure everything turns out okay. I then resume reading with peace of mind knowing that every conflict is resolved. This verse tells us very plainly that the Lord isn’t up in…
Proverbs 8:29 “I was there when he set the limits of the seas, so they would not spread beyond their boundaries. And when he marked off the earth’s foundations,” Humans struggle with being told what to do. Everyone wants to be the Captain, to be in charge, to take orders…
Psalms 46:10 “Be still, and know that I am God! I will be honored by every nation. I will be honored throughout the world” I’m a control freak. I know where everything goes, where everything is (for the most part), who eats what and when, what shoes my oldest likes…
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“This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.” Daniel 4:17 Over the last few weeks we have been in the middle of an election campaign. Those seeking office have been making promises about a lot of things. With so much going on in our country, it is hard to know who to believe and who…
“And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:” Exodus 13:17. When God sent Moses to deliver the people of Israel from Egypt, He was planning on them returning to the land He had given to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. We know from reading the story of Jacob taking his family down to Egypt in the time of famine, that this was…
“Whoever does not have the Spirit cannot receive the gifts that come from God’s Spirit. Such a person really does not understand them, and they seem to be nonsense, because their value can be judged only on a spiritual basis. Whoever has the Spirit, however, is able to judge the value of everything, but no one is able to judge him.” (I Corinthians 2:14-15 in the Good News Translation of the Holy Bible) I recently read this quote by an anonymous writer, “When you don’t witness, you just did.” It made me think about how my life is a witness…
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” II Corinthians 5:17 In the margin of my Bible, the phrase “he is a new creature” is interpreted as “let him be a new creature.” How great it would be if when we repent of our sins, take on the name of Jesus in baptism and receive the Holy Spirit in our lives, that suddenly we would become perfect. However, we still have our flesh to contend with and must daily submit to the Spirit in order…
