Recent Devotions
The timing of our words, it really is all in motive… “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver” (Proverbs 25:11, KJV). “The right word at the right time is like a custom-made piece of jewelry, And a wise friend’s timely reprimand is like a gold ring slipped on your finger” (The Message). Through my own shortcomings I am learning that our words need to not only be kind and true but also need to be the right word at the right time. Sometimes we can choke out the tender plant if we try…
I appreciated our pastor’s recent message. Do we have faith to believe that God has heard our prayers to give our leaders wisdom? Do we still believe it whether we agree or disagree with their decisions? I don’t know if what’s been propagated is true or false in the news.…
Joshua 1:9 “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” I remember when I was a young person in the youth group, we had a gathering at a friends…
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“Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:13-14 One of the main causes of traffic accidents is distracted driving, especially by people using cell phones to text or talk. Several years ago, while traveling on a major highway, we kept passing and then being passed by a car, driven by a man with a newspaper spread out on his steering…
“Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.” Matthew 5:7 Jesus manifested mercy to the thief on the cross. He showed mercy to the woman who was brought to Him accused of adultery. The daily Bible reading this last week or so has been about David. Yesterday I read the story of him and his men being in a cave when King Saul came in. David had been fleeing for his life for some time, and it seemed to his men that this chance had come for him to kill King Saul and end the pursuit. But David refused…
“Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures” (Luke 24:45, English Standard Version). My morning reading of the Bible has been somewhat different this week. I have read the same chapter every day. It’s fairly short, only twenty-nine verses, but I haven’t made it to the end of the chapter yet. Perhaps I will get there in a few more days. Why has it taken me so long to read a few verses? It is so rich with so much to absorb, and it’s easier to do it in small bites. We each probably have our own way of…
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9 I was reading this second chapter of Ephesians in my devotionals this morning and it spoke to my heart in a new way. The New Living Translation reads: “God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.” I…
