1 Timothy 6: 17 Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy. Will you let me just gloat and praise God today? I had a marvelous day yesterday. […]
Isaiah 17: 10 – 11 NIV You have forgotten God your Savior; you have not remembered the Rock, your fortress. Therefore, though you set out the finest plants . . . yet the harvest will be as nothing. This is a very good commentary on how to run our […]
James 3: 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy. Learning to hear and recognize the voice of God is a skill and like all skills, it can be learned. One of the questions I am asked most frequently is, “How […]
Mathew 16: 23 But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but man’s.” This is an interesting passage. Jesus had just blessed Peter because Peter, in listening to the voice of God within him, received […]
Ephesians 6: 14 -15 Stand firm therefore, having . . . shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace. I wrote a devotional recently titled “Gospel Boots.” In that devotional I wrote about spiritual warfare and how you are well able to overcome all the schemes of the enemy. I used the […]
Luke 15: 25 He was lost and has been found. At spin class today our instructor played a song in which the lyric said, “I didn’t know I was lost.” I wondered how much that describes our Christian salvation. Did we realize how lost we were before Jesus found us? I think that even as […]
Titus 3: 9 But shun foolish controversies and genealogies and strife and disputes about the Law; for they are unprofitable and worthless. Don’t you love how Paul minces words? This letter is to Titus who is one of the pastors trained by Paul for the work of the Gospel. Paul tells him plainly not to […]
