MARCH 18 “The voice of the Lord isupon the waters: the God of glory thundereth.” – Psalm 29:3 Some people think it’s a waste of time to simply sit at God’s feet and listen. It is not a waste of… Read More ›
INSPIRATIONAL DEVOTIONS
Do You Trust God To Lead?
God has a distinct plan and purpose for each one of us. He knit into every person the gifts, attributes, weaknesses, and strengths necessary to accomplish His perfect will. While He fashioned us into unique individuals, we were given much… Read More ›
What Happens When You Worry
MARCH 17 “Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you.” – 1 Peter 5:7 What happens when you worry? You bring tomorrow’s difficulty into today. God didn’t give you grace for tomorrow’s difficulties. He only gives you… Read More ›
Equal Parts of Difficulty and Grace
MARCH 16 “Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself.” – Matthew 6:34 In the crucible of His wisdom and the ecology of His grace, God has ordered some trouble… Read More ›
Pass Along the Gift of Laughter
MARCH 14 “Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.” – Psalm 32:11 A merry heart is the ability to capture and enjoy those wonderful times of life… Read More ›
Don’t Forget to Wear It!
MARCH 13 “A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance.” – Proverbs 15:13 What is a smile? Someone once wrote: “A smile costs nothing, but creates much good. It enriches those who receive it without impoverishing those who give it away…. Read More ›
86,000 Seconds Each Day
MARCH 12 “My times are in Thy hand.” – Psalm 31:15 God’s great gift to you is Jesus. His second greatest gift is time. Every second we have life is a gift from God. Has it ever occurred to you… Read More ›
Two Funerals, One Wedding
MARCH 11 “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself for it.” – Ephesians 5:25 Do you know what most marriages need? Two funerals and one wedding where both the husband and the wife… Read More ›
“Headship” and Equality Between Men and Women
MARCH 10 “Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.” – Ephesians 5:21 First Corinthians 11:3 says, “The head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ… Read More ›
The Book That Reads You
MARCH 9 “O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out!” – Romans 11:33 We must guard ourselves against lowering the standard of God’s… Read More ›
Yes—He knows Your Name
MARCH 7 “I will praise Thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are Thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.” – Psalm 139:14 Ever feel like the little girl who was endeavoring to pray what we… Read More ›
God Is in the Restoration Business
MARCH 6 “And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten.” – Joel 2:25 Hosea had a wife whose name was Gomer. She not only committed immorality, but she finally ended up as a prostitute on… Read More ›
Where Lies YOUR Confidence?
Much has been said about the importance of cultivating a positive self-image. Many say self-confidence arises from our ability to self-love. Some even claim that it is necessary to love OURSELVES first, before any possibility of giving or accepting love… Read More ›
You Are Born to Win!
MARCH 5 “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.” – 1 Peter 5:8 When you were born again you were born to win! Your new birth in… Read More ›
Secrets Only the Holy Spirit Can Give
MARCH 4 “And when He is come, He will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on Me.” – John 16:8-9 What would you think of someone who gave you… Read More ›
The True Way to Happiness
MARCH 3 “Blessed are they that keep His testimonies, and that seek Him with the whole heart.” – Psalm 119:2 Have you ever thought that if you lived according to God’s laws, you were going to miss out? Truth is,… Read More ›
What Cancer Cannot Do
MARCH 2 “For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the… Read More ›
God’s Providence
FEBRUARY 28 “Wait on the Lord, and keep His way, and He shall exalt thee to inherit the land.” – Psalm 37:34 We talk about providence, but what is providence? Providence means to see ahead of time and to make… Read More ›
Jesus and the Fig Tree
Why did Jesus curse the fig tree? “Now the next day, when they had come out from Bethany, He was hungry. And seeing from afar a fig tree having leaves, He went to see if perhaps He would find something on… Read More ›
Longing For His Return
FEBRUARY 27 “…we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air.” – 1 Thessalonians 4:17 Is your heart longing for Jesus to return? Are you looking… Read More ›
What Is Success?
FEBRUARY 26 “And be not conformed to this world: but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.” – Romans 12:2 You’ve heard it said,… Read More ›
Living by Promises Not Explanations
FEBRUARY 25 “Be not therefore like unto them: for your Father knows what things you have need of, before you ask Him.” – Matthew 6:8 According to an article, Henry Ford asked some engineers to box the transmissions for his… Read More ›
What Is Justification?
FEBRUARY 24 “…and whom He justified, them He also glorified.” – Romans 8:30 What does it mean to be justified? It means to be declared righteous. Justification is not being good, though being good gives God glory. When you put… Read More ›
Jesus: The Lion Of Judah
“If you…come to Christ, He will appear as a Lion, in His glorious power and dominion, to defend you. All those excellencies of His, in which He appears as a lion, shall be yours, and shall be employed for you… Read More ›
To Be “in Christ Jesus”
FEBRUARY 23 “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.” – Romans 8:1 What does it mean to be “in Christ Jesus?” First, think about… Read More ›
Why Is There Suffering in the World?
FEBRUARY 21 “If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.” – John 8:36 “If there is a God, and that God is a good God, then why is there suffering?” “What kind of a God… Read More ›
Dead To Sin, Alive To Christ
February 20 “Reckon also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.” – Romans 6:11 A woman woke up one morning and noticed that she felt like she had just gone to… Read More ›
Be Still and Know that He Is God
February 19 “Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.” – Psalm 46:10 I read in the newspaper about a fighter plane that fired off a… Read More ›
The Value of a Soul
February 18 “You were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold…but with the precious blood of Christ.” – 1 Peter 1:18-19 I was talking to a man who sold real estate and asked him, “What determines the worth… Read More ›
When in Doubt, Let Jesus Be Your Peace
February 17 “O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.” – Matthew 14:31-32 A man was in the back bedroom of his home getting dressed while his wife… Read More ›