The Christian spiritual race is an uphill climb, full of snares and rough places. A smart runner selects shoes that will carry him through every type terrain. Our spiritual armor includes shoes, and we are instructed to “shod our feet… Read More ›
INSPIRATIONAL DEVOTIONS
Get Some Sleep
“Behold, He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.” – Psalm 121:4 I heard about a man who was in a crisis and couldn’t sleep. He thought about this verse of Scripture, “He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor… Read More ›
Frequency, Fervency, or Flippancy?
“Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.” Proverbs 16:18 “Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.” – 1 Corinthians 10:12 I think the reason we don’t pray with frequency and fervency today… Read More ›
Pray When You Don’t Feel Like It
“And ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all your heart.” – Jeremiah 29:13 Many times we pray trying to impress someone in our group, but the early Christians weren’t trying to impress… Read More ›
The Fellowship of Prayer
“If any two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it will be done for them of My Father which is in Heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in My name,… Read More ›
Life Is a Mystery to be Lived
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” –… Read More ›
How Do You Handle A Crisis?
“And he [Herod] killed James the brother of John with the sword. And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also.” – Acts 12:2-3 “And we know that all things work together for good to… Read More ›
What Did You Pray For This Morning?
“Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. And he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword. And…he proceeded further to take Peter also…. And…he put him in prison….Peter… Read More ›
Prayer Wrestling
“Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, for the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me.” – Romans 15:30 One of the things I’m trying to… Read More ›
God Has a Plan for Your Life
“…let us run with patience the race that is set before us.” – Hebrews 12:1 God has a plan for my life, and God has a plan for your life. Do you know God’s plan for your life? I don’t care… Read More ›
Good and Best
“… let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.” – Hebrews 12:1 There’s a certain discipline that belongs to the… Read More ›
Submission Is Love
In this day and time, the word submission is often held in a negative light. It is confused with control and servility, a slavish submission to others ruling over us. But, when viewed with a spiritual perspective, submission is an… Read More ›
My Eyes Were On You
“Looking unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” – Hebrews 12:2… Read More ›
Distorted!
“This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.” – Galatians 5:16 When God made you, He gave you certain impulses—like the impulse of hunger and thirst, the need for rest, the… Read More ›
Love Not the World
“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” – 1 John 2:15 It stands to reason: if you love health, you’re going… Read More ›
You’re Too Late!
“When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, He said, ‘It is finished,’ and He bowed His head and gave up the ghost.” – John 19:30 Evangelist Billy Sunday preached in tent meetings. It is told that one time after a meeting… Read More ›
Rubbed the “Right” Way
“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned… Read More ›
It’s Your Fault!
“The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” – 2 Peter 3:9 Suppose you were deathly sick… Read More ›
Suddenly, God Moved
There are many stories in the Bible where patience, endurance, and perseverance were necessary to obtain the promises of God. These are wonderful traits and all of them are helpful in our Christian walk. The life of Joseph and Abraham… Read More ›
My Burden is Light
“Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest … for My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.” – Matthew 11:28, 30 I’ve heard it said so many times that it’s… Read More ›
It’s You I Love
“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 love of… Read More ›
The Words Of My Mouth
Our words indicate what is in our heart. Love stimulates words of encouragement and good will, but unrighteous anger and hatred drive us to spew remarks that cut to the very bone. The tongue, though a small muscle, is mighty… Read More ›
An Open Bible
“Preach the Word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.” – 2 Timothy 4:2 Something that really bothers me is to go to church and hear somebody stand up and preach… Read More ›
What is Reality?
“While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.” – 2 Corinthians 4:18 A man… Read More ›
Financial Freedom
“The Lord shall open unto thee His good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in His season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt… Read More ›
You Can Control Your Speech
“If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.” – James 1:26 We must watch what we say, because one word builds upon another, and it… Read More ›
Be Happy
“A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance…” – Proverbs 15:13 There are three things animals don’t do that humans do: Animals don’t blush. Mark Twain once wryly observed, “Man’s the only animal who can blush—or needs to.” Animals don’t cry…. Read More ›
Train Your Children
“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.” – Genesis 2:24 A boy responded disrespectfully to his mother, and his dad responded this way: “Son, when you… Read More ›
It’s You I Love
“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 love of… Read More ›
Valley of Detours
Have you ever read the wonderful book by Hannah Hurnard, Hinds Feet In High Places? If not, I highly recommend that you do. The main character, Much Afraid, decides to trust the Good Shepherd and travel to His kingdom, which… Read More ›