August 24 “That I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death.” – Philippians 3:10 One day I was making a call on a businessman with a… Read More ›
INSPIRATIONAL DEVOTIONS
Pray Away Your Confusion
This devotion is found in my book FACING STORMS: DEVOTIONS FOR THOUGHT AND MEDITATION. Available on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Facing-Storms-Devotions-Thought-Meditation/dp/1502487551/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1430870978&sr=8-2&keywords=cheryl+zelenka “Storms can bring fear, cloud judgment, and create confusion. Yet God promises that as you seek Him through prayer, He will give… Read More ›
Patience when life overwhelms – Victory in Jesus
We all have plans in our lives – plans can often be real, exciting and exhilarating. They can also be filled with dread and foreboding but plans are just that, plans – so many of us make plans only to… Read More ›
Peace, Be Still
August 22 “Keep me as the apple of the eye…hide me under the shadow of Thy wings.” – Psalm 17:8 Charles Wesley was walking through the woods on a stormy day when a lightening storm broke out and the rain… Read More ›
Peace, Be Still
August 22 “Keep me as the apple of the eye…hide me under the shadow of Thy wings.” – Psalm 17:8 Charles Wesley was walking through the woods on a stormy day when a lightening storm broke out and the rain… Read More ›
When These Things Begin to Come to Pass
August 21 “Therefore I will give thanks unto Thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto Thy name.” – 2 Samuel 22:50 If we get into an auto accident and come out alive, we typically thank God… Read More ›
When These Things Begin to Come to Pass
August 21 “Therefore I will give thanks unto Thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto Thy name.” – 2 Samuel 22:50 If we get into an auto accident and come out alive, we typically thank God… Read More ›
What Should I Do?
To know God’s will, in any given circumstance, requires patience. Waiting for Him to speak and direct our path entails self-control and faith. But with patience we are made complete to the point of not lacking anything. What a promise!… Read More ›
The Sacrificial Quotient of Giving
August 20 “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself for it.” – Ephesians 5:25 A little boy was looking through the family picture album, and he came to a picture of his mother… Read More ›
The Sacrificial Quotient of Giving
August 20 “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself for it.” – Ephesians 5:25 A little boy was looking through the family picture album, and he came to a picture of his mother… Read More ›
True Freedom in Christ
August 19 “But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.” – Romans 6:22 When Jesus Christ comes into your life, He changes you. Maybe you… Read More ›
True Freedom in Christ
August 19 “But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.” – Romans 6:22 When Jesus Christ comes into your life, He changes you. Maybe you… Read More ›
Exercise Discernment with Entertainment
August 18 “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” – Proverbs 22:6 The most dangerous thing on television in my estimation today is the sitcom. Do… Read More ›
Exercise Discernment with Entertainment
August 18 “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” – Proverbs 22:6 The most dangerous thing on television in my estimation today is the sitcom. Do… Read More ›
Casting Our Burdens at His Feet
August 17 “Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee: He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.” – Psalm 55:22 I read about a man who had a very fine dog who loved the water…. Read More ›
Casting Our Burdens at His Feet
August 17 “Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee: He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.” – Psalm 55:22 I read about a man who had a very fine dog who loved the water…. Read More ›
Faithful in Little and Much
August 15 “He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much.” – Luke 16:10 What would you do if you had a million dollars? Well, let me tell you a good test of what you… Read More ›
Faithful in Little and Much
August 15 “He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much.” – Luke 16:10 What would you do if you had a million dollars? Well, let me tell you a good test of what you… Read More ›
The Law of Life in Christ
August 14 “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.” Romans 8:2 I’ve always found airplane flight amazing. They are so heavy, yet they fly! The… Read More ›
Knowing Jesus
August 13 “For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich.” – 2 Corinthians 8:9 Years ago my wife… Read More ›
Jesus as Lord and Savior
August 12 “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” Romans 10:9 Have you ever thought that salvation was… Read More ›
Making Sense of What We Don’t Understand
August 11 “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts.” – Psalm 139:23 A little boy had a jigsaw puzzle that on one side had a map of the world and on the other… Read More ›
The Voice of Conscience from Within
August 10 “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10 After David had sinned and done the terrible thing that he had done by committing adultery, he said in Psalm 51:3,… Read More ›
God Keeps the Score
August 8 “And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.” – Ephesians 4:32 I read something that deeply touched my heart about a PGA golfer named De Vicenzo…. Read More ›
God Keeps the Score
August 8 “And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.” – Ephesians 4:32 I read something that deeply touched my heart about a PGA golfer named De Vicenzo…. Read More ›
Abiding in the Vine
August 7 “Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in Me. I am the vine, ye are the branches:… Read More ›
Abiding in the Vine
August 7 “Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in Me. I am the vine, ye are the branches:… Read More ›
The Trying of Faith Works Patience
August 6 “My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.”… Read More ›
The Trying of Faith Works Patience
August 6 “My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.”… Read More ›
Peace in the Midst of the Storm
August 5 “And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.” – Colossians 3:15 In Florida where I was raised, we had a lot of hurricanes…. Read More ›