September 4 “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” – Genesis 1:1 An eloquent preacher said, “God stepped from behind the curtain of nowhere and stood upon the platform of nothing and spoke a world into existence.”… Read More ›
INSPIRATIONAL DEVOTIONS
All Things Are Under His Feet
September 3 “For He hath put all things under His feet. But when He saith all things are put under Him, it is manifest that He is excepted, which did put all things under Him.” – 1 Corinthians 15:27 God… Read More ›
Ready to Face Trials and Temptations
September 2 “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a… Read More ›
The Trial of Your Faith
SEPTEMBER 1 “That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.” – 1… Read More ›
“After His Kind,” Not Another Kind
August 31 “Let them praise the name of the Lord: for He commanded, and they were created.” – Psalm 148:5 In Genesis 1:11-12 we read, “And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit… Read More ›
Fidelity, a Multi-Facetted Trait of Character
August 29 “Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.” – Hebrews 13:4 I’m continually amazed at the apathetic responses to surveys where people are asked, “Does it make any difference to… Read More ›
God Is Your Best Purity
August 28 “. . . it is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.” – 1 Corinthians 7:1-2 Premarital… Read More ›
Take It to the Lord in Prayer
August 27 “Thou shalt make thy prayer unto Him, and He shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.” – Job 22:27 Have you ever disagreed with someone and felt you were in the right? I have. What started… Read More ›
Take It to the Lord in Prayer
August 27 “Thou shalt make thy prayer unto Him, and He shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.” – Job 22:27 Have you ever disagreed with someone and felt you were in the right? I have. What started… Read More ›
More Than We Can Ask or Think
August 26 “Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.” – Ephesians 3:20 To be found in Jesus, Paul says, is worth more… Read More ›
More Than We Can Ask or Think
August 26 “Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.” – Ephesians 3:20 To be found in Jesus, Paul says, is worth more… Read More ›
To Be Found in Christ
August 25 “But of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.” – 1 Corinthians 1:30 Paul thought it was the greatest of blessings to be found “in Him”… Read More ›
To Be Found in Christ
August 25 “But of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.” – 1 Corinthians 1:30 Paul thought it was the greatest of blessings to be found “in Him”… Read More ›
That I May Know Him
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 ›
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 ›