“For the Word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword…” – Hebrews 4:12 The Word of God is all-powerful. Satan fears the Word of God. He knows its overcoming power. We must learn to use… Read More ›
Devotions
Walking Through the Valley of the Shadow
“For thou hast delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.” – Psalm 116:8 A minister spends a lot of time visiting hospitals and going to funerals. I’ve been with those who are dying… Read More ›
The Only Way to Live
“Now the just shall live by faith.” – Hebrews 10:38 This great statement, so abundantly true, actually was first stated in the book of Habakkuk. The writer of Hebrews is quoting the prophet Habakkuk. Habakkuk was perplexed. He lived in a… Read More ›
The Lord Will Sustain You
“Man that is born of woman is full of trouble as the sparks that fly upward.” Job 5:7 It starts almost the day we’re born. We’re born crying, and from there it just goes on and on. We have burdens…. Read More ›
Half-hearted Christianity
“But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find Him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.” – Deuteronomy 4:29 The scourge of the twenty-first century is half‑hearted Christianity. Half-hearted… Read More ›
The Master’s Feet
“Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you.” – 1 Peter 5:7 I read about a man whose dog was swimming. The man called the dog to go home. The dog was having such a great time,… Read More ›
Abraham Saw My Day
“Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day: and he saw it, and was glad.” – John 8:56 It is one of the most dramatic scenes in the Old Testament: Isaac, the promised son, was stretched out on an altar…. Read More ›
Cursed
“And unto Adam He said, cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.” – Genesis 3:17 When God created mankind, God put him in a garden. And in… Read More ›
Dining on a Different Kind of Bread
“Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear the people of the land, for they are bread for us.” – Numbers 14:9 When the Israelites were headed into the Promised Land, there were some demon-possessed giants called Anakim. And… Read More ›
Be Not Afraid
“But He saith unto them, ‘It is I; be not afraid.’” – John 6:20 Did you know, some 365 times in the Bible, one time for every day in the year, God has told us not to be afraid? Three… Read More ›
Growing by His Plan
“…see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep.For He commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof…Then they cry unto the Lordin their trouble, and He bringeth them out of their distresses…. Read More ›
Glowing in the Dark
“So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship; and they were afraid.” – John 6:19 In the Bible there are correcting storms and… Read More ›
Governed by His Providence
“…His disciples went down unto the sea,and entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them. And the sea arose by reason of a great wind… Read More ›
Guarded by His Power—Jesus Sees You
“And when evening was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and He alone on the land. And He saw them toiling in rowing … and … He cometh unto them, walking upon the sea …”… Read More ›
Running from God
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from Thy presence and take not thy Holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation.” – Psalm… Read More ›
The Fruit of the Spirit
“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.” – John 15:4 Galatians 5 says, “But the fruit of… Read More ›
The Refiner
“And He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.” – Malachi 3:3… Read More ›
Getting Rid of the Darkness
“Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the Light of the world: he that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” – John 8:12 If you wanted to get rid of… Read More ›
What Should It Profit a Man?
“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” – Mark 8:36 Some years ago I went to visit the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii. Centuries ago when… Read More ›
Faithful in the Small Things
“He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.” – Luke 16:10 Have you ever thought that the vast ocean is really… Read More ›
You’re on Jesus’ Prayer List
“Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them.” – Hebrews 7:25 You want a blessed thought? You’re on Jesus’ prayer list. There’s… Read More ›
You’re on Jesus’ Prayer List
“Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them.” – Hebrews 7:25 You want a blessed thought? You’re on Jesus’ prayer list. There’s… Read More ›
Merciful God
“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 Did you know Methuselah lived… Read More ›
Merciful God
“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 Did you know Methuselah lived… Read More ›
You Can’t Spoil a Baby
“But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way….” Acts 9:27 I’ve heard that in the first year of his life, it is virtually impossible to… Read More ›
You Can’t Spoil a Baby
“But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way….” Acts 9:27 I’ve heard that in the first year of his life, it is virtually impossible to… Read More ›
Down in the Valley
“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me …” – Psalm 23:4 Until the fourth verse in this psalm, David has been talking about the Lord…. Read More ›
Between Two Mountains
“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil…“ – Psalm 23:4 “… I lift up mine eyesunto the hills, from whence cometh my help.” – Psalm 121:1 In Psalm 23, David… Read More ›
Window Shopping Through the Bible
BIBLE MEDITATION: “Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.” Psalm 119:105 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Most of us just kind of go window-shopping through the Bible. “Oh, isn’t that a precious promise?” “Hmm, what a… Read More ›
One of Our Greatest Fears
BIBLE MEDITATION “…for He has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.” – Hebrews 13:5 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: This is one of the most encouraging verses in all the Bible. Greek scholars tell us this sentence, “I will never… Read More ›