Daily Devotions

Eph. 6:17-20 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints— and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that…

Jn. 15:13 Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. The moment she stepped off the plane and entered the airport, she could tell this was a much different place.  She had expected to learn a lot on this first mission trip, but she did not think…

Rom. 14:19 Therefore, let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another. I count it as nothing but God’s timely blessing that I came to salvation during a period when a community of believers of my age and life situation had been established for someone just…

Mt. 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled. The saddest thing about one being lost is not having any idea exactly how lost one is.  The dark cavern of sin which used to be my home is not a finite area or a defined space.  I see…

1 Jn. 3:18-19 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.  And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him. He thought he knew how to live as an honest person.  Ever since he was small…

1 Jn. 2:6 He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked. If my high school years can be summed up in one expression, I would have to say that I spent that time putting on a show.  Whether it was for my parents, my peers, or my…

Mt. 5:14-16 You are the light of the world.  A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.  Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.  Let your light so shine before men, that…

2 Pet. 1:2-4 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us…

Heb. 5:12-14 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food.  For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is…

Eph. 4:31-32 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.  And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. Early in my walk with Christ, I worked with a woman who had been raised in a house of…