Daily Devotions

Phi. 4:4  Rejoice in the Lord always.  Again I will say, rejoice! When I was in high school, I was supposed to attend my first big concert.  It was my favorite band in the whole world, and they would be appearing about an hour or so from my house.  I got together some classmates who…

Gal. 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. Jesus was going to be his quick fix or so he thought.  Prior to salvation, the man had led a life which was governed by his addictions to women…

Col. 3:12-13 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. They called him the gentle giant, a trite but fitting nickname. …

Eph. 4:11-16 And [the Lord] Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the…

2 Cor. 12:9-10 And [the Lord] said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.”  Therefore, most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.  Therefore, I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in…

Eph. 6:14-15 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace… The palace had been still just a moment earlier.  Then, in the blink of an eye, a battle ensued.  First came the sounds of artillery…

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…