Daily Devotions

Jn. 18:25-27 Meanwhile, Simon Peter was still standing there warming himself. So they asked him, “You aren’t one of his disciples too, are you?” He denied it, saying, “I am not.”  One of the high priest’s servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, challenged him, “Didn’t I see you with…

Jon. 1:1-3 The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.” But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for…

1 Cor. 16:13-14 Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. Do everything in love. It was quite a wild frontier even when there was peace between the soldiers and the natives.  This was not a surprise considering that there was much tension between the two over the right to…

Eph. 6:14-15 So stand firm and hold your ground, having tightened the wide band of truth (personal integrity, moral courage) around your waist and having put on the breastplate of righteousness (an upright heart), and having strapped on your feet the gospel of peace in preparation [to face the enemy with firm-footed stability and the readiness…

Jn. 16:33 I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. No one would have thought that such a quiet young man would grow into an evangelist of that magnitude.  Before Christ, he was timid…

Phil. 1:27-28 Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in the one Spirit, striving together as one for the faith of the gospel without being frightened in…

Acts 4:13 When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus. We were at bible study discussing how everyone’s week had gone, and the most surprising story came from one of the youngest…

2 Sam. 10:9-12 When Joab saw that the battle was set against him both in front and in the rear, he chose some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Syrians. The rest of his men he put in the charge of Abishai his brother, and he arrayed them against the…

2 Chr. 15:5-7 In those times there was no peace to him who went out or to him who came in, for great disturbances afflicted all the inhabitants of the lands. They were broken in pieces. Nation was crushed by nation and city by city, for God troubled them with every sort of distress. But…

There are many ways by which the world defines courage, and then there is God’s definition.  We know that we are not to be of those who shrink back [Heb. 10:39].  We also know that we are to exhibit power under control and be slow to anger [Jam. 1:19].  Some might find it difficult to…