Devotionals

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” As Christ-followers, our goal is to daily follow the will of God. Yet sometimes our perspective makes discipleship harder than it…

John 13:34 “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.” When you woke up this morning, you faced an old enemy. That enemy was not an invading army or a…

Matthew 5:16 “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.” Much has been written about the extraordinary virtues and values of the American spirit. How is it that our nation came to express…

John 12:3 “Then Mary took a pound of very costly oil of spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.” Once contained in a bottle, now covering the feet…

Psalm 29:2 “Give unto the LORD the glory due to His name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.” Worship often evokes images of stained-glass windows or dimly lit cathedrals, accented by candlelight, but true worship is not dependent on a setting or atmosphere….

1 Corinthians 5:9-10 “I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep company with sexually immoral people. Yet I certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need…

Psalm 17:15 “As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness.” Have you ever turned toward an extremely bright light? Or perhaps you’ve glanced at the sun, and your eyes were bathed in its…

2 Corinthians 3:18 “But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.” As God faithfully presides over the changing…

Mark 10:17 “Now as He was going out on the road, one came running, knelt before Him, and asked Him, ‘Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?’” When the rich young ruler approached Jesus, what did Jesus see in him?…

Luke 24:6 “…He is not here, but is risen!” While the battle of Waterloo raged, all of England waited breathlessly for news. At last, a message came across the channel before a sudden blanket of fog obscured the telegraph signals—Wellington Defeated. News of the disaster…