Devotionals

1 Timothy 5:17 “Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and doctrine.” The apostle Paul writes to pastor Timothy, directing him in two key areas of church ministry. First, Timothy is instructed to…

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.” In writing to the Corinthian believers, Paul…

Psalm 130:4 “But there is forgiveness with You, that You may be feared.” Not far from New York City is a cemetery with a grave with just one word on the headstone: FORGIVEN. There is nothing else—no name, no date of birth, no designation as…

1 Corinthians 15:55 “O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?” Before sin entered the world, all was as it should be. Yet when sin came in, no man or woman could outrun or outwit sin’s penalty: death. Scripture tells us…

Matthew 6:24 “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.” It has been said that money talks,…

1 Peter 3:12a “For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous…” What a beautiful truth this verse conveys—our all-seeing Lord cannot take His eyes off you. The word “over” in the Greek language means to attach your vision to another, to set your…

Mark 8:34 “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.” Our lives are living billboards—signs and testimonies of Christ’s presence and a beautiful display of His lordship. Yet for this to happen, there must be…

Psalm 16:11 “You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” Here in David’s prayer, a depth of confident assurance arises that is meant to excite the hearts of God’s people. The…

Galatians 1:15-16 “But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood…” Believe it…

1 Samuel 16:18 “Then one of the servants answered and said, ‘Look, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a handsome person; and the LORD…