Devotionals

Samuel 24:15 “Therefore let the LORD be judge, and judge between you and me, and see and plead my case, and deliver me out of your hand.” Saul’s murderous ways against David were well known before this meeting of the two, and what a sad…

1 John 4:17 “… as He is, so are we in this world.”No one can dispute that our world is challenging, difficult, and dark. Yet this is precisely the time that God has appointed us to communicate Christ to others by whatever means necessary. God…

Song of Solomon 8:6-7 “Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is as strong as death, jealousy as cruel as the grave; its flames are flames of fire, a most vehement flame. Many waters cannot quench…

Ephesians 6:12 “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” Wrestling is an intense face-to-face, hand-to-hand endeavor with one person exerting…

Psalm 15:1 “LORD, who may abide in Your tabernacle? Who may dwell in Your holy hill?”The psalmist poses two heartfelt questions in this verse: “Who may abide? And “Who may dwell?” These are questions that every believer should ask of God. The words “abide” and…

Matthew 18:21-22 “Then Peter came to Him and said, ‘Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?’ Jesus said to him, ‘I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times…

Psalm 91:1 “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.” To come under a person’s shadow suggests a proximity, an intimate closeness. Here, we read that the Most High, the Almighty, beckons us to…

Genesis 3:1-3 “Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, ‘Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?’ And the woman said to…

Psalm 31:15 “My times are in Your hand….” Silly playground taunts are hard to forget. How about this one, “The last one in is a rotten egg!” Hearing that challenge always prompted us kids to get moving. Spiritually speaking, the lack of movement won’t make…

Proverbs 1:2 “To know wisdom and instruction, to perceive the words of understanding.”The bright prospect of new beginnings is one of the joys of the New Year. On the cusp of this coming year, what hopes, dreams, or concerns will you be bringing into it?…