July 22, 2020
By Name
The LORD said to Moses, “. . . I am pleased with you and I know you by name.” (Exodus 33:17) In his novel, To the Last Man, Jeff Shaara paints a particular scene something...
July 15, 2020
Christ Brought a Sword?
“Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.” (Matthew 10:34) Seven hundred years before Jesus was born, the...
May 13, 2020
Pray Boldly
Therefore, confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. James 5:16 The following mindset has been...
April 14, 2020
Giving Thanks
Philippians 4:6-7 — Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard...
April 02, 2020
Call Upon Our Lord — A Devotion
“Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.” Psalm 50:15 Just a few weeks ago we were all doing our everyday routines that we have down...
March 03, 2020
God Repairs What We Destroy
“And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” (Genesis 3:15) “You ruined it!” Even if you...
February 12, 2020
Serve the Lord
Now fear the LORD and serve him with all faithfulness. But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve. But as for me and my...
January 29, 2020
Miraculous Courage
When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he withdrew to Galilee. (Matthew 4:12) Drama draws us in. Tension gets our attention. In an iPad, Netflix, Hulu world, we want life and death,...
January 22, 2020
A Better Plan
Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. But John tried to deter him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” Matthew 3:13,14...
January 08, 2020
Promised by God
When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what...