“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, … Continue reading If Anyone Does Not Abide
Christian Devotional
My times with the Lord in His Word
He Restores My Soul
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.He makes me lie down in green pastures.He leads me beside still waters.He restores my soul.He leads me in paths of righteousnessfor his name's sake. “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,I will fear no evil,for you are with me;your rod and … Continue reading He Restores My Soul
In Word and In Deed
“Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in … Continue reading In Word and In Deed
Putting the Puzzle Pieces Together
“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will … Continue reading Putting the Puzzle Pieces Together
Will You Lay Down Your Life for Jesus?
Satan had just entered into Jesus’ disciple Judas who then left Jesus and the other disciples to go betray Jesus to the death. “When he had gone out, Jesus said, ‘Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in … Continue reading Will You Lay Down Your Life for Jesus?
I Have Given You an Example to Follow
Yesterday the Lord had me write a devotional from John 13:1-11 titled, “Except for Our Feet.” It was the story of Jesus washing the disciples’ feet, but it had a much deeper meaning than just him serving them in this way. For he made it clear that he was speaking metaphorically with regard to the … Continue reading I Have Given You an Example to Follow
The Peoples Plot in Vain
The apostles of Christ had been arrested for healing a man and for teaching about Jesus Christ and his gospel message. They were brought before the authorities and they were questioned about what they had done and were doing. And Peter used this opportunity to share with them the gospel. But then the authorities ordered … Continue reading The Peoples Plot in Vain
Keep On Speaking the Truth
Peter and John were instrumental of God in the healing of a man who had been lame from birth. After the man was healed, and the crowds were gathered together, Peter used this opportunity to speak to his fellow Israelites and to share with them the gospel of Jesus Christ. He said to them, “Repent … Continue reading Keep On Speaking the Truth
Except for Our Feet
“Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's … Continue reading Except for Our Feet
They Loved the Glory that Comes from Man
“Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him, so that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: “’Lord, who has believed what he heard from us,and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?’ “Therefore they could not believe. For again Isaiah … Continue reading They Loved the Glory that Comes from Man
Run With It 