God is Light 1 John 1:5-6 ESV “This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.” God is … Continue reading What We Do Matters
Christian Devotional
My times with the Lord in His Word
Quenching the Holy Spirit
Psalm 94:16-22 NIV “Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?” Unless the Lord had given me help, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death. When I said, ‘My foot is slipping,’ your unfailing love, Lord, supported me. When anxiety was great … Continue reading Quenching the Holy Spirit
Minds Fixed on Jesus
Romans 8:3-4 ESV “By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.” Through Jesus’ death and resurrection, and … Continue reading Minds Fixed on Jesus
If God is For Us
Provided we Suffer with Him Starting at the beginning of Romans 8, we read that God, “by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who WALK not according to … Continue reading If God is For Us
Suffering for The Truth
2 Peter 3:2-3 ESV “You should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles, knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires.” Scoffers and Sinful Desires People who scoff at others speak derisively … Continue reading Suffering for The Truth
By Faith, Not by Feelings
Panting for The Lord Psalm 42:1-4 ESV “As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all the … Continue reading By Faith, Not by Feelings
The Lord Who Gives Counsel
You Are My Lord Psalm 16:1-3 ESV “Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the Lord, You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.’” “As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.” How many of us … Continue reading The Lord Who Gives Counsel
In Everything Glorify God
1 Peter 4:7-9 ESV “The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers. Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.” Time is Short None of us knows when we are going … Continue reading In Everything Glorify God
Of the Spirit, Not of Man
1 John 5:5-8 “Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? This is he who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit … Continue reading Of the Spirit, Not of Man
But for the Will of God
Suffering in The Flesh 1 Peter 4:1-2 ESV “Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the … Continue reading But for the Will of God
