Daily Devotional

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.” Genesis 1:26 This is one of the more controversial scriptures often debated. What does the writer mean by “us” and “our”? Is God referring to His high counsel? But that would mean that they had a hand in Adam’s creation. Most scholars […]

but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious. 1 Peter 3:4 What is real beauty? How do we experience real beauty? What makes things beautiful to us? What is it in us that is able

One thing have I asked of the Lord,     that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord     all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord     and to inquire in His temple. For He will hide me in His shelter     in the day of

Behold, Behemoth,     which I made as I made you;     he eats grass like an ox.  Behold, his strength in his loins,     and his power in the muscles of his belly. He makes his tail stiff like a cedar;     the sinews of his thighs are knit together. His bones are tubes of bronze,     his limbs like

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;     his mercies never come to an end;  they are new every morning;     great is your faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,     “therefore I will hope in him.” Lamentations 3:22-24 Jeremiah had lots to lament over. The people didn’t listen. Certainly the leaders were prideful

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So we can confidently

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. Romans 8:26 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore

The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. Psalms 34:18 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. Psalms 147:3 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,     because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor;     he has sent me to bind up

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.  Matthew 23:12-13 Most of us read this and go …

Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” And he answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. For to the one who has, more will be given, and he