Daily Devotional

Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near. Luke 21:28 “You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you. Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed […]

Yet when I am among mature believers, I do speak with words of wisdom, but not the kind of wisdom that belongs to this world or to the rulers of this world, who are soon forgotten. No, the wisdom we speak of is the mystery of God—his plan that was previously hidden, even though he made

Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin, Zechariah 4:10 Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. That’s why

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did

I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. Yet it was kind of you to share my trouble. Philippians 4:12-14 While ruminating

“Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter. On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles

Guest post / from T. Austin-Sparks / book ‘Christ Our All’ (1935)/ Chapter 4 – An Open Heaven Then he said, “I tell you the truth, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God going up and down on the Son of Man, the one who is the stairway between heaven and

As a skilled and experienced builder, I used the gift  that God gave me to lay the foundation for that building. However, someone else is building on it. Each person must be careful how he builds on it. 1 Corinthians 3:10 So much taught by our institutional educational (including the religious ones like most institutional

For I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel that was preached by me is not man’s gospel. For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ. For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I

And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!” Isaiah 6:3 Here the word ‘holy’ is ‘qadosh’, (phonetic spelling: kaw-doshe’) in Hebrew, meaning from ‘qadash‘; sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary —