Daily Devotional

For an overseer, as God’s steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined. Titus 1:7-8 I pondered this morning why we can often cause hurt and damage to the very people […]

Let him who has ears to hear .. listen to what the Lord says. Why do the nations rage     and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves,     and the rulers take counsel together,     against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying, “Let us burst their bonds apart     and cast away

What are the greatest responsibilities as a Christian / follower of Christ?  Let’s allow Jesus to answer these via scripture. And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a

For the Lord disciplines the one He loves,     and chastises every son whom He receives. Hebrews 12:6 What does it really mean to be a child of God? What does it mean to be in ‘sonship’ with God? One could argue that all of Mankind are His children by creation, but that certainly doesn’t make

As a person is faced with more and more challenges and decisions, especially as one is confronted with all sorts of dilemmas of life and death, and trying to maintain the course you believe God has set you on, also while trying to continue to find income and resources .. the pressures increase from it

Are you a ‘social club’ Christian? One who attends all of the social events and services in the building. Socializing, clubbing, talking to others of what needs to happen? You look forward to seeing all your friends once a week, and nodding or wave at them. You feel good about yourself because you attended services

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 1 Corinthians 13:7 The greater the storm surrounding you the greater the need for the more mature and complex fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) is needed in your life. What are those? Basically all nine, but with an emphasis on the

…that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you… Ephesians 1:17-18 What is the most missing

Good Morning Father – I rise to greet You first thing this morning in the predawn dark, You are the first thought in my mind.  I exist because of You.  My family still sleeps warm in bed because of You.  I am reminded of all the blessings You have given me as I sip the

Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. Psalms 16:1 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. Psalms 18:2 Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for