Category Archives: Devotions
Who is God to you? A crutch, or a cornerstone?
And you and the Levite and the stranger and the sojourner among you shall rejoice in all the good which the Lord your God has given you and your household. – Deuteronomy 26:11, Amplified Bible (AMP) For many, many Christians, God is afterthought. Their
Be Sure to Trust the Right Gardener.
But the land which you enter to possess is…a land for which the Lord your God cares… – Deuteronomy 11:11-12, Amplified Bible (AMP) Can we be successful in life due to the works of our own hands? Of course we can.
Half-hearted worship = miserable Christianity.
And Moses made a serpent of bronze and put it on a pole, and if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked to the serpent of bronze [attentively, expectantly, with a steady and absorbing gaze], he lived. –
Take a look into the mirror; you’ll like what you see.
…being transfigured into His very own image…- 2 Corinthians 3:18, Amplified Bible (AMP) When I was boy, I learned in school that you should never look directly at the sun for prolonged periods of time. If you do, the sun’s
Is your living sacrifice the best it can be?
But cursed is the [cheating] deceiver who has a male in his flock and vows to offer it, yet sacrifices to the [sovereign] Lord a blemished or diseased thing! For I am a great King, says the Lord of hosts,
Beware of making an idol out of God.
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon
God didn’t make everyone to meditate in the same way.
…you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may…make your way prosperous, and then you shall deal wisely and have good success…- Joshua 1:8, Amplified Bible, AMP According to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary,* the word “meditation” has the following meanings:
Let God tell you why He sent The Flood. The reason may surprise you.
God said to Noah, I intend to make an end of all flesh, for through men the land is filled with violence; and behold, I will destroy them and the land. – Genesis 6:13 Let’s admit it. We love violence. If
God would like you to have a face like a glowworm.
Enoch walked [in habitual fellowship] with God…So all the days of Enoch were 365 years. – Genesis 5:22-23, Amplified Bible (AMP) I have never had a better human friend than my beloved wife. She’s the first person I talk with