Category Archives: Devotions
Here’s the secret to making God’s Word really mean something to you.
For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power [making it active, operative, energizing, and effective]… exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of the heart. Hebrews 4:12, Amplified Bible (AMP) Is the Word of God alive to
This is one of the hardest prayers you’ll ever pray.
Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there is any wicked or hurtful way in me… – Psalm 139:23-24, AMP One sign of a dedicated Christian is that the Christian will
Success or failure in following God boils down to one thing.
Jesus replied, This is the work (service) that God asks of you: that you believe in the One Whom He has sent… – John 6:29, AMP I’m an 80/20 Principle kind of guy, and the reason I am is because
When adrift in the Sea of Anxiety, jump into God’s life raft.
In the multitude of my [anxious] thoughts within me, Your comforts cheer and delight my soul! – Psalm 94:19, AMP I don’t care how solid you are in your relationship with The Lord, you are not immune to thoughts of anxiety. You
Is it time for another spiritual meal?
…I have esteemed and treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food. – Job 23:12, AMP I have a reputation for being able to consume a lot of food. Although I’ve downed my fair share of grub – I
Don’t do what is right in your eyes. Do what’s right in God’s.
And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. – Judges 17:1, KJV The book of Judges is replete with the phrase “every man did that which was right in his own eyes.” The man Micah of
Busy? How about visiting with God for a spell.
But Martha [overly occupied and too busy] was distracted with much serving…- Luke 10:40, Amplified Bible Martha had Jesus Christ Himself in her house, and she desperately wanted to serve Him. In the midst of her service, however, she became
Stay close to God. You’ll be smarter for it.
That people may know skillful and godly Wisdom and instruction, discern and comprehend the words of understanding and insight. – Proverbs 1:2, Amplified Bible In his book Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions, author Gary Klein detailed his findings
Work on that memory of yours.
And the Lord said to Moses, Thus shall you say to the Israelites, You have seen for yourselves that I have talked with you from heaven. Exodus 20:22, Amplified Bible By the time we read Exodus Chapter 20, God had