Devotionals

“And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, He departed and went out to a desolate place, and there He prayed.” -Mark 1:35 The other day my wife said to me, “I wish we could return to the pre-technology life. Things were really easier then, though »

“Whoever is patient has great understanding, but one who is quick-tempered displays folly.” -Proverbs 14:29 “Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city.” -Proverbs 16:32 The recent helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter, and seven other men, women, and children »

“For the Word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And no creature is hidden from His sight, but all are naked and »

“In an instant, in the twinkling of an eye…” -1 Corinthians 15:52, Luke 16:19-31, and Luke 23:43 Take one final breath, and no more air fills your lungs. What then? What is the next thought, next sight, next feeling, if there is one, or is there just nothing? With no »

“But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.” -Hebrews 5:14 The American G.I. Rifleman Doug Hester tumbled out of the beach landing craft with his fellow Infantry soldiers into the same path of three »

“And behold, the star they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the Child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. And going into the house, they saw the Child with Mary His mother, and »

“But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed. Since all these things are »

“For God alone my soul waits in silence; from Him comes my salvation…For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from Him.” -Psalm 62:1,5 I have always been drawn to the story of the Christmas carol “Silent Night.” This was further enhanced by my visit »

“Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, who risked their necks for my life…Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord. Greet Urbanas…Greet Stachys…Greet Apelles…” and on and on; in this passage of Romans 16:1-23, Paul speaks of thirty-three different fellow workers of his to greet. Tonight, the »

“I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in His Word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.” -Psalm 130:5-6 Each year, the first week of Advent always includes the Paul Anderson Christmas Dinner Theater in »

“Oh that my words were written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book! Oh that with an iron pen and lead they were engraved in the rock forever! For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will stand upon the earth. And after my skin »

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and He will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation He will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.” -1 Corinthians 10:13 A battle »