Devotionals

The Beauty of Silence

“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 »

Many Hands

“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 »

Waiting and Watching

“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 »

CHANGE OF PLANS?

“But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. -Acts 9:1-2 »

LOVING THE LOVER

“To Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by His blood…" Revelation 1:5 “Keep yourselves in the love of God." Jude 21 What is wrong with Jesus telling you He loves you? Is this a stupid question, or does it point accurately to a problem with »

ELECTION RESULTS

“Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore, whoever resists the authority resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. -Romans 13:1-2 This is being written before »

A GLIMMER IN THE DARK

“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. And He will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a curse of utter destruction. »

MARY GIVES BIRTH

“And she gave birth to her firstborn Son and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. -Luke 2:7 It was the most important birth ever! Mary had traveled a lot of miles in this journey even »

MARY AS MOTHER

“And He went down with them and came to Nazareth and was submissive to them. And His mother treasured up all these things in her heart. -Luke 2:51 Mary had much more to ponder than most mothers. After all, she was the only virgin out of all mothers to conceive »

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