Devotion

“And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them…” (Mark 10:13) These mothers in Mark 10 brought their children to Jesus for one reason: they wanted Him to TOUCH them. Hey, parents…that tells me that even children can be touched by the Lord! You may think your child isn’t learning anything in church, […]

“And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:” (1John 5:14) God gives us a wonderful promise that if we pray according to His will He hears our prayer! But there are some things we should NOT pray for. For Anything

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” (Ps. 46:1) Some people have the mistaken assumption that once a person gets saved they will no longer have any problems.  Anyone who tells you that the Christian life is a problem-free life is promoting a false version of Christianity. In fact, when

“And they were both righteous before God…” (Luke 1:6) You cannot find a better example in all the Bible of godly parents than Zacharias and Elizabeth, John the Baptist’s parents. Let see what made them such a godly example. 1. THEY HAD A GODLY HERITAGE (v.5) says Zacharias was a priest “Of the course of Abia”

Prayer is the most crucial element to the success of a believer. You cannot be a successful Christian without prayer. Edwin Harvey said, “A day without prayer is a day without blessing, and a life without prayer is a life without power.” So far we have seen that real prayer will cost you TIME and

“And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.” (Luke 22:44) SECOND—Prayer Will Cost You EFFORT We think we can say a little “Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep” type

“And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.” (Mark 1:35) Jesus is our greatest example of how to pray. No one knew how to pray like Jesus. In fact, the disciples saw this in His life. When they heard Him

“But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.” (Ps. 66:19) An enigma is something that is mysterious or puzzling. It is something that is difficult to understand. Prayer is somewhat of an enigma; it is something mysterious and sometimes puzzling.  “How so,” you ask? While prayer is the most inexpensive

“Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God…” (Heb. 12:15) Wouldn’t it be nice to succeed at everything you did in life? Well, the truth about the matter is failure is a part of life. The difference between those who have succeeded in life and those who haven’t is…those who succeeded didn’t

“And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life…” (1Sam. 1:11)