Devotion

“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;” (Eph. 5:25) Love is a misunderstood word, today. Sadly, it has been redefined by Hollywood and red-carpet celebrities to simply mean something we experience; something we “feel” when we find that “perfect” someone to share our lives with. They […]

“But we are all as an unclean thing…” (Isa. 64:6) One day, as a man was walking down the street, he noticed a store owner was washing the large plate-glass window of his store. The entire window was clean except for one soiled spot which the owner could not seem to remove no matter how

“Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:” (1Pet. 1:6) The one thing about us is God made us all unique. There are no two identical human beings. Even identical twins are not truly “identical.” They are not exact replicas of one another. We

“..choose you this day whom ye will serve…but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” (Josh. 24:15) Every day we get up, we have many choices to make like “What will I wear?” or “What will I eat?” But we also have another choice…will we serve the LORD? FIRST—we must choose

Recently, my wife and I were browsing through a thrift store. I love to look at the book section because I can usually find some really good Bible study books for under a dollar. This day was no exception. While my wife was looking around the rest of the store, I was loading up on

“Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:” (Job 23:8-9) Have you ever been in such dark circumstances that it seemed you

“Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.” (Deut. 33:29) Yesterday we saw that Moses was giving

“Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.” (Deut. 33:29) Moses was giving Israel one last challenge.

“And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?” (Mark 4:38) Have you ever encountered a situation that sent you into pure panic mode? Years ago, when our boys were little, we took them to

“It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.” (Ps. 119:71) It is hard to believe, but sometimes something bad can become something good in our lives. When David sinned against God, God brought affliction into his life…something bad. But David, realizing that his affliction was God’s way