Devotions

Without authentic relationship with God, our work, even the Christian life, can become frustrating and toilsome. Abiding in the Vine produces lasting, eternal fruit.

Do you have a need today? Consider John 6:23, The Place Where Jesus Gave Thanks , and give to the Father what you have with thanksgiving!

 “For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.”1 John 5:4-5 In recent weeks I have spoken with a couple of parents who have seen their...

The Threat to Our Environment  is sin, and all creation groans because of its all-encompassing effects. What can man do about it?

“These things I remember as I pour out my soul: how I used to go with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God, with shouts of joy and thanksgiving among the festive throng. Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I...

“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.” Romans 12:2 “I’ll make it fit!” This was my brother’s oft-said exclamation about loading an overstuffed car or making...

There is a two-fold imperative in Romans 13:14 which calls each believer to re-evaluate  The Focus of Your Thinking .

“You rule over the surging sea; when its waves mount up, you still them.” Psalm 89:9 “O God our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth…who stilled the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations.” Psalm 65:5,7 “Mightier than the thunder of the great...

Help My Unbelief  is a prayer that acknowledges that without God we cannot believe as we ought to believe.

Thank you for joining in prayer on July 14, 2019! Every hour unite in prayer with believers around the world for a mighty move of God. 7:14 am      Praise the Lord! “Let them praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exalted; his majesty is above earth and heaven. He has raised up a horn for...

“I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary. Yet I hold this...

“What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?” –Mark 8:36 Jesus warns us that the typical standard for success is insufficient. While not discounting the value of wealth, Jesus asks His typical style of question in which the answer is obvious. “What good is it for a...

“There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death” (14:12; 16:25). Read here, it is in Christ alone that we are made alive and so are our works!

With a single heart and mind, Jesus Finished God’s Work.

“But they urged [Jesus] strongly, ‘Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.’ So he went in to stay with them.” Luke 24:29 “They asked each other, ‘Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?’” Luke 24:32...