Category Archives: Devotional
We Have This Hope
9We are confident concerning you, loved ones, that you have the greater salvation. That’s why we speak in this way. 10For God is not so unjust that he would forget your works and the love that you have shown for … Continue reading
Where I Stand with my Pastor
Then Jesus told them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written: ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’†Matthew 26:31 (NIV) Jesus is quoting … Continue reading
Pastoral Priorities
15And Moses went up onto the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. 16And the glory of YHWH settled over Mount Sinai and the cloud covered it for six days, and on the seventh day God called from within the … Continue reading
An Open Ear
6It’s not sacrifices and offerings that you want. You’ve given me an open ear. It’s not burnt offerings and sin offerings you asked for. — Psalm 40:6 There’s a structure in this verse that is often used to point to … Continue reading
Why Not Worry?
25For this reason I say to you, Don’t worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, with what you will be clothed. Is not life more than nourishment and the body … Continue reading
Command and Completion
9God, the one who called you into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful. 10But I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you speak in unity, and … Continue reading
Way and No Way
5Commit your way to YHWH. Trust him. He will do it. — Psalm 37:5 The word “way†is very interesting. A few years ago I recall hearing the expression “no way,†as in “no way he could do that!†It … Continue reading
More Than I Can Tell
5You have done great things, YHWH my God, Your wonders and your thoughts are for our benefit. None can compare to you. I would announce them and speak of them, but there are too many of them. — Psalm 40:5 … Continue reading
Prevented!
6They went through the Phrygian and the Galatian region, because the Holy Spirit prevented them from speaking the word in Asia. 7When they came up to Mysia, they attempted to enter Bythinia, but the Holy Spirit wouldn’t let them. — … Continue reading
Kingdom Petition Cycle
1I put my hope in YHWH, He paid attention to me and heard my cry. 2He drew me out of the desolate pit, From the miry clay. 3He put my feet on a rock, He made my footsteps sure. 4He … Continue reading