Category Archives: Devotional
Monday Morning Devotion (Worldly Troubles)
Luke 18:15-17 Sunday morning the pastor at the church I attended asked for prayer for a five-year-old who had leukemia. I also asked for prayer for Kyndall, a six-year-old who has rhabdomyosarcoma, the same cancer that my youngest son, James, … Continue reading
Friday Morning Devotion (Wasted Emotional Energy)
(27) Which of you can add a single hour to his lifespan by worrying? — Matthew 6:27 The other day I needed to pay my cell phone bill. Now my usual procedure is to go to the carrier’s web site, … Continue reading
Thursday Morning Devotion (Promise Detours)
(16) Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his seed. It doesn’t say “to his seeds,” as though it referred to many people, but in reference to one person, “and to his seed,” who is Christ. — Galatians … Continue reading
Wednesday Morning Devotion (The Cure for Foolishness)
(1) Oh foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? You are the ones before whom Jesus Christ was openly displayed crucified! (2) I want to learn one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by keeping the law, or by … Continue reading
Tuesday Morning Devotional (You are a Bible Translator)
(13) You are salt in the world. But if the salt has lost its flavor, how can it become salty again? It is good for nothing but to be thrown out and trodden under people’s feet. (14) You are the … Continue reading
Monday Morning Devotion (Facing Your Giant)
Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose a man and have him come down … Continue reading
Friday Morning Devotion (Compromise and Compromise)
(11) But when Cephas came to Antioch, I challenged him to his face, because he was already condemned. (12) Before certain messengers came from James, he ate with the gentiles, but after they came, he turned back and separated himself, … Continue reading
Thursday Morning Devotion (Paul and Using Your Testimony)
(15) Set Christ up as Lord in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks for an account of the hope that is in you. — 1 Peter 3:15 (13) You have heard how I … Continue reading
Wednesday Morning Devotion (Giving Up on Desperation)
(10) Am I now trying to persuade people, or God? Am I seeking to please people? If I was trying to please people, I would not be Christ’s slave! (11) For I’m letting you know, brothers and sisters, that the … Continue reading
Tuesday Morning Devotion (Hezekiah and Spiritual Attack)
(14) Hezekiah took the letter from the hands of the messengers. When he had read it, he went up to the house of YHWH and spread it out before YHWH. (15) And Hezekiah prayed to YHWH . . . — … Continue reading