Practical, Bible-based devotions to help you grow deeper in your faith.
Godly leaders fear God, are trustworthy, and aren't swayed by dishonest gain.
His story is a fascinating reminder of the power of the gospel and the redemptive love of God.
If we'll get in the habit of using Scripture as our sieve, we'll consistently distinguish between right and wrong, good and evil.
Man's first sin demonstrated God's first act of grace.
God is always able to answer our prayers, but never obligated.
Only Christ can offer us the “better things” for which we long.
God desires a people who will depend on Him and not themselves.
Sins forgiven and sins removed. It was accomplished by twoseparate goats in the Old Testament. It was accomplished by a single Lamb in the New.
Since we have the same weak body of flesh Jesus had, shouldn't we also have His pattern of prayer?
God is exalted high above the heavens, and yet He is also right by your side.
Our relationship with God is never stagnant. We are either advancing toward Him or drifting away.
You may not have much to offer, but we have a God who can make much of what we bring!
When we can't see a way forward, we can always look upward!
Before you make that post, ask yourself what impact your words may have on the unity and peace within the church?
Melchizedek was a righteous king and a priest of peace.
"Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?” --Jesus
What type of conduct reflects our heavenly citizenship?
Our first application of Scripture is to be in our own lives!
Our faith in Christ turns the Father's throne from a seat of judgment into a throne of grace.
There is a genuine need for Christian men and women in our culture to take loving action for Christ.
Because God breathes life into His Word it is powerful and therefore effective.(Note: The focal verse is Hebrews 4:12; not 14:12 as stated).
Children are often generous because they believe their parents will give them more of what they need.
Children aren't made to go at our pace; so we need to adjust to theirs.
The world stains; Scripture cleans. The world wrinkles, Scripture smooths.
Handling the hard conversations in marriage well can lead to greater unity and intimacy. Handling thempoorly, just the opposite.
We unwillingly, and perhaps unknowingly, act like jurors hearing only one side of a story.
The church is incomplete without you, and you're incomplete without the church.
Death hurts. But, the Resurrection of Christ changed everything.
Those things that get us worked UP, God has already worked OUT.
Do you view God through your circumstances? Or do you view your circumstances through Him?
God wants sincere worship from hearts that are fully His.
What if we spent more time searching God's Word than we do watching man's videos?
No matter how dark and defeating your circumstances, God is with you, even there!
From cover to cover, Scripture's message is the same - grace is always received – it is never achieved.
There is nothing we can see that God didn't create and claim as His own.
The time to encourage is NOW so that no unbelief sets in; no hearts become hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
God is writing and directing scenes of our lives which are outside of our current vision.
What Noah needed to survive the flood was not control, but faith. Perhaps that's what we need to survive the storms of our lives too.
We can be certain that the entire course of our lives is within the capable hands of God (Psalm 31:15).
As followers of Christ, we're to cling to a few specific things to help us through the difficult times.
While we live in a culture that is uncomfortable with absolute right and wrong, God didn't shy away from it.
What are we to do when Jesus has a different story for us than the one we'd envisioned? (PS - my parents have 9 grandchildren, not 8 as wrongly stated. Not sure which one I forgot to count, lol)!
Gratitude isn't just a mindset or an act of obedience. It createsmeasurable changes in how your brain relates to others and to life itself.
Far too often, we presume the people we could share our faith with have no interest in hearing.
Nine of the 10 lepers did not think it necessary to thank Jesus fortheir miraculous healing. Would you have taken the time?
“Couples don't fall out of love so much as they fall out of repentance.” (Gary Thomas)
Instead of allowing her heart to fill with bitterness, the girl's heart remained tender.
Scripture doesn't say, “Thou shall never be wrong.” It actually presumes you will be wrong on occasion.
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