Category Archives: Bible Devotions

Surely our griefs He Himself bore, And our sorrows He carried; Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, Smitten of God, and afflicted. Isaiah 53:4

  Went to the beach in the beginning of the week, had a great time. My favorite thing to do at the beach is to carry my journal and walk up and down the beach talking to God. This is usually just the natural occurrence for me when exposed to such magnificence. But it wasContinue reading “coupled”

The latter rains. The ground is thirsty, the seeds have been scattered, all the conditions are ready for the rain… the latter rain. It hit me this morning that with the rains, comes clouds, and winds. We would like to separate these into separate sections and pretend like the rain could come without the darknessContinue reading “the wind and the rain”

1“Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. 2“So when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored by men TrulyContinue reading “in secret”

Religious Syncretism is so very evident in our culture that it’s plaguing my thought life right now. No wonder God was so hard on folks in the Old Testament, it has the ability to ruin everything. In the spiritual realm it’s like allowing the adversary to have rolls of quarters in his boxing gloves. TheContinue reading “oh my”

“The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.” Matt 8:20 Mind you, there is no easy road to discovering this. But it’s only when you have nothing that you realize the Lord is all you ever needed.  And when you getContinue reading “poor homeless Jesus”

I’m not sure I’ve ever heard a more substantially sound biblical view of spiritual warfare and the authority of the believer. Could be very challenging teaching to receive, I would encourage that you give God room to use this teaching to broaden your understanding. http://mikebickle.org/resources/resource/2837

But whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ. More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so thatContinue reading “have rubbish or have Christ… choose one”

And He did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief. ~ Matthew 13:58 If you have spent any time in the Gospels you see this principle many times. Some times Jesus removed the crowds from around a sick person and had only those with strong faith to enter into that room with Him.Continue reading “an environment of faith”

“This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil. For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, soContinue reading “they loved the darkness”