Bible Devotions
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Testimony time! “Give to Ceasar the things that are Ceasar’s.” I have been hearing these words of Jesus in my ear for a about a week. Repetitive, seemingly abstract… confusing. Read more
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The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but man is tested by the praise he receives. Proverbs 27:21 Read more
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Woke up with a strange acronym in my head Sunday morning. Bare with me… When you L.ive I.n F.orgiveness of E.veryone you have L.I.F.E. But when you don’t live in forgiveness you don’t have L.I.F.E you have a L.I.E. Read more
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Then there’s this other woman, Madame Whore— brazen, empty-headed, frivolous. She sits on the front porch of her house on Main Street, And as people walk by minding their own business, calls out, “Are you confused about life, don’t know what’s going on? Steal off with me, I’ll show you a good time! No one Read more
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Joshua 1:1-9 (New Living) 1 After the death of Moses the Lord’s servant, the Lord spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant. He said, 2 “Moses my servant is dead. Therefore, the time has come for you to lead these people, the Israelites, across the Jordan River into the land I am giving them. 3 Read more
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David says in Psalm 27 that the Lord is his salvation. Do you have salvation? Do you have Him? Read more
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Phil 3:15-21 (The Message) So let’s keep focused on that goal, those of us who want everything God has for us. If any of you have something else in mind, something less than total commitment, God will clear your blurred vision—you’ll see it yet! Now that we’re on the right track, let’s stay on it. Read more
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Jesus is the teacher. In the New Testament texts He takes a lot of time to reinterpreting the Old Testament, revealing it’s true intention. Traditional Judaism calls this process binding and loosing. “The expressions “bind” and “loose” were common to Jewish legal phraseology meaning to declare something forbidden or to declare it allowed.” This same Read more
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“Jealous Christians just don’t know who they are. You’d never be jealous of somebody else if you knew who you were. You would never want someone else’s gift if you knew why you were alive.” ~ Bill Johnson 2 Chron. 16:9 For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose Read more
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Jesus turned the water into wine. But Jesus didn’t get drunk. What I mean is sobriety is what Jesus brings. Read this… Luke 6:20-26 20 Looking at his disciples, he said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. 21 Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be Read more
