Devotionals

Praying

My soul, be on thy guard

February 18th

And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season. Luke 4:13 The ESV translates "for a season" as "until an opportune time." I think that is right. It is not just that the devil left our Lord for a time, but that he left him until an opportune moment presented …

The righteous shall hold on his way

February 17th

The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. Job 17:9 It is truly amazing that Job says this when he says it. For Job considered himself to be righteous. But he also said, "My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for …

All are yours

February 16th

Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours: Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's. 1 Cor. 3:21-23 In Romans 8:38-39, the apostle Paul gives us a similar …

Nothing too hard for God

January 17th

Is anything too hard for the LORD? Gen. 18:14 Like Sarah, Abraham's wife, we are sometimes apt to laugh at the thought that certain of God's promises can be fulfilled. Of course, also like Sarah, we are similarly prepared to deny our reluctance to take God at his word. But if you don't think this …

Faith seeking understanding

January 16th

O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread? Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? Mt. 16:8-9 Have you ever thought of the connection between faith and understanding? I think …

Lord of the Sabbath

November 9th

For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day. Mt. 12:8 Many of us at one time or another have struggled with how to apply the Fourth Commandment to our lives: “Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy.” There are a number of problems. One problem is that, strictly speaking, the Sabbath Day …

Don't be like Belshazzar

October 20th

I'm referring, of course, to the ruler of Babylon at the fall of the empire to the Medes and Persians in 539 B.C. He is an interesting figure because for a long time scholars took the book of Daniel to be a later work of fiction; after all, everyone knew that Nabonidus, not Belshazzar (as seems to …

Prefer one another

October 4th

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another. Romans 12:10 Or, as the ESV translates it: Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. One of the ways the love commanded in verse 9 is manifested is in a family spirit …

Youth and Old Age

September 26th

"[How] shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed according to thy word" Psalm 119:9. The question is revealing. Notice the psalmist doesn’t say, “ Why should a young man cleanse his way?” Neither does he ask, “ Shoulda young man cleanse his way?” He has already moved past the point that so …

Called saints

September 6th

Called to be saints. Romans 1:7 In the NT, there are two different types of calling.  There is the general call of the gospel, which is the call that goes out to all men to repent and believe the gospel.  This is what is being referred to, for example, in Matthew 22:14, when our Lord says that …

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