Devotionals

Praying

Waiting on the Lord

April 8th

And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment. Luke 23:56 What do you do when your world comes crashing down and God's purposes seem hidden? I don't think it would be hyperbole to say that this is probably what these women (ver. 55; …

To win Christ

April 7th

Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ. Phil. 3:8 It struck me when I last read this passage that to gain Christ, Paul first …

The God who sees

April 6th

Thou hast seen it. Ps. 10:14 The wicked pretend as if God doesn't hear their blasphemies or see their sins. They act as if there is no God, and carry on in the confidence that they will get away with injustice and evil. This was true in the Psalmist's day and it is true in our day. Generation after …

They who know God's name

April 5th

And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. Psalm 9:10 King David is speaking from experience here; he is arguing that those who seek the Lord will find that God will not forsake them. Again and again, David had found this to be …

Affliction with joy?

April 4th

And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost. 1 Thess. 1:6 The apostle Paul is recounting in the first chapter of his letter to the church in Thessaloniki, the conversion of the church there. It is interesting how the …

What the Resurrection of Jesus means

March 31st

Go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead. Mt. 28:7 1. It means that God keeps all his promises. Acts 2:25-32; 2 Cor. 1:20. 2. It means that the punishment that sin demands has been fully and completely paid for by Jesus Christ for all who belong to him. It is finished! Jn. …

Christ forsaken

March 29th

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Ps. 22:1 When our Lord uttered this prayer on the cross, he was not merely sharing in David's experience. He was, of course, but in a very real sense our Lord was experiencing a depth to the experience of being forsaken by his Father that David never had …

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 …

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