Devotionals

Praying

Christ is King

December 14th

Where is he that is born King of the Jews? Mt. 2:2 Dr. Al Mohler once asked the question (in connection with the abdication of King Juan Carlos of Spain in favor of his son, Philip VI), “How in the world can you have the existence of hereditary monarchies when hereditary monarchs don’t act like the …

The God who can keep you from falling

December 13th

Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. Jude 24-25 This is one of the greatest doxologies in the New …

From father to son

December 12th

That thou mightiest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days might be prolonged. Deut. 6:2 Today is my oldest son's birthday. I can't believe the time has gone so fast! There are so …

Love your neighbor

December 11th

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all they soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Mt. …

Love the Lord your God (part 3)

December 10th

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.  Mt. 22:37  Seeing the glory of God which begets love to him must be followed by admiration. The devil has a perfect sight of the glory of God and he hates him. But a lover admires the object of his …

Love the Lord your God (part 2)

December 9th

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. Mt. 22:37 How are we supposed to love God? Well, first of all, I think it means that we see his glory. By the glory of God I don’t mean some external vision of brightness. Rather, to see the glory of …

Love the Lord your God

December 8th

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. Mt. 22:37 I am glad that every puzzle comes with a picture of what it’s supposed to look like when it’s all put together or I would have a hard time doing it. One needs the big picture. But it’s also …

The Resurrection of the Dead

December 7th

But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God? Mt.22:31 We need to know the truth about the resurrection of the dead. There are many reasons for this, the primary one being the one that the apostle Paul emphasizes in his letter to the …

The Power of God

December 6th

Ye do err, not knowing . . . the power of God. Mt. 22:29 We need to know the power of God. Our Lord is addressing the unbelief of the Sadducees with respect to the resurrection. They just didn’t believe that God could do it. Therefore they erred. But we also can fail to appreciate the power of God …

Ye do err...

December 5th

Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God. Mt. 22:29 It is essential that we know the Scriptures. We are living in a day awash with information. It used to be that statisticians had to deal with the problem of the paucity of information and how …

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