Do It God's Way For Eternal Results Greetings Reader While in the wilderness, the Israelites often moved. In the Book of Numbers, Moses gave them specific instructions on how to break camp by doing it God's way. Once in the Old Testament, a young man reached over to keep the Ark of the Covenant from falling off a cart. Because no one was to touch the Ark, he died right on the spot. In the New Testament, we must also do things God's way. In the story of the ten virgins, five didn't make it...
5 days ago • 1 min read
Good Friday, The Day Jesus Was Crucified Greetings Reader After Jesus gathered with His disciples for the Passover meal, they went to the Mount of Olives to pray. The Lord knew His time was at hand. He also knew what lay in store for Him within the next twenty-four hours. That next day, He went through a very gruesome experience with each of us in mind. The most important word He uttered that entire day was "Tetelestai." It is pronounced like this (ta-tell'-es-ty). This word was often stamped...
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Have You Seen Signs And Wonders From God? Greetings Reader We all like to see the spectacular, especially when God reveals signs and wonders to us. We can read about His miraculous acts throughout scripture and even see some today. In Exodus God revealed His salvation to the Israelites while exhibiting His power to the Egyptians. Another significant life-changing sign and wonder came when He sent a great flood but saved one family to continue humanity joined by all the varieties of animals....
12 days ago • 1 min read
The Unfailing Love Of God Is Wonderful Greetings Reader The central theme of Christianity revolves around the unfailing love of God. Even though we know what "unfailing" means, we can have difficulty understanding its total concept. Why? Because everything we deal with has the possibility of failing in one way or another. King David often told God about his troubles, from his own personal sins to his enemies trying to defeat him. Despite his failures or potential failures, he always turned to...
15 days ago • 1 min read
How To Have Peace With God Greetings Reader Scripture tells us that the peace of God exceeds anything we can understand. But we can't experience that peace unless we have peace with God. How do we get peace with God? That's what today's post is all about. We often hear the phrase, "rest in peace." Of course, that phrase is talking about a dead person. What we will read about today is how the Lord wants us to "live in peace." We actually don't know what's going on right now in eternity. But we...
19 days ago • 1 min read
Our Hope In Christ Leads To Eternal Life Greetings Reader The Apostle Paul had to deal with some problems going on in the Corinthian church. He dealt with some moral concerns and also corrected some doctrinal issues. One we'll look at in today's chapter dealt with false teaching that claimed there was no resurrection of the body. Without the resurrection of Christ we have no hope of entering into eternal life with Him. From David in the Psalms, to the prophets Isaiah and Daniel, along with...
22 days ago • 1 min read
Focus on Jesus and The Progress You've Made Greetings Reader Due to a few days of sickness, I didn't post a devotion on Friday nor send you an email. I'm feeling much better and getting back to normal. I hope you enjoy today's post. Philippians 3 tells us to focus on the progress we've made by living for Jesus. God said something similar to Joshua when he told him to center his attention on His instructions without turning to the right or to the left. The Apostle Paul admitted to the errors...
26 days ago • 1 min read
Simple Acts Of Love Go A Long Way Greetings Reader In John's third epistle, the apostle commended Gaius for his simple acts of love and kindness. It impressed John because he heard about it from the traveling teachers who received it. As thrilled as John was to hear what Gaius did, he encouraged him to take his acts of love to the next level. I can identify with the teachers who received his hospitality because my wife and I traveled as full-time evangelists for over eight years. I want you...
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How To Strengthen Your Faith Greetings Reader We don't measure our faith by its size. Jesus said that faith the size of a mustard seed is all we need. We measure it by its strength. The Apostle Peter enlightened us on how we can strengthen our faith. The apostle laid out for us the process that we need to maintain a life of faith. We will look at each individual step in this process from our text in 2 Peter. During the tense time of the arrest of Jesus and His crucifixion, Peter's faith acted...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read