Devotionals
A daily word of encouragement, exhortation and edification, drawn from the Scriptures.
Hunger and Thirst, part 3
The world system and the things of the world are like chemotherapy to a cancer patient. Chemo is a poison that actually takes away the taste and desire for food that we need for growth and health. Jesus taught us this in the parable of the sower: Mark 4:18 And these...
Dads: Reflect The Fatherhood Of God
One of the greatest needs in the body of Christ is Spirit-filled men who fear God. The Bible tells us that men are to love their wives as Christ loves His bride the church (Ephesians 5:25-29). The Bible also tells us that we are to bring up our children in the nurture...
Who Can Find A Virtuous Woman?
Today I’d like to speak to all the women and girls of all ages about the inestimable value of a godly woman in the home, in the church and in society in general (Ruth 3:11). It should not be a surprise to any of us that a biblically literate, godly woman is rarely...
God’s Final Sacrifice For Sin Forever
The Holy Spirit, speaking of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, clearly tells us that “by Himself (He) purged our sins (and) sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high” (Hebrews 1:3). The key phrase in that passage is “by Himself”. The sacrifice of Jesus Christ on...
A very present help
Micah 7:7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. Amidst total moral collapse in society and in the traditional family unit, God's faithful have the hope and help of Jesus Christ. Thank God that we have Him to...
The Faith of Devils, or the Faith of Abraham?
James 2.19 You believe that there is one God; you do well: the devils believe the same thing, and they tremble. Oh, I believe in God, Pastor Ray. Okay. Who doesn't, except some fool? The Bible says the fool is the one that says there is no God. So when you say that...
Who are your Friends?
My son, if sinners entice (allure, flatter) thee, consent thou not. Proverbs 1.10 Remember that Solomon was the son of King David. In 1 Chron 28.9, David told Solomon to know The Lord, serve The Lord, seek The Lord and do not forsake Him. My son, is a phrase that is...
Scholar or Soldier?
2 Timothy 2.1-4 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. Thou therefore endure hardness, as a...
Seek The Creator, not creation
Amos 5.8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning,and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name. People have...
When it is good to be Liberal
Proverbs 11.26,26 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it. Being liberal in the bible means to be generous...
The vanity of head knowledge of God
Job 11.7-9 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. Job is a...
Others-Minded Theology
Romans 15.2-4 We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification. For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that...
Repentance; a way of life
Luke 13.1-5 There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered...
Unmovable in Christ
Acts 20.24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. The apostle Paul’s primary duty and...
The Liberty to Love One Another
Please read Galatians 5.1-15 In our devotional passages this morning, the apostle Paul digs the cleats of his feet shod with the gospel of peace into the proverbial ground and simply declares to the people of God, stand fast in the liberty where Christ has set us...
Jesus is our Jubilee
Luke 4.18-21 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are...
Mightier than I!
Mark 1.7,8 There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. These are the words of John the baptizer. He poses himself...
Our Great Covenant Keeping God
Nehemiah 1.5 I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments. Our God is Great and Terrible. The old KJV word terrible is not to be understood as a negative...
The Centrality of Christ
Ephesians 4.11-13 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith,...
You get what you give away
Luke 6.38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. This world system is governed by...
The Yielded Life
The narrow path that leads unto life (Matthew 7:13,14) is a life that is yielded to the Lord Jesus. Webster tells us that to be yielded means “to surrender; to give way; not to oppose.” God would never give us commands that we were unable to obey. The lie of the...
Eternal Life!
What we deserve as sinners is death. What God offers to us through His Son Jesus Christ is eternal life (Romans 6:23). While the world is vainly seeking for the mythical “Fountain of Youth”, God is proclaiming a message of eternal life to all who believe in His...
David's "I Wills"
Psalm 61 Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. I will abide in thy...
Lust makes the world go round
1 John 2.15-17 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. The...
Longing for the presence of God
1 Chronicles 13.6 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the Lord, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it. David was the man after God's own heart....
Holy Addiction
1 Corinthians 16:15 I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,) What an amazing testimony of Jesus Christ was the household of Stephanas. Paul...
The Cloud of God
Acts 1.9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. In Rochester, New York, overcast and cloudy days are pretty much the norm. As I was reading Acts 1 this morning, the weather outside was...
The Mission of Jesus
Luke 4:17-21 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to...
The Purpose of Election
1 Peter 1.1,2 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God's elect, exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the...
There is Power in the Blood of Jesus
Colossians 1:14 In Whom we have redemption through His blood (Does your bible say through His blood?), even the forgiveness of sins.” Why is blood so important to God? To us? “For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make...
The Choice is Yours
John 5:27-28 ...for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. It is not a question...
About Me
I am the Lead Pastor of Koinonia Fellowship, a husband, father and grandfather. I also serve on the worship team as one of the drummers.