Devotionals
A daily word of encouragement, exhortation and edification, drawn from the Scriptures.
Filled With The Spirit
The answer to our need for power to live the Christian life is the filling of the Spirit of God.1 We can have willing spirits, but our flesh is weak.2 Jesus promised us another Comforter (Helper) who would dwell within us forever.3 This Comforter of course is God the...
Every Morning
The other morning in my devotions I read about the priests who ministered unto the Lord. The Scripture records how they did their business, which was essentially a routine that began every morning and evening.1 Somehow, the words “every morning” leapt off the pages at...
What Kind Of Grace Is This?
When Paul proclaimed the message of salvation by grace, apart from works or human effort (Ephesians 2:8,9), there were some who interpreted that as meaning that we are now free to live any way that we choose. Beloved, that is not how the grace of God teaches us to...
Abounding Grace!
In Romans 5:12-21 we read about the contrast between the first Adam and Jesus Christ, the last Adam (1 Corinthians 15:45). The first Adam is the head of the entire human race. When he fell in the garden of Eden, he passed along to every other human being the sin...
Turning Prisons Into Praise
From a strictly human perspective, God made a serious ‘mistake’ by allowing the apostle Paul to be put in chains. However, man’s perspective and God’s perspective are not the same. God doesn’t make mistakes because what He ordains and decrees will come to pass. The...
A Great Physician for Great Sinners
Jesus, The Great Physician, said, Who goes to the doctor for a cure? Those who are well or those who are sick?
He Has Done All Things Well
Our title is found in Mark 7:37 following the miracle of healing performed by Jesus upon a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment. As those who have been touched by Jesus Christ, we too can declare, “He has done all things well.” As we begin our study of...
Don’t Worry, Be Prayerful
Prayer is God’s prescribed way to deal with care or worry. Worry is a hindrance to one’s spiritual and mental health. Jesus Himself told His disciples that worry has no value at all. Actually, to worry or be anxious about something is really a faith issue, because God...
Continue In Prayer
In any study about prayer we see that it is very important that we be persistent. Jesus commends a person who is persistent in coming to Him. Persistence doesn’t bug the Lord; it blesses His heart because the Lord loves to hear our voice. Our perseverance, however, is...
A Holy Desire
To be truly effective witnesses for the Lord Jesus, we need to have holy desires. David, the man after God’s own heart, was a man with the sole desire to be in fellowship with his Shepherd. That is the kind of single-mindedness that we need in following Jesus....
Resurrection and Life
Today, billions of people around the world are gathering together to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. The bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is the leg upon which Christendom stands or falls. Most people think that all people...
The Glorious Resurrection Of Jesus!
On that Resurrection Sunday nearly 2,000 years ago, when some of His disciples came to the gravesite of Jesus (expecting to find His body there, by the way), they were greeted with these words: “He is not here, but is risen!” Furthermore, the Scriptures proclaim that...
The Holy Spirit And God’s Armor
As we study the armor of God, what intrigues me is the fact that the protection that God offers to you and me is the very same protection offered to the saints 2000 years ago. As blessed as we are to have Bible colleges, Bible conferences, Christian radio, tapes,...
The Shield Of Faith
The substance1 of our faith is the Lord God Himself. Not until Jesus Christ, the Lord of Glory enters into our lives can we have true Biblical faith. Every person exercises faith to one degree or another each and every day. When we step on the brakes of our car, we...
Crucified!
The Scriptures teach that we are “crucified with Christ;” nevertheless, we live (Galatians 2:20). Crucifixion in the Scriptural language means “to subdue; to mortify; to destroy the power or ruling influence of something.” Death to self is the key to walking in the...
Jesus Is Lord!
The Scriptures foretold of a birth that would forever change the course of human history. Right from the very beginning of human history on earth, God spoke of a miraculous birth, a virgin birth (Genesis 3:15; Isaiah 7:14). This Child would be sent from heaven (Isaiah...
Walking In The Spirit
We will learn today that walking with Jesus and walking in the Spirit are one and the same thing. To walk in the Spirit is not some mystical, esoteric kind of an experience that “just happens.” No, it is a decision that we make to give the Spirit of God the “right of...
The Greatest Commandment Is Love
God’s word not only tells us what to believe, but how to live out our faith practically. Jesus tells us that the entire law of God can be summed up in two commandments: loving God supremely and loving one another practically (Matthew 22:36-40). Paul echoes that very...
Liberty In Jesus
The epistle to the Galatians is a letter that defends the liberty that all believers in Jesus Christ have (Galatians 5:1), by virtue of faith in His atoning sacrifice on the cross. Freedom is one thing that every human being desires. We have a day each year when we...
A Day in the Life of Jesus
Mark 1:21,22,34 And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught. And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes. ... And he healed many that were...
Truth – Friend Or Foe?
The apostle Paul was being attacked by the foes of the gospel, and by the lukewarm saints in Galatia as well. What was the reason for him being the object of attack and ridicule? He spoke the truth (Galatians 4:16). We are living in an age where truth is not a popular...
The Just Shall Live By Faith
The New Covenant is not a covenant of law, but a covenant of faith. This is not a New Testament thought, for the Old Testament Scripture foretold that the just would live by faith (Habakkuk 2:4). We live by the faith of the Son of God who loved us and gave Himself for...
The Truth About The Law
It is necessary for the body of Christ to understand the purpose of the Law of Moses. Scripture tells us that it is by the law that we are given the knowledge of sin (Romans 3:19,20). The law can only declare a man guilty, but it can do nothing to change that...
Grace, Not Works
One of the vital foundations of our faith is that salvation is by grace through faith, “not of works, lest any man should boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9) Paul clearly makes that point in the epistle to the Galatians. It is through faith in the risen Jesus that we are...
Rooted In Christ
God’s will for each and every one of His children is that we be rooted in Jesus Christ. I think of the roots of a tree or the roots of a tooth. The depth of the roots determines the strength or health of that object. For the disciples of Jesus Christ, we find our...
Living In The Grace Of God
Our study of the epistle to the Galatians has revived the reality of the grace of God in my heart, and I trust in yours as well. Grace is not only unmerited favor, but it is also Divine resources to do whatever the Lord calls us to do. You and I are called upon to be...
Living In The Grace Of God
Our study of the epistle to the Galatians has revived the reality of the grace of God in my heart, and I trust in yours as well. Grace is not only unmerited favor, but it is also Divine resources to do whatever the Lord calls us to do. You and I are called upon to be...
The Gospel Of Grace Alone
If Paul the apostle had not stood up for the revelation of grace that was given to him by Jesus Christ, Christianity would have become simply another branch of Judaism (Acts 13:38-39). Even today there are still some religious groups who would seek to place the Church...
To Reveal His Son In Me
When we come to saving faith in Jesus Christ, the ultimate purpose of the Holy Spirit in our lives is that Jesus would be revealed in us (Galatians 1:16). Just as Jesus said, “He who has seen Me has seen the Father” (John 14:9), so too the work of God’s Spirit in our...
The Gospel Of Grace
Today we begin a study of the book of Galatians. We will see in this book how the apostle Paul addresses the issue of legalism. Because the gospel of the grace of God is worth defending, Paul writes this epistle as an apostle of Jesus Christ (Galatians 1:1). He...
Not If, But When
In the last chapter of Peter’s second epistle, we are exhorted to live lives of beauty and holiness in anticipation of our Lord Jesus’ return. Peter reminds us that prior to Jesus’ return, some of our very core beliefs, like creation and the second coming, will be...
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.