Devotionals
A daily word of encouragement, exhortation and edification, drawn from the Scriptures.
Repentance
There is no “repentance-less” salvation. In the New Testament John the Baptizer’s ministry was one of repentance. This paved the way for a person to receive Jesus as Messiah, Savior, Lord. Biblical repentance and belief in Jesus go hand in hand. Repentance and belief...
Watch!
From time to time our church sets aside a week to be devoted to prayer. When Jesus saw the apostles sleeping in the garden, He said unto them, “Watch ye and pray” (Mark 14:38). The word watch here means to give strict attention to, be cautious, active. Thus, prayer...
Spiritual Gifts And The Body Of Christ
This morning we will take a peek at the gifts of The Spirit in the body of Christ. The Corinthian church was a congregation that presented a lot of problems and challenges to the apostle Paul. Paul writes in his first letter to the Corinthians to correct errors of...
Walking In Love And For God’s Glory
This morning we conclude the section of Corinthians that deals with the subject of “Christian liberty” and the eating of meat that has been offered up to idols. While the subject of eating meat offered unto idols is not an issue in our culture, the biblical principles...
Red Alert!
There is no beautiful side of evil when you strip away the outer shell of deception. However, rarely does the god of this world dress himself up externally with obvious adornment of wickedness. The name of the game in the kingdom of darkness is deception. Satan is the...
Men of Like Passions
How important it is for us to remember this one basic truth. There is only one perfect One, and there is the rest of us.
Revelations, Thorns, and the Grace of God
2 Corinthians 12:9 And He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for My strength is made perfect in weakness. Every child of God experiences his or her own version of Ecclesiastes 3:1-8. Every one of our lives is a mixture of good days, bad days, blessings,...
Get Out!
Father Abraham was given this simple command about his relationship with his pagan environment, “Get Out”. In the Book of Revelation John heard a voice from heaven addressing God’s people regarding their relationship with the whorish religious system, and the command...
At All Times
Consistency. Consistency and I do not always go together. My desire to be consistent is real, but within me I lack the ability to always be consistent in my pursuit of Christ. Is this a problem? Yes and no. You see, I am a creature that is totally dependent upon the...
Blessed Endurance
The word endurance describes the ability of the Lord that enables you to hang in there, persevere, bear trials. Endurance and Christ-like character are spiritual twins. The attribute of God that enables us to endure is love. Agape endures all things. By the way,...
Got Joy?
Psalm 85:6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee? Because there was a lack of joy in their lives, the people of Israel cried out to be revived in the joy of the Lord. There is a secondary kind of joy that is common to all men. These...
Resurrection, Repentance And Regeneration
Today’s message concerns events that took place 50 days after Jesus rose from the dead. After His bodily resurrection from the dead, Jesus showed Himself alive by many infallible proofs for 40 days (Acts 1:3). He then told his disciples to wait in the city of...
Jesus, Our Living Lord
This Sunday we celebrate the day that Jesus Christ rose from the dead. He said that He would rise again. The resurrection of Jesus is what separates the Christian faith from all the religions of the world. The ‘founders’ of Islam, Hinduism, etc., have all died - and...
Our New Life In Jesus
After we are born again, we become new creatures; so new, in fact, that God likens us to newborn babies. Like a newborn baby, we step into a whole new way of living. This new life is also likened to a resurrection from the dead. The Apostle Peter tells us that walking...
It’s All Jesus
As we continue our study in 1st Peter, we find ourselves in a section that is often seen as confusing and is misunderstood (1 Peter 3:17-22). However, as we focus on what these verses declare about Jesus, the cloud of confusion lifts, and the freshness of revelation...
The God of the Prodigal
Luke 15:7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. Luke chapter 15 has been called “the gospel within the gospel.” The three illustrations of things that...
Jesus, The Good Shepherd
One of the most tender titles given to Jesus Christ is the one of Shepherd. Jesus Himself declared that He, and He alone, is “the good Shepherd”. Sadly, there are religious systems and organizations that have taken the place of Jesus in the lives of those who are...
The War Within
Paul couldn’t make it clearer than he did in Romans chapter 7: Until we get our new bodies and go to be with Jesus, there is going to be a vicious battle against temptation and fleshly lusts. This is known as the flesh and Spirit conflict. Temptation is something that...
Come Unto Me and Rest
The Lord Jesus Christ IS the gospel. The gospel is more than some thing, it is some One. Surrounded by a multitude of people who were buckling under the bondage of legalism and man-made rules and rituals in order to get right with God, Jesus proclaimed the gospel: “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
The Solid Rock
Because of a private interpretation of Matthew 16:13-20, some have taught that Peter is the rock of the church. Oh really? As we continue our study of Peter’s first epistle this morning, it is pretty obvious that if he was the rock of the church (which he isn’t),...
Delightfully Diligent
God “is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” Diligence begins by keeping our heart in the love of God. Never settle for the nominal Christian life that is nothing more than going to a church building and occasional times of reading Scripture and worship....
The Battle for Your Mind
Satan hates us and wants to destroy us. Where does the battle begin? In the mind.
Jehova Rapha
This title means that the LORD is our Healer. One of the spiritual gifts Paul recorded in a letter to the Corinthians is listed as “gifts of healing”. Notice, it is “gifts”, not singular gift, because our God manifests healings to the spirit, soul, and body. Scripture...
Christ – The Only Rock
Scripture directs our attention to only one Rock, and that Rock is Jesus Christ. Indeed, as David wrote, “The LORD is my Rock”. Who is God, except the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God?” May we always remember that all Christian music should be “Rock music”,...
The Living God
Thirty times in Scripture, God reveals Himself as “the living God”. Fifteen times, in fact, in each Testament. When He uses the word "living" to describe Himself, He is conveying to us that He is active in the present tense or, simply put, "I am." He is actively full...
Titles Of Our God
For the next month we will be looking at various titles ascribed to God. Of course there is no need to review the Biblical truth that these Three - Father, Son, and Spirit - are One. The Hebrew in Genesis 1:1 and Deut 6:4 bears this out because the term translated as...
The Atoning Sacrifice
During Communion we gather together to remember the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ on Calvary as the Lamb of God. Just as Israel was delivered from their bondage in Egypt by the blood of the lamb sprinkled over the doorpost, you and I, through faith in the Lord...
God’s Wonderful Word
When we open our Bibles today, we are not reading the opinions of men, but just what it claims to be - the word of God. God’s word is incorruptible; it is alive and piercing, like a two-edged sword. In a world that is dark, God’s word shines like a light unto my path....
The Supporting Cast Of Faith
As we endeavor to live by God’s Word today, may the grace of Jesus Christ empower us to abide in Him and be fruitful.
The Knowledge Of God
When we speak about knowledge, it is important to differentiate between head knowledge, which is information, and heart knowledge, which is revelation.
The God Of All Grace
"And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you." 1 Peter 5:10 I find it so significant that at the conclusion of the letter of Peter to...
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.