Devotionals
A daily word of encouragement, exhortation and edification, drawn from the Scriptures.
Missing The Lord
Job declared that there were times when the Lord was working in His life but he was unable to “see” Him. Can you relate to Job’s experience? Have you ever found yourself wondering if Jesus Christ has forgotten about you? The eye of faith sees the hand of God at work....
Glorifying God
The ultimate purpose of the Christian is to bring glory to God. We have been created for His pleasure. So to determine, by God’s grace, to live in a way pleasing to Jesus will result in His being glorified. If we are going to truly bring glory to the Lord, it must...
God’s Book of Remembrance
One of the most important spiritual disciplines in the life of followers of Jesus Christ is the battle of the mind.
The Facts And Mysteries Of Healing
The Bible discloses one of the names of God as Jehovah Rapha, which means “The LORD our Healer”. We find elsewhere that God indeed is the One who heals all of our diseases. In the New Testament we find listed in the gifts of the Spirit “the gifts of healings”....
In His Presence
For years in my Bible reading, my understanding of Scripture was all too heady and lacked a real, living intimacy with my Lord Jesus. The “I AM” statements found in John’s gospel touched my heart one day. I knew that Jesus rose from the dead and ascended up to the...
The Call Of God
As we study the gospels we see Jesus time and time again calling people to follow Him. His invitation was a personal one that could either be accepted or refused. For example, Mark’s gospel records that Jesus found two brothers engaged in fishing and His message to...
What Is Repentance?
One of the first words out of our Lord’s lips in the first chapter of Mark is “repent”. What does the word “repent” mean? Basically it means to have a change of one’s mind or purpose. Biblical repentance involves a change of mind about God, the gospel of Jesus Christ,...
The Tragedy of a Hard Heart
Malachi 2:1,2 "And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them...
Our Future Kingdom
As we journey through this life, it’s important that we remember where our real home is. Each believer experiences tribulation in his or her pursuit of the kingdom of God. However saints, our hearts are not to be troubled by life’s perils and problems, but encouraged...
The Life That Is Blessed
What does a blessed life look like? Or let me put it this way: What does God say that a life that is blessed looks like? The answer is found in the Holy Scriptures. As we study what has been called “The Sermon on the Mount”, The Lord Jesus Christ opens His discourse...
Jesus, Our Advocate And Propitiation Of Our Sin
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And He is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world (1 John...
The Grace that Angered Jonah
The grace that Jonah received from The Lord gladdened Him. But when that very same grace was bestowed upon the wicked Assyrians in the city of Nineveh, it maddened him to the core.
The Pleasure Of Fellowship With Jesus
One of the most fascinating books in the entire Bible is the Song of Solomon. Despite the different interpretations of this book, there is one unmistakable feature, and that is the intimacy that exists between the bridegroom and the Shulamite woman. The term “beloved”...
Devoted, Determined, And Driven
As we read in Colossians 1:24-29, we see the apostle Paul was devoted to Jesus Christ at any cost and determined to fulfill the call of God upon his life. He was driven by the desire to proclaim the gospel to the lost and see people turned into disciples of Jesus...
The Deity Of Jesus Christ
Jesus is the visible image of the Invisible Father (John 1:18; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Philippians 2:6; Hebrews 1:3). According to Strong’s Concordance, the Greek word translated “image” is “eikon”, and it means: “a likeness, i.e. (literally) statue, profile, or...
No Doubt About It!
“In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace; … In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that...
Dead Men Walking In Newness Of Life
'For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.' (Galatians 2:19) Notice that it isn't the law that is dead. The law reflects, in its context, the holy heart and character of God. There was nothing wrong with the law. It isn't the law that died,...
Not Holding The Head
Man is forever thinking that he has to do something in order to get right with God. As we move along in this epistle of Paul to the Colossians, we see how some men were making additions to the cross of Christ with things like the observance of holy days, mysticism and...
Right Now Counts Forever
One of Satan’s most effective fiery darts is comparing yourself, or what God has called you to do, with someone else or a work of God in the past.
Chosen In Christ
The first fourteen verses of Ephesians 1 in the Greek language are one long sentence. They contain one of the most glorious yet “controversial” words in all of Scriptures, predestinated. Unfortunately, this word has been improperly conveyed in a fatalistic sense,...
The Pursuit Of Contentment
Webster defines being contented this way: the feeling or manifestation of satisfaction with one’s possessions, status, or situation. From that definition, wouldn’t you think that the person most qualified to teach others about contentment would be the person who “has...
Doing, Not Just Knowing
There is a very grievous error that is made when we equate bible knowledge with application of bible knowledge. Knowing what the bible teaches is vitally important (2 Timothy 3:16-17; Psalm 119). I do believe that each and every Christian should cherish God's Word...
Thy Face, Lord, Will I Seek
A couple weeks ago we had our fall week of prayer here at Koinonia. These weeks of prayer are a time when we set nearly every other area of ministry aside and go before our precious Lord and seek His face and will for our lives and church family. It is no coincidence...
Our Holy Calling
All Christians are commanded to be holy. We are not given the option of being ‘selectively’ holy. By that I mean that we ‘reserve’ areas in our lives where we can engage in questionable activity or speech. There is no escaping this call unto holiness and purity for...
Motives And The Sovereignty Of God
The Bible clearly reveals that God knows the thoughts and intents of our hearts (Hebrews 4:12,13). God knows what we do, why we do it, and for whom we are doing it. Unfortunately, our fallen human nature is often guilty of doing the right things for the wrong reasons....
He Who Began A Good Work In You
Other than verses 13 and 19 in Philippians 4, perhaps one of the most often quoted passage from this epistle is: “Being confident of this very thing, that He Who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.” (Philippians 1:6) What a...
The Gospel Goes To Europe
This morning we begin a very rewarding and yet challenging study in Paul’s epistle to the Philippians. In this little letter that has been called by some, “the epistle of joy”, we discover many practical lessons regarding the Christian life. As in our study of any...
But Seek Ye First
Jesus said, “But seek ye first the kingdom of God”. What does “first” mean?
The Lamb Is Worthy Of Praise
John sees Jesus in glory as a Lamb that had been slain from the foundation of the world (Revelation 13:8). This tells us that man’s fall and subsequent redemption was not a surprise to the Almighty, but His preordained plan (Acts 2:23). It is by virtue of the Lamb’s...
Being A Put On
In the world, a person who is a “put on” is a phony. To be a “put on” is a saying that is used to describe someone who is trying to be something or someone that they are not. And while that saying may indeed be true in many cases, it obviously is not a term that The...
The Kingdom Of God
There are only two kingdoms that exist upon this earth, and they are the kingdom of darkness, which all mankind by nature is born into, and the kingdom of God, which Jesus says belongs to those who are born again. For all believers, seeking God’s kingdom should 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.