Devotionals
A daily word of encouragement, exhortation and edification, drawn from the Scriptures.
Loving God with all of your mind
Mark 12.28-30 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, "Of all the commandments, which is the most important?" And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments [is], Hear, O...
You are more than food and clothing
Matt 6.25 Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?The other day when I was out for a bike ride, this thought came into my mind as...
Confident Faith
Acts 28:31 Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.In Christ, we can have full assurance and confidence. Because of Who He is, The Word made flesh, and what He has...
Devoted, Determined, and Driven
As we read in Colossians 1:24-29, 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 Christ. You...
Samuel and the sons of Eli
1 Samuel 2.12-18 Eli’s sons were scoundrels; they had no regard for the Lord. Now it was the practice of the priests that, whenever any of the people offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come with a three-pronged fork in his hand while the meat was being...
A better kingdom
Proverbs 15:16 Better [is] little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.When a person is saved and walking in the reverent fear of God, their quality of life is better than before. In the Proverb we are told that a little child of God is...
Our Glorious Father
Jude 1:24-25 "Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen." Dominion speaks of...
God's book of Remembrance
Malachi 3.16.17a "Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name. And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of...
Receiving Instruction
Proverbs 15:32 He that refuses (ignores, neglects) instruction despises his own soul: but he that hears reproof gets understanding. Over and over again we read in the Proverbs the value of being reproved and the warning and danger of refusing to be corrected....
Back to basics
1Th 1:3 "Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;" Please note beloved the oft repeated trinity of Christian virtues, faith, hope and love. Also note the...
A Time to Consider
Ecclesiastes 7:14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him. Solomon writes that we should be joyful when we prosper. God’s gifts and...
Intimacy is Superior to Information
1 Corinthians 1:9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. As you read the bible, you begin to see an unfolding of the various kinds of relationships that exist between God and man. For example, God is the Creator...
The Emptiness of Riches
Ecclesiastes 5:9,10 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all (Read Psalm 104): the king himself is served by the field. He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. Let's be clear about...
Are You Satisfied?
Ecclesiastes 3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: We have discovered in our study of Ecclesiastes thus far, that the theme is right to the point and simple: “life apart from God is empty.” In other words, if you are not...
The prayer request of Jesus
Matthew 9.36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. 37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly [is] plenteous, but the labourers [are] few; 38 Pray...
Failure, Fainting and Forgiven
Jonah 2.7-10 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I...
Simple keys to Intimacy
Give thanks unto the Lord, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people. (1 Chronicles 16:8 KJV)Good morning, dear ones. Summer is in full bloom. I am on vacation, enjoying the smell of the flowers and admiring God's creation from the deck of our house....
His Glorious and Everlasting Name
Isa 63.12 That led [them] by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?In recounting the history of God's dealings with the nation of Israel, Isaiah talks about how God led Israel by Moses with...
The Mighty Hand of God
Joshua 4.23, 24 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over; That all the people of the earth might know the hand of...
The Circumcision of God
Philippians 3:3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.Colossians 2:11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins...
Dethrone Doubt
If then God so clothe the grass, which is today in the field, and tomorrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith? And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. (Luke 12:28-29...
Bearing fruit is God's Will
John 15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.So often in the midst of perplexing or uncertain circumstances, we are at a loss to know or understand what God's will is for our lives. While the specific will of God is in...
Methodology or The Master?
Romans 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.Matthew 17:5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye...
A word to backsliders: Come Home
Jeremiah 3:22 Return, ye backsliding children, [and] I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou [art] the LORD our God.The nation of Israel was a mess spiritually. They forsook The Lord. They worshipped the false gods of the surrounding...
Success!
Joshua 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good...
The Wonder of a Child!
2 Timothy 3:15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. Matthew 18.3,4 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye...
Keep yourself in the love of God
Jude 21: Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.One of the most treasured and cherished attributes of God is His love for us. The oft repeated demonstration of the love of God for us was in the death of...
The common traits of man
Psa 33:15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.God has made all men basically alike. Oh, we may talk differently and dress differently, and eat different foods, but we are basically the same. We are all born "in Adam". We are all born with...
Greatness according to Jesus
But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; And...
The gift of edification
Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.The Greek word that is translated "edify" is the act of one who promotes another's...
The Path of Life
Psalm 16.11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence [is] fulness of joy; at thy right hand [there are] pleasures for evermore.Matthew 7.13,14 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and...
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.