Devotionals
A daily word of encouragement, exhortation and edification, drawn from the Scriptures.
To God Be The Glory
After Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines in 1 Samuel 13, the Scriptures tell us that Saul blew the trumpet! He wanted the accolades of the people; he was seeking power and fame. Remember another time how David was used to win a battle over the Philistines,...
And He Gave Them Power
Christ is the One who strengthens us to do God’s will. It is He who enables us for service. We see Jesus giving power to His twelve disciples to preach a message of repentance and to minister to people. The word ‘power’ comes from the Greek word ‘dunamis’, from which...
Understanding the wiles of Satan
In 2 Corinthians 2.1-11, Paul is concerned that the church at Corinth is falling right into Satan's hands by refusing to forgive the repentant individual that was a cause of great pain and harm to them. That concern of Paul is a valid concern for us today. One of the...
Unbelief, An Issue Of The Heart
When Jesus was ministering in His own hometown, ‘He could do no mighty work there’, except to heal a few sick folks, because of the unbelief of the people. Without faith, the Bible tells us, it is impossible to please God. This also implies that without faith, Jesus...
Scripture, Providence, and Baseball
Learn to walk by faith and confidence in His Fatherly wisdom and care when you are “pitched” the unexpected curves and knuckleballs of life.
Filthy But Forgiven
God in His grace and love sent His only begotten Son Jesus to blot out my sins and deal the deathblow to Satan on Calvary’s cross. Praise Him!! We are filthy but forgiven.
Fringe Benefits
Have you ever seen the tassels or fringes that Orthodox Jewish males wear on their clothes? In the book of Numbers we find the reason why they wear them, but we also find some wise instruction for the church as well. Note that the color of the thread in the tassels is...
Biblical Salvation
1 Corinthians 1:29-31 That no flesh should glory in his presence. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the...
You Are Mine
Does Jesus Christ have the love of your heart, soul, mind, and strength? Be secure in God’s love or you will never be secure in anyone or anything else. His love never fails.
Time To Wise Up
The Bible tells us that David was a man after God's own heart. In chapter of Samuel we see one attribute of a man (or woman) after God's own heart. Four times in chapter 18 (in verses 5,14,15,30) the Word tells us that David behaved himself wisely. The Hebrew word for...
Complacency
Complacency is a feeling of contentment and satisfaction. While God has given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, we must bear in mind that Jesus is the rewarder of those who diligently (not complacently) seek Him. I don't want to belabor you this week with...
From Leprosy To Life
The Bible tells us that God speaks His truth to us in many ways. This makes the study of Scripture very exciting and edifying, particularly if we delve deeper than the surface of sections of Scripture that seem to have no relative meaning to New Testament believers....
Spiritual Maintenance
Jesus, in talking about the end of the age said, ‘Take heed to yourselves’. In the original language the word for ‘heed’ means ‘to hold the mind towards’ and ‘pay attention to’. It also carries with it a tone of caution and the implication to beware. As we read the...
But God Be Thanked
Our title is taken from Romans 6:17, where Paul is residing in Christ’s wonderful power and grace that enable us to walk with and serve Jesus. What a shame, though, that we need to be reminded to thank God for His presence in our lives! David commanded worship...
The Sower And The Soil
The true sower of God sows His word. How vital it is that we sow the word of God and not our own little ideas. Our primary objective in our ‘mission field’ should be the preaching and teaching of God’s word, thus making disciples. Whether it be planting or watering,...
Love Not The World
When John wrote to believers the command to 'love not the worldî' he wasn't speaking of the beauty and majesty of God's creation. No, he was referring to the evil, corrupt world system that is ruled by the god of this world, the devil. Satan offered to Jesus all the...
The Fairness Of God
Man tends to challenge God's judgments. At the very least, we often indirectly question His decisions. There are times when it seems to us that God has really blown it, or has failed to come through in what we deem to be the right time or best way. But the reason we...
Be Of Good Cheer
In the second chapter of Mark, we find Jesus ministering forgiveness and healing to a man who was unable to walk. Man, by natural birth, is lame, dead in trespasses and sins. Christians can truly rejoice because, through Jesus' atoning work on Calvary, our names are...
The Heart Garden
The human heart is likened to ground in Scripture. We see this most evident in Jesusí parable of the sower. This parable explains that the fruit that comes out of a life depends upon the condition of that person's heart. A heart can be hard, without depth, cluttered,...
And He Saw Their Faith
Our faith is expressed in both noun and verb form. In the noun form, it is what we call our “Statement of Faith”, or doctrinal beliefs. God wants us to have sound doctrine, for obvious reasons. However, in day-to-day living, it’s the “verb faith” that is needed. Noun...
Hear Him
Job cried out, O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleads with his neighbor! The Holy Bible reveals Jesus Christ as the answer to mankind's cry for an advocate. God affords to every man the opportunity to come to Him for forgiveness of sin, and...
Psalm 119 – The Heart Psalm
"Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord!" Note carefully that God guarantees that those who do His word2 will be blessed. Secondly, notice that it's only those who seek Him wholeheartedly who experience this. No reservations, no stop...
A Good Foundation
As any home builder will tell you, the foundation of the house is most important. If there is a good foundation, the house will be able to withstand nearly every kind of weather. However, if the foundation is weak, the house is endangered by just about any kind of...
Jesus Is Coming!
That blessed hope has encouraged saints in all generations, and the anticipation of the second coming of Christ is to have an effect on my conduct before others: Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. The fact that Jesus could come for His...
Holiness In Action
In both the Old and New Testaments we read about a heavenly scene where God is being worshipped with the words, Holy, Holy, Holy. God is Holy; in fact, that is His very Name. He alone is reverend (or awesome). Rather than being a part of creation, God is the Creator...
Just Think About It
Wouldn't it be great if there were Bible verses that sounded like, Think about prayer, or Think about giving. I mean, with a Bible like that I could be almost perfect! Now, however, I could probably author a book entitled, The Book of Good Intentions. The frightening...
Faith Produces Fruit
In Luke's 13th chapter we find the Lord speaking in parabolic form about how a certain man planted a fig tree in his vineyard and came to it looking for fruit. This parable closely follows our Lord's teaching about repentance. Genuine repentance toward God and faith...
Righteous Faith Precedes Righteous Deeds
Romans 4:3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Paul appeals to Scripture as the final authority, not church history or church tradition. When was Abraham declared righteous? Was it when he was...
Knee-ology
Prayer is the most vital ingredient in the life of the church. It's that fellowship with the Lord that each of us so desperately needs. Jesus spent time in prayer, sometimes all night, before making important decisions. At other times we find our Savior rising up a...
Offended in the Line of Duty
Never doubt the love of Jesus when your circumstances contradict how God is “supposed” to act towards you.
The Glow Factor
This title sounds more like a science-fiction movie than a Biblical theme, doesn't it? However, we find the Scriptures mentioning light, illumination or glowing quite a bit. Of course, the source of all light (except that which is meant to deceive, of course) is the...
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.