Devotionals
A daily word of encouragement, exhortation and edification, drawn from the Scriptures.
Love Forgives And Forgets
Do you appreciate the forgiveness of God? Do you even begin to comprehend the enormous debt of sin and rebellion that God through Christ has forgiven you of?
Job's Friends
We are redeemed souls who are living in broken vessels and a fallen world, where sin, suffering and death exist. Earth is not heaven. Praise God for His abundant mercies and grace towards us!
Thanks-living, God-ward Appreciation
God notices a thankful heart. To be thankful requires a God-ward mindset.
What is Your Conscience? (Conclusion)
1 Peter 2:19 For this [is] thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 1 Peter 3:16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good...
What is Your Conscience? (Part 3)
1 Timothy 1:5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned. Keeping a God-ward focus this day and age is so critical in the Christian life. That is why we must never grow weary of hearing the gospel....
What is Your Conscience? (Part 2)
According to these verses, if we love one another, we are not going to intentionally say or do anything that we know is going to bother or disturb their conscience.
What is Your Conscience?
If a person is born again, he or she will not be able to sin willfully and have a good conscience. They will be troubled inside. The cure for that of course is confession and repentance.
It's Good to be Liberal
A person who is generous and kind will be a blessed person. A person who seeks to refresh and bless others will be a prosperous individual.
How Do You Receive Correction?
One of the ways that we can measure our growth in grace and spiritual maturity is discovered by the way we receive correction. The proverbs tell us that when we are corrected, we either respond in love, or react in anger. When we respond in love, we grow. When we react in anger, we only harm ourselves.
The Preservation Of God
The word of God tells us that "the Lord preserved David wherever he went." What a precious comfort to be aware of God's preserving influence! The unsaved do not have this promise, but the child of God indeed does! God says that He preserves the faithful, those who...
The Prison Of "Self"
To seek the profit of others brings true prosperity. The Dead Sea is dead because there is an inflow of water but no outflow. That symbolizes the self. In contrast, be like the Jordan River. Take the things that God gives to you and has blessed you with, and then lovingly and sacrificially impart such things to others.
Paul's Confession
Confession of your faith in Jesus Christ is both edifying and fruitful. When we confess Jesus before men (saved and unsaved), He confesses us before our heavenly Father. There is what is called the confessional aspect of salvation, and our testimony is a vital part...
One By One
God told His people Israel that He would gather them from the Euphrates River to the brook of Egypt one by one. Those words "one by one" reveal the personal love and attention that God displays toward His people, not just as a nation, but as individuals. One of the...
That None Should Perish
That none should perish but have everlasting life is the perfect will of God. Of course, this does not mean that none will perish for the twentieth chapter of Revelation tells us otherwise. There we read that "anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into...
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...
Married To Jesus
The Scripture says that believers are married to Jesus. This is a great mystery. What isn't a mystery is the conclusion that can be drawn from these verses, and that is that the Lord Jesus wants to have a loving, personal, intimate, and eternal relationship with...
The Man in the Mirror
When the glory and grace of God enters our souls, it drives the nails of crucifixion to self righteousness, and gives birth to a biblical understanding of how to deal with sin and conflict with others.
The Call To Endure
Face it, we will all have seasons when we will have to endure afflictions. Sometimes these afflictions are God’s chastening, and God’s correction is proof that we are His children, so once again the exhortation is to endure.
Giving God’s Way
God knows how to fill your barn. So get blessed, saint – be a giver!
Purpose of Heart
Daniel 1:8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. Today we begin our study in one of...
Beware Of Thorns
The apostles were extremely poor, yet they made others rich. They owned nothing, but possessed all things.
The Grace Of God
I am convinced that no book can adequately explain the grace of God, much less this article. Yes, Scripture declares the grace of God, but even the Holy Record itself cannot compare with the revelation of grace itself in Jesus Christ. Indeed, all that we possess both...
Serving Jesus with Gladness
Serving Jesus is a privilege and honor. It is sheer joy to serve Jesus Christ!
Peace in a Troubled World (Part 3)
John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. As a pastor, my heart goes out to those brothers and sisters in Jesus who are troubled, hurting, feeling...
Peace in a Troubled World (Part 2)
Jesus does not want His sheep to be anxious or driven by fears and anxieties. No matter how you feel this morning, The Lord promises to give both strength and peace to His people
Seeing Jesus? or Seething at Him?
John 9:39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. Mark 2:17 When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are...
Christian Joy
The definition of joy triggers the mind as to how God desires us to walk as believers. The Greek word “chara” literally means “calm delight”. That word stems from another Greek word that means to be cheerful or calmly happy. With so much bad news in this world, it’s...
Combating Sin
What is more dangerous than a savage animal? More deadly than cancer? More debilitating than AIDS? The answer - sin! Sin? Yes, sin. Now I know that sin isn’t a common word any longer, even within the church. The word sin has been replaced with other terms such as...
Reactor or Responder?
Every redeemed person is a walking civil war. Until we are in glory, our redeemed souls will be imprisoned in this corrupt, sinful flesh, in which dwells no good thing.
Ordained for Glory and Beauty
What is the wardrobe of the New Testament priesthood? Mercy, kindness, humility, meekness, long suffering, forbearance, forgiveness, and above all things, the greatest garment of all, the God-kind of love that reflects the image and likeness of Jesus Christ.
Come Home, Sinners, Come Home
Sin grieves the Spirit of God, and it grieves God to see His creation destroyed by sin and iniquity. Thus He calls mankind to turn back to Him by grace, through faith in the perfect sacrifice of His Son Jesus Christ.
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.