Devotionals
A daily word of encouragement, exhortation and edification, drawn from the Scriptures.
Just What The Doctor Ordered!
“Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed...
Waiting in Darkness
Isa 50.10 Who among you fears the LORD, listening to the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness, and has no light? Let him trust in the name of Yahweh; let him lean on his God.(HCSB)The Christian life is not only a wonderful adventure, it is also a...
Displeasure with God’s goodness
Jonah 4:1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. What was it that displeased Jonah? The fact that God was gracious, merciful, slow to anger and kind towards the repentant Ninevites. Jonah had expected the Ninevites to reject God’s message and...
The power of waiting on God
Psalm 62.1 Truly (Only) my soul waiteth upon God: from Him cometh my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. The original is, "only to God is my soul silence." The emphatic word in this Psalm is only (vs.1,...
The Wells Of Salvation
The Hebrew word for the English word “salvation” is “yeshuw`ah”, which in the New Testament is translated, “Jesus”. Jesus, of course, is more literally “Yeshua”, being a Hebrew name (Matthew 1:21). This morning we will be looking at a text that speaks of “the wells of...
A Word About Wisdom
Our study in James this morning brings us to the subject of wisdom. The Scriptures, however, clearly reveal to us that not all wisdom is godly wisdom. There is a wisdom of this world that is devastating in its effect upon others. In contrast, there is wisdom from...
Watch Your Tongue!
This morning James introduces us to a topic that hits home, and that is, the power of the human tongue and the words that we speak (James 3:1-12). Our speech has the capacity to bless others (Ecclesiastes 10:12a) or hurt them terribly (Proverbs 26:22). The unruly...
Whose Friend Are You?
James 2:23 … Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. James tells us that Abraham believed God, and was called God’s friend. He then tells us that to be a friend of the world is equivalent to being an...
Hiding in the shadow of The Almighty
Psa 57.1,2 [[To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.]] Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until [these] calamities be...
Our Fellowship in the Trinity
Eph 2.18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. The Christian faith is both a profound mystery and profoundly simple at the same time. The doctrine of the Trinity is taught from the first verse in Genesis throughout the entire canon of...
Good figs
Jer 24.7 And I will give them an heart to know me, that I [am] the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.In the midst of the many prophecies of judgment given by the prophet Jeremiah, we read...
Emboldened by the promises of God
1 Kings 18.1,2 Now it happened after many days that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, "Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the face of the earth." So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in...
Only the blood of Jesus
Mark 14.24,25 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. And He said to them, "This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.The book of Leviticus tells us "for the life of the flesh [is] in the blood: and I...
Thoughts from a recent Lord's Supper Message
1Cor 11.24-26 "For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat:this is my body, which is broken for you:this do...
Who's slave are you?
Romans 6.18-21 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield...
Imitating God
What a merciful and gracious God we serve! Listen... Ex 34.6-7 And the LORD passed by before him (Moses), and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity...
Our daily pursuit
Isa 26.8,9 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early. What precious...
Grace Alone
Ephesians 2:4-5 But God, who is rich in mercy, ... Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) I have heard it said that the definition of grace is God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense. Mark 15 would certainly affirm...
Knowing God
John 17.3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. Eternal life is knowing God personally. This knowledge of God is real and certain. According to the apostle John, the crux of the test is a spirit’s...
The Godly Response To Adversity
You and I are living in the perilous times prophesied about in Scripture (2 Timothy 3:1). Unwise decisions made by our leaders have caused great anxiety and strain on common people like you and me. How shall we respond to this bad news? Adversity is an inevitable part...
Blotted Out!
The book of Colossians was penned to offset the heretical teaching that denied the deity of The Lord Jesus Christ and the gospel of grace, and replaced it with a man-based system of earning salvation by works and metaphysical exercises (2:8,20-22). That Jesus Christ...
The Will Of God
James, as the half brother of Jesus, lived with the will of God Incarnate (John 1:1,14). There is no doubt in my mind that when James wrote his epistle, he remembered what Jesus said and did around the house. Jesus Christ, as Son of Man, lived in submission not only...
God Reigns
This universe that you and I live in was created by the Sovereign, Almighty God (Genesis 1:1), who reigns upon His throne (Psalm 47:8; Revelation 19:6). When John was taken into heaven, he saw God sitting upon His throne (Revelation 4:2). Let’s look at what the Bible...
The acid test of love
1 John 3.14,15 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 1 John 4.20,21 If...
The Touch of Jesus Heals
Mark 6:56 And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole. When I am reading my bible, I...
Drink the Living Water, not Poison
Ephesians 4.30- 32 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted,...
A lesson from Jonah and David about stubbornness
As we look into the second chapter of Jonah in the belly of the great fish, we must not disconnect the context from 1.17, where we learned that our man Jonah was swallowed up by the great fish that The Lord had prepared for him. The Hebrew word for swallowed here...
Whose friend are you?
James 4.4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy. He or she who sets his heart upon the world, who will conform to it rather than lose its...
Which Way are You Walking?
Haggai 1:7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways. The prophet Haggai exhorted the lukewarm, self-centered people of God with these words: “Consider your ways.” (Haggai 1:5,7) The word consider means to pay attention to. Webster’s 1828 dictionary defines the...
My Redeemer Lives!
When we take the Lord's Supper we celebrate the bodily resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He foretold that His temple (referring to His body) would be destroyed, but in three days He would raise it up (John 2:19,21). Without the resurrection, there is...
Love Conquers License And Legalism
As we conclude our study in Romans 14 this morning, the more I look at what The Holy Spirit is saying here, the more I realize that the underlying message is one of love conquering a judgmental, legalistic attitude (Romans 14:15). Oh how Koinonia Fellowship needs 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.