Devotionals
A daily word of encouragement, exhortation and edification, drawn from the Scriptures.
Obedient Faith
Jesus said that a person’s obedience to His teachings determine whether his life will be built upon a solid rock foundation or upon a shifting foundation of sand, which really offers no foundation during life’s storms. James wrote that we are to be doers of God’s...
The Mystery Of The Incarnation
The celebration of Christmas is not the celebration of something, it is the celebration of Someone, and that Someone is Jesus Christ. Let’s just take a moment to ponder and wonder at what God did when He became a man. Somehow, in a miraculous, marvelous, mysterious...
The Prophecy Of The Incarnation
As we saw yesterday, the very first promise of the incarnation of the Messiah was given in Genesis 3:15: “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” This prophecy of...
The Promise Of The Incarnation
The incarnation, or human birth of Jesus Christ, was not His beginning. Jesus Christ is Emmanuel, God with us. He is the Uncreated Word Who was in the beginning with God, and was God Himself! This is what Scripture declares to be the blessed mystery of godliness. God...
Holiness – The Badge Of Discipleship
In both Testaments the Lord declares that His people shall be holy, for He is holy. Our God is a holy God. There is nothing impure or unclean about Him. He is pure because He is holy. The holiness of which we speak implies a separateness, or setting apart. Of course,...
With All My Mind
Included in the commandment which Jesus called “the first and great commandment” (inferring it to be the most important) is the love of the Lord with all our mind (Matt 22:37,38). If we are to do this, we must be constantly prepared to cast down (and out!) all...
The Search For Fruit
In the Gospels and the rest of the New Testament as well, we see that the true work of God in our lives will produce good fruit (John 15:16). In fact, Jesus Himself says that we have been both chosen and ordained to bring forth fruit. Genuine repentance will result in...
20/20 Vision
When Elisha’s servant awoke early one morning, he was alarmed when he saw the city surrounded by enemy horses and chariots(2 Kings 6). This situation had come about because God had given Elisha revelation insight into the King of Syria’s military strategy. The prophet...
Finding Grace
“But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.” How do you read that? Was Noah looking at God and saw grace in His eyes, or was God looking at Noah through eyes of grace? In other words, did Noah find grace, or did grace find Noah? In new covenant terminology, it is...
Cleaning The Temples
After Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem as King Messiah, He went into the temple area where He saw atrocities done in the name of God. He proceeded to rectify the situation by forcefully confronting and rejecting the wrongs being done, and by restoring the right and proper...
Dealing With Denial
What is denial but the refusal to admit the truth or face reality. It’s a disclaiming of reality or responsibility in some way, shape, or form. In the Christian life there are two kinds of denial – one that is spiritually harmful, and the other beneficial. When we...
The Crown Of The Saints
As if our salvation isn’t enough, Jesus has also promised to reward us for faithful service to Him. Jesus is the Faithful Rewarder. Though made a little lower than the angels, God has crowned man with glory and honor. Each year we see the crowning of God’s goodness....
Faith is not Smart
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Faith is not to be confused with being smart. Intelligence and being smart are wonderful gifts from God. But to be smart or intelligent fall into the realm of the natural man...
To Those Who Overcome
1 John 5:5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? In our Christmas series entitled “The King is Coming” The Coming King, each church is given a different promise from The King, Jesus Christ. However, each promise is...
Triumph Or Tragedy?
All four of the gospel writers record the historical event we call “The Triumphal Entry”. On this occasion Jesus rode into Jerusalem upon a donkey, symbolizing His first coming as the Prince of Peace, in order to obtain peace for mankind, especially those who have...
Behold Him
Hebrews 1:1-3 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners (different times and in different or various ways) spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom...
Sabbath Day Confrontation
Mark 3:1-4 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him. And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth....
Corruption Or Life?
To corrupt means to decay. The Latin equivalent means to destroy. Man has been given by his Creator a free will and the capacity to choose. Now, we all make many choices every day, most of them of relatively minor importance. However, it’s important to realize that...
Worshipping God is Practical
Proverbs 21:3 To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. The NLT of this passage reads, The LORD is more pleased when we do what is right and just than when we offer him sacrifices. Faith in Jesus Christ is supernaturally practical....
Shhh?
Fearing God is a vital part of walking with Jesus. It is the key that unlocks divine secrets of the kingdom of God that are unknown to the natural man.
Restored and Nourished
Jesus restores that which is broken or in disrepair. He nourishes the malnourished or feeble. He’s everything that we need, and everything that we are not.
God Forbid!
The grace of God is a beautiful thing. By God’s grace we are saved, through faith in Jesus Christ. Freely, but not cheaply, we are justified through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. Yes, grace is necessary for our hearts to be established. However, whenever the...
Triumphal Worship
Nearly 2000 years ago, Jesus Christ made what has been called His triumphal entry into Jerusalem. As He was riding upon that donkey, a symbol of peace and humility, the multitude of disciples began to rejoice and praise God. However, the entrance of Jesus was a...
Reformation!
One of the snares that we face individually and congregationally is developing a mindset of “business as usual”. There is a real danger in becoming a Christian of habit and not heart, but it is “with the heart one believes unto righteousness”. We must keep our...
The Unleavened Church
Leaven is a substance, such as yeast, used as the ingredient in dough or batter to make them rise. In the Scriptures leaven represents an evil influence, be it a lifestyle or a doctrine. We find the first Biblical reference to leaven in Genesis 19:3, where it is...
All Things Become New
When a person comes to saving faith in Jesus, the motive for everything changes, because we do things not to earn favor with God, but to draw closer to Him and worship Him in Spirit and truth.
Jesus Christ Is Lord!
The Lordship of Jesus is established in the Scriptures. He was highly exalted following His obedience unto death, by which He tasted death for every man. In that exalted position, we acknowledge Him as Master and Lord. Christianity is more than a creed or a system of...
Fearless Faith!
Have you seen those bumper stickers with the slogan “No Fear”? In reality, the only people on the planet who can live by the motto “Fear Not” are those who have given their lives to Jesus Christ. There is not one Scripture where God tells a person outside of...
Sufferings Of Our Faith
Not only are we called to believe in Jesus, but we are also called to suffer for Him as well. Scripture calls this experience “partaking of Christ’s suffering.” The Christian life is not a bed of roses. Because we live in a world that hates God’s truth, as followers...
Let God Be Magnified
Paul’s desire was that his Lord Jesus would be magnified in his life, whether by life or death. When something is magnified it is enlarged. For Jesus to be enlarged in our lives, He must be given full control. For Jesus to have full control, we need to live unashamed...
Did He Really Say That?
Ephesians 1:19-20 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places. God has...
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.