Devotionals
A daily word of encouragement, exhortation and edification, drawn from the Scriptures.
Trusting in God
Psalm 2.12 Blessed are all they that put their trust in Him. There is a serious lack of trust in our world today. Every area of our lives, be it political, financial or even spiritual is suffering from an absence of absolute trust. Because of the uncertainty of...
Thinking God's thoughts
Psalm 1.2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. I don't know about you, but my mind can be an endless stream of busyness and flat out wrong thinking about things. That in and of itself is one reason why I need to...
Blessed!
Psalm 119.1,2 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. The blessed person is the person who chooses to walk in the ways of The Lord. They seek Him with...
My, oh my!
Psalm 18.2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. Note all of the usages of the personal pronoun "my" in this one verse. This is David's testimony....
What’s in your heart?
2 Kings 2.9 And it came to pass, when they had gone over, that Elijah said to Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I am taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. Acts 8.18-23 And when Simon saw that...
A God-Ordered Life
Psalm 37.23,24 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. We see in our passages this morning one of the undeniable mysteries of...
Blessed Indeed!
Ephesians 1.3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ. Three times in one verse we find the word blessed or blessings. The Source of these blessings is our Blessed God and...
The Power of Hope
Hebrews 6.11,12 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. Faith in Jesus Christ gives unto us a full...
The deceitful power of sin
Hebrews 3.13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. The most wicked, defiling entity in the universe is sin. Sin kills, steals and destroys. Sin deceives and cheats. Sin is a thing that...
A cat scan of fallen man
2 Timothy 3.1-5 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers,...
Liberty or Legalism?
Ephesians 2:8-9 “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.” Mankind seems to have this flawed thinking that there is something that we must do before God can accept us....
Marriage is like cake!
“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” Ephesians 5:31 Now you may be wondering, ‘How is marriage like cake?’ It is in the sense that when we have all the proper ingredients and follow...
The Right Perspective
“And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many water and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, ‘Allelujah! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns!’ ” The young body of saints in Thessalonica had endured severe persecution because of...
Reflecting On Redemption
The dictionary definition of “reflect” means to realize, consider or think. Read that again. This is the mindset that we need to have when we partake of The Lord’s Supper (1 Corinthinans 11:27,28). We need to reflect on what the elements mean in order to realize and...
Endued With Divine Power
There are those unmistakable places in Scripture where God, in His providence and design, empowers certain individuals to perform incredible things as a display of His glory and power. Such was true of the 10 plagues that God performed through Moses in the book of...
The New Morality
Isa 5.20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. Dear follower of the precious Lord Jesus, we are living in an upside down world that was spoken about here...
Divine Anointing
Acts 4:27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together. Acts 10:38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who...
Who are you married to?
Romans 7.4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. One of the easiest things to do is profess faith in...
“In Wrath Remember Mercy”
As we work our way through this period of time known in Revelation as the “great tribulation” (Matthew 24:21; Revelation 2:22, 7:14), it is very easy to get caught up with the incredible displays of demonic powers (Revelation 9) and catastrophes of nature (Revelation...
Secular society and the Lord's Day
Heb 10.25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some [is]; but exhorting [one another]: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. Secular society is at war with God. John calls the spirit of this world "antichrist". This war...
Peace with God
Rom 5.1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. What a wonderful truth we have in our text this morning. We are justified by faith and have peace with God through Our Lord Jesus Christ. Once again we see that the...
Do miracles change your heart?
1 Kings 13:6 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as [it was]...
Don’t Let Your Faith Be Hijacked!
Revelation 22.20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. 1 Corinthians 12.4-7 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there...
Keep Walking
Colossians 2:6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, [so] walk ye in him: The Colossians church was being assaulted by many false doctrines concerning the Person of Jesus Christ and His gospel they we're being told that faith in Jesus Christ's sacrifice...
Serving Christ with Fervent Praying
Col 4.12,13 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in...
The cure for an anxious heart
Proverbs 12:25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad. Let me give you a couple of other ways that this passage can be understood. Worry weighs a person down; an encouraging word cheers a person up. Anxiety in a man's heart...
The witness of God
Philippians 1:8 For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. Romans 1:9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers. 2 Corinthians...
The disaster of disobedience
Ezek 14.23 And ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD. The Sovereign Lord has told Ezekiel that because of the idolatry of His people, instead of answered prayer, they would be facing severe consequences of...
Reading and agreeing or Believing and doing?
James 1.21-25 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the...
Sober Up!
1 Peter 4.7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. Now there's a title for an early morning devotion; sober up. Peter is writing to brothers and sisters in Christ. They are going through a season of fiery trials and...
Read the whole verse
Psalm 18.30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. Following Jesus is not some kind of a pie in the sky experience that is free of effort or opposition. There are those whose concept of grace is...
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.