Devotionals
A daily word of encouragement, exhortation and edification, drawn from the Scriptures.
My testimony is not the Gospel
1 Cor 15.1-8 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered...
The mirror that talks
James 1.22-25 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway...
The gifts and callings of God; handle with prayer
John 3.27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. Charles a Spurgeon wrote: "The truth stated in this verse should act as an effectual cure for envy and emulation.” It should also be a warning about boasting and spiritual...
Not for Sale!
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. When the Scripture tells us that we have been bought with a price, it is important that we understand what it means to God and to us. For in understanding the...
Giving Glory to God
Daniel 5.21 "but the God in whose hand is your breath, and whose are all your ways, you have not glorified." We must reject the thinking that giving glory to God is "just for Christians." How dangerous it is for any human being to think this way. The passage above is...
The need for divine illumination
Proverbs 14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death. We by nature choose things that seem right, but lead to death. That is why we need divine illumination in life. Repeatedly we read in the proverbs warnings about...
Looking to Jesus, Running to Win
Hebrews 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; Salvation is a gift from God. It is not of works, lest any man should boast (Ephesians 2:8-9). But any alleged salvation that is void of works or good fruit is a counterfeit faith. This morning in...
Mercy in Life's Dungeons
I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon. Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not. O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast...
Glorious Freedom
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. (Galatians 5:1 KJV) Every human being has this basic desire to be free. The key is how you define freedom. Freedom is the purpose of...
Do Not Forget!
1 Timothy 1.15-17 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a...
Bitter And Sweet
In Revelation chapter 10, John is told to eat the scroll containing the prophetic word of the coming judgment of God. The net effect it had upon him was that it was both bitter and sweet (verses 9,10). The Old Testament prophet Ezekiel had almost the same experience...
God is love
1 John 4.8 The person who does not love does not know God, because God is love. The fallen world system has taken the sacred things of God and twisted their meanings. In the Greek language, there are two different words that are translated into the English word love....
A tale of two branches
John 15.1,2 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Jesus is the True Vine. He is the Source of human and...
Unfeigned Faith
2 Tim 1.5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also. What does it mean to have an unfeigned faith? It means to have a faith that is...
The Glory of God in Jesus Christ
The real Christmas message is that God the Son became man and dwelt amongst us to save His people from their sins.
From Birth To The Throne
Christmas time is a message that primarily focuses on the birth of Christ and His first coming. But we can never forget that the birth of Christ and His Second Coming are inseparable doctrines of Scripture that are equal components of the gospel message. This morning...
Our Victorious Redeemer
Revelation 4:8-10 ... the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, ... And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Walking by Faith
2 Cor 5.6-8 Therefore [we are] always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) We are confident, [I say], and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the...
Why did Jesus Christ come?
1 Peter 3.18 For Christ [the Messiah Himself] died for sins once for all, the Righteous for the unrighteous (the Just for the unjust, the Innocent for the guilty), that He might bring us to God. Amplified VersionOne of the most forgotten redemption truths of Scripture...
Personal convictions and different views
Romans 12.16 Be not wise in your own conceits.Let me show you a couple of other translations on this verse: And don't think you know it all! (NLT) Be not wise in your own estimation.(HCSB) Do not be conceited.(NIV) In chapter 14 of Romans, Paul deals with saints...
The power of words
Prov 18.21 Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.Have you ever heard the phrase 'Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me"? While the original meaning may have been, "despite what...
Stop It!
Romans 13.11-14 And that, knowing the time, that now [it is] high time to awake out of sleep: for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed.The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the...
Hope
Psalms 31:24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD. Good morning dear ones! None of us know what this day will bring forth, but this much we do know. We can rejoice because our names are written in The Lamb's Book of...
Behave Yourself
1 Samuel 18:14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD [was] with him.Four times in this chapter, The Holy Spirit tells us that David behaved himself wisely. The man after God's own heart was a man who behaved himself wisely. To behave wisely...
Expecting goodness defeats discouragement
Psalm 27. 13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.This in one of the most precious Psalms written by David. It is a record of David's faith in The Lord, and His desire to dwell in His presence. But it is also a...
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.