Devotionals
A daily word of encouragement, exhortation and edification, drawn from the Scriptures.
Seek The Creator, not creation
Amos 5.8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning,and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name. People have...
When it is good to be Liberal
Proverbs 11.26,26 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it. Being liberal in the bible means to be generous...
The vanity of head knowledge of God
Job 11.7-9 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. Job is a...
Others-Minded Theology
Romans 15.2-4 We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification. For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that...
Unmovable in Christ
Acts 20.24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. The apostle Paul’s primary duty and...
The Liberty to Love One Another
Please read Galatians 5.1-15 In our devotional passages this morning, the apostle Paul digs the cleats of his feet shod with the gospel of peace into the proverbial ground and simply declares to the people of God, stand fast in the liberty where Christ has set us...
Jesus is our Jubilee
Luke 4.18-21 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are...
Mightier than I!
Mark 1.7,8 There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. These are the words of John the baptizer. He poses himself...
The Centrality of Christ
Ephesians 4.11-13 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith,...
You get what you give away
Luke 6.38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. This world system is governed by...
The Yielded Life
The narrow path that leads unto life (Matthew 7:13,14) is a life that is yielded to the Lord Jesus. Webster tells us that to be yielded means “to surrender; to give way; not to oppose.” God would never give us commands that we were unable to obey. The lie of the...
Our Great Covenant Keeping God
Nehemiah 1.5 I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments. Our God is Great and Terrible. The old KJV word terrible is not to be understood as a negative...
Eternal Life!
What we deserve as sinners is death. What God offers to us through His Son Jesus Christ is eternal life (Romans 6:23). While the world is vainly seeking for the mythical “Fountain of Youth”, God is proclaiming a message of eternal life to all who believe in His...
The God-fearing Mother
Ladies, on this Mother’s Day of 2020, we want to honor you and thank you for your tireless devotion to your family, and your holy devotion to Jesus Christ.
The Power of Faith and Hope in God
Job 19.25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God. Job is reeling under the pain of suffering. Neither he nor his friends have any...
Poor in Spirit
Matthew 5.3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. The beatitudes describe the character of the kind of people who belong to Jesus Christ. These beatitude descriptions transcend denominational lines. They describe the person who is...
Whom say ye that I am?
Matthew 16.13-17 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. He saith...
The Cloud of God
Acts 1.9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. In Rochester, New York, overcast and cloudy days are pretty much the norm. As I was reading Acts 1 this morning, the weather outside was...
The Mission of Jesus
Luke 4:17-21 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to...
There is Power in the Blood of Jesus
Colossians 1:14 In Whom we have redemption through His blood (Does your bible say through His blood?), even the forgiveness of sins.” Why is blood so important to God? To us? “For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make...
The Choice is Yours
John 5:27-28 ...for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. It is not a question...
The spirit of Hamaan
Esther 5.11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king. Like the religious fraud in the temple in Luke...
God's meticulous Providence
Esther 4.14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a...
Missing the presence of God
Genesis 28.16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not. This is that incredible chapter where Jacob experiences the ladder that joins heaven and earth. A picture, of course, of Jesus Christ, The One Mediator...
Living with a Good Conscience
Acts 23.1 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day. How wonderful it is to walk with Jesus in spirit and in truth. Despite the chaos and spiritual warfare that the apostle Paul...
A Faith that works
James 2.26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. Just as money can be genuine or counterfeit, so too faith can be the real thing or just an imitation of the real thing. If it's a faith that fails to produce good deeds, it is...
The congregation of the Dead
Proverbs 21.16 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead. There are two congregations on planet earth. There is the congregation of the twice born followers of The Lord Jesus Christ. And there is the...
Isaac: A portrait of faith and submission
Genesis 22.6- 8 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together. And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I,...
True Greatness
Mark 10.42-45 42 But Jesus called them [to him], and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. 43 But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever...
Magnifying God inspires Joy
Philippians 1.21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. The Bible says, “You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body” (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). Jesus Christ has bought us at the price of His own death, which means...
God does not Forget
Hebrews 6.10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. Why should we not be weary in well doing, beloved? Because God does not forget the things...
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.