The cure for bitterness

by | May 15, 2019 | Devotionals, Lessons from the Old Testament

Oh, how human we are! Praising one day and grumbling and bitter the next. The children of Israel were gloriously delivered out of Egypt by the mighty hand of God. There was singing and dancing and celebration. They even made the most wonderful proclamation, Who is...

Jesus Christ, Holy and Anointed One

by | Jan 31, 2019 | Devotionals, Who is Jesus?

When Jesus went to the synagogue in Nazareth (Luke 4:16-24), the Scripture tells us that it as the sabbath day or day of rest for the Jews. On this particular sabbath, Jesus stood up and read from the scroll of the prophet Isaiah 61:1,2. It was then that He made the...

Don’t Quit!

by | Jan 24, 2019 | Devotionals, On the way to church

Salvation is a gift from God that costs you nothing; but discipleship will cost you everything. Regeneration is that work of the Spirit of God that occurs in a moment. Discipleship is a moment by moment, day by day decision that takes a lifetime. Salvation is...

Divine Access

by | Jan 8, 2019 | Devotionals

Romans 5.1,2 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. The Greek word for access used here describes that...

Not Law, Not Legalism, But Lord

by | Jan 23, 2018 | Devotionals

Something in our self-righteous flesh convinces us that salvation is earned by good conduct, or by observing religious practices like keeping ‘holy days’ or other rituals. Grace and human effort do not provide forgiveness of sin. Salvation is not the result of the law...