COMFORT Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word. 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 There has been in...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
SEE The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” John 1:29 In yesterday’s portion, we read of Jesus Himself expounding Scripture to the disciples while...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
SELFLESS “It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.” Romans 14:21 The fourteenth chapter of Romans is more about worship and proper Christian perspective than it is about food and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
CHRISTMAS “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on Me, on Him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
EXCEPTION Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. 1 Peter 3:1-2 The typical and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
JUDGMENT This is what the Lord GOD showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit. Amos 8:1 This may be perhaps the most important devotional I may ever write. Lord, help me to convey it for Your glory and our blessing. While many commentators, viz.,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
JEHU But Jehu was not careful to walk in the law of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn from the sins of Jeroboam, which he made Israel to sin. 2 Kings 10:31 Pronounced in Hebrew, Jehu’s name would sound like...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
LIMPING And Elijah came near to all the people and said, “How long will you go limping between two different opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.” 1 Kings 18:21 Most every Christian is acquainted with...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
RUBBISH Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ Philippians 3:8 Years ago, a...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
WEANED But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me. Psalm 131:2 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned...[ abbreviated | read entire ]