“Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.” Matthew 5:16 (NKJV) Lately, it seems as if our world is growing darker and darker. Every day, we are bombarded with a plethora of bad news. It has become so severe that I’ve had to …
Category Archives: Devotion
Divine Promises – A Prayer
Dear God, I am full of wishes, full of desires, full of expectations. Some of them may be realized, many may not, but in the midst of all my satisfactions and disappointments, I hope in you. I know that you will never leave me alone and will fulfill your divine promises. Even when it seems …
Ask. Seek. Knock.
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.” Matthew 7:7-8 ESV Ask. Seek. Knock. These are not ideals or something we …
Watch Your Measure
“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.” Matthew 7:1 ESV One of the concerns I witness in many Christian circles is this movement of so-called Christians who look down their pharisaical noses, judging …
The One Thing That Truly Matters
“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” Matthew 6:33 ESV ‘Things’ versus ‘kingdom’ is a matter of perspective. What might seem so important to us – food and clothing – are trivial and temporary when held up against the light of eternity. What …
The Benefits of Praise
“Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright.” Psalm 33:1 ESV Praise is fitting, it is proper, it is becoming for those who are upright (honorable, honest, of good standing with God). I think of this as a well-fitting suit or outfit that reflects our standing with God. Because of …
Refresh
A generous person will prosper, whoever refreshes others will be refreshed. Proverbs 11:25 NIV 2 Kings, chapter 4, recounts the story of a Shunammite Woman who created a guest room in her house for the prophet Elisha. Whenever he passed that way, he was welcomed into her and her husband’s home where he received refreshment …
More Than What We See or Know
“How can I curse whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced? . . . The Lord their God is with them . . .” Numbers 23:8,21 ESV King Balak had summoned Balaam to come to his aid. Overcome with fear at what he perceived to be a …
Gratitude in the Midst of Hardship
Acts of gratitude make one grateful, because step by step, they reveal that all is grace.” – Henri Nouwen
Fear Versus Reality
Now Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites, and Moab was terrified of the people because they were numerous. Indeed, Moab dreaded the Israelites. So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will devour everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” Since …