“Look!” Nebuchadnezzar shouted. “I see four men, unbound, walking around in the fire unharmed! And the fourth looks like a god!” Daniel 3:25 (NLT) Some of us have read this story so many times that we’ve become inured to the test of faith Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego underwent. So let’s revisit this passage of Scripture. …
Category Archives: Devotion
Army of Angels
“Don’t be afraid!” Elisha told him. “For there are more on our side than on theirs!” Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, open his eyes and let him see!” The LORD opened the young man’s eyes, and when he looked up, he saw that the hillside around Elisha was filled with horses and chariots of fire. …
Labor Day
We all need to be needed, and it is accomplished by doing our share of the duties meant for mankind.
On Making Wise Choices
God urges us to ask for His guidance in every situation, to seek His divine wisdom for those difficult choices that will inevitably fill our days.
Workers Overhead
“Beware that you don’t look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels are always in the presence of my heavenly Father.” Matthew 18:10 (NLT) The other day, I saw a sign that read, “Caution. Workers Overhead.” While I couldn’t see the workers, I believed what the …
Cowardly Lion? No!
David’s enemy was a powerful nation, and he probably wrote this song on the
eve of battle. My enemy during those troublesome weeks was not a foreboding army of foot soldiers but anxiety.
The Desert of Shur
Then Moses led the people of Israel away from the Red Sea, and they moved out into the desert of Shur. They traveled in this desert for three days without finding any water. Exodus 15:22 (NLT) The Israelites had just crossed the Red Sea unscathed. Not a single life was lost. The Egyptians? Annihilated. Talk …
Worship that Delights Him
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. Proverbs 15:8 (KJV) Eli, the high priest of Shiloh, had two sons, Hophni and Phineas, who served as priests in the Tabernacle. These men were corrupt and evil (1 Samuel 2 and 3). They used …
The Battle Is Not Yours
This is what the LORD says; Do not be afraid! Don’t be discouraged by this mighty army, for the battle is not yours, but God’s. 2 Chronicles 20:15 (NLT) Jehoshaphat faced an alarming adversary; the combined armies of Moab, Ammon, and some of the Meunim had declared war on Judah. 2 Chronicles 3:20 tells us …
Abide
“I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:5 (ESV) “Apart from me you can do nothing.” Jesus’ words grate against our current culture’s gospel of self-empowerment. While society views dependence …