SINCE I AM A CHRISTIAN, DO I HAVE A NEED FOR REPENTANCE? BIBLE PASSAGE: I have strayed like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I have not forgotten your commands. (Psalms 119:176) MEDITATION: There is only One who knows us well enough to provide exactly what we need, at exactly the right time. When … Continue reading
READING GOD’S WORD SHOULD BE A DELIGHT FOR EVERY CHRISTIAN BIBLE PASSAGE: Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. (Philippians 2:3-4) MEDITATION: Reading the Bible should be a daily desire … Continue reading
PLEASING GOD IS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY FOR CHRISTIANS BIBLE PASSAGE: Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ. (Galatians 1:10) MEDITATION: There are many outside influences … Continue reading
“KINDNESS” IS A GODLY CHARACTERISTIC EXPECTED OF CHRISTIANS BIBLE PASSAGE: Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ, God forgave you. (Ephesians 4:32) MEDITATION: Whenever we surrender our lives to the Lord, it is a decision that calls for a change in our lives. It is also an agreement … Continue reading
JESUS GIVES US SOME VALUABLE ADVICE FOR LIVING AS A CHRISTIAN BIBLE PASSAGE: Jesus replied: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.” (Matthew 22:37-39) MEDITATION: … Continue reading
“JEALOUSY” – A DESTROYER OF THE FULFILLMENT OF LIVING AS A CHRISTIAN BIBLE PASSAGE: Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. (John 4:36) MEDITATION: “Jealousy” is an emotion, but not a very good one to … Continue reading
AS A CHRISTIAN, WHY WOULD I HAVE DOUBTS AND HOW DO I HANDLE THEM? BIBLE PASSAGE: What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which He revealed his glory; and His disciples believed in Him. (John 2:11) MEDITATION: If you have been a Christian for some time, do … Continue reading
AS A CHRISTIAN, HOW FAR HAVE I MOVED AWAY FROM PREVIOUS SINS? BIBLE PASSAGE: For if I build again those things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. (Galatians 2:18) MEDITATION: Whenever we receive the Lord’s salvation, if we are sincere about our decision, then we will start making changes in our lives, and … Continue reading
HOW CAN CHRISTIANS RISE ABOVE THE THINGS THAT TRY TO DISCOURAGE US? BIBLE PASSAGE: My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart. (Psalm 7:10) MEDITATION: Do you ever feel there is some sin in your life that you just can’t eliminate? At times, do you feel like Paul, who just couldn’t … Continue reading
(last of the devotional series on God’s Plans) GOD HAS PLANS FOR THOSE WHO SEEK HIM WITH ALL THEIR HEART BIBLE PASSAGE: “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (Jeremiah 29:11) MEDITATION: Do … Continue reading