BIBLE PASSAGE: Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?” (Mark 4:38) MEDITATION: “Does Jesus really care about me?” It’s a question that countless people have probably asked themselves. During good times we might not have concerns about Jesus … Continue reading
BIBLE PASSAGE: For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. … Continue reading
BIBLE PASSAGE: Then He said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” (Luke 12:15) MEDITATION: If someone asked you to describe the word ‘rich’, what would you say? Would you say, “It means … Continue reading
BIBLE PASSAGE: “If you love Me, keep My commands” (John 14:15) MEDITATION: This instruction from Jesus is not complicated or hard to understand, is it? The questions we should ask ourselves are, “Am I a ‘want-to-be’ Christian?” “Do I have a desire to be fully committed to the Lord?” Have you … Continue reading
BIBLE PASSAGE: Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. (Galatians 5:25) MEDITATION: Remember when you were a little child and you went somewhere with one of your parents? You may have gone shopping with your mother, or walking through the woods with your dad. At any rate, your … Continue reading
I have been creating devotionals since 2013 (when I retired), and I thought I should share how I got to this point in my life. Hopefully you have seen these devotionals on FACEBOOK or LinkedIn (or received them in email as a member of my distribution lists). They are being read in almost all 50 … Continue reading
BIBLE PASSAGE: But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. … Continue reading
BIBLE PASSAGE: Therefore I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God. I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done— by the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit … Continue reading
BIBLE PASSAGE: “For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (2 Peter 1:8) MEDITATION: Have you ever observed others who seem to be totally committed to the Lord? They are effectively impacting others and pointing them to … Continue reading
BIBLE PASSAGE: It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God – that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. (1 Corinthians 1:30) MEDITATION: It’s probably true that everyone would like to have wisdom, righteousness, holiness, and the promise of redemption. We need wisdom to cope … Continue reading