Devotionals

  —Romans 1:18-28 “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness.... Therefore God gave them over...to impurity...to degrading passions...to a depraved mind.” —Romans...

  Luke 10:27 NASB “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” —Luke 10:27 NASB Read on in Luke 10 and you will hear a young lawyer ask Jesus,...

  1 Peter 3:15 ESV “...Always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect.” —1 Peter 3:15 ESV In a world of Twitter wars, internet trolls, and fake news, where it is easy...

  Numbers 14:33 NASB “Your sons shall be shepherds for forty years in the wilderness, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness, until your corpses lie in the wilderness.” —Numbers 14:33 NASB The Israelites were at the border of Canaan, the land God had...

  Ephesians 5:8-9 NASB For you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light (for the fruit of the Light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth). Are you good? If you are anything like me, this question may...

  Titus 3:4-5c NASB “But when the kindness of God our Savior…appeared, He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done… but according to His mercy….” Do you remember the story from 2 Kings 6, when Syria’s king sent an army to capture the prophet Elisha...

  “Though He slay me, I will hope in Him.” —Job 13:15a NASB “She has the patience of Job!” Have you ever compared a longsuffering friend to that biblical paragon of endurance? We picture Job sitting on an ash heap, scraping his sores and meekly listening to the...

  “Then he sent his brothers away, and as they departed, he said to them, ‘Do not quarrel on the way.’” —Genesis 45:24 ESVJoseph’s words to his brothers make me smile. The sons of Jacob had just found out that Joseph was now one of the most powerful men in Egypt....

  “The meadows clothe themselves with flocks, the valleys deck themselves with grain, they shout and sing together for joy.” —Psalm 65:13 NASBHave you ever known those who brought joy with them whenever they showed up? Something about their persona left everyone...

  And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’” —Matthew 25:40 ESVThis verse comes from the familiar “sheep and goats” passage which contains some of Jesus’ most sobering words....