No Cost Too High
As a true follower of Jesus you will be persecuted to what degree I do not know. Have you ever heard the saying “You’re either in the middle of a storm, about to go into a storm, or coming out of a storm?” The Bible tells us in 2 Timothy 3:12 "in fact, everyone who...
Shout It Out!
Ezra 3:11 “And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the LORD: ‘For He is good, for His mercy endures forever…’” It is always a great day when God’s people sing His praises. In this passage, the people shouted for joy because “the foundation of...
God Created A Thirst In You
God Created A Thirst In You By Adrian Rogers PRAY OVER THIS: “But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.” 1 Corinthians 15:10 ...
Eyes That See
Eyes That See By Turning Point with Dr. David Jeremiah [I pray that] the eyes of your understanding [may be] enlightened. Ephesians 1:18 When Jesus’ disciples asked Him why He spoke to the people in parables, He quoted Isaiah 6:9-10 as an explanation. Centuries...
The Discipline Of Difficulty
Oswald Chambers The Discipline Of Difficulty In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. JOHN 16:33 An average view of the Christian life is that it means deliverance from trouble. It is deliverance in trouble, which is...
Is Jesus Real To You?
Is Jesus Real To You? By Adrian Rogers PRAY OVER THIS: “I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ....
Developing Faith Through Adversity
Trials are an opportunity to experience our heavenly Father’s faithfulness and strength. By Charles Stanley Read 2 Corinthians 11:23-30 The apostle Paul spent over half of his life serving Christ, and yet he experienced suffering. It doesn’t seem fair, does it? Why...
How to Walk Wisely
Are you still practicing the fundamentals of the faith? By Charles Stanley Proverbs 3:5-6, 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight. Living...
How to Walk Wisely
How to Walk Wisely By Charles Stanley Are you still practicing the fundamentals of the faith? Proverbs 3:5-6, 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight....
How You Can Be A True Intellectual
How You Can Be A True IntellectualBy Adrian RogersPRAY OVER THIS:“The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the Lord are true...
God Uses His Word To Speak To Us
God Uses His Word To Speak To UsBy Adrian RogersPRAY OVER THIS:“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My...
Why Should You Be Quick To Obey Jesus?
Why Should You Be Quick To Obey Jesus?By Adrian RogersPRAY OVER THIS:“His mother said to the servants, ‘Whatever He says to you, do it.’ Now there were set there six waterpots of stone, according to the manner of purification of the Jews, containing twenty or thirty...
“Not Everyone Who Says To Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ Will Enter The Kingdom Of Heaven!
By David Servant "Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. And when I speak of doing the will of the Father, don’t think that I’m making ANY reference to all the...
Do You Have The Power To Limit God?
Do You Have The Power To Limit God? By Adrian Rogers PRAY OVER THIS: “How often they provoked Him in the wilderness, and grieved Him in the desert! Yes, again and again they tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. They did not remember His power: the day when...
The Ultimate Love Song
The Ultimate Love SongTaken from Today In The WordRead Song of Songs 5:10-16Love songs have always been popular. Songs that express love between a man and a woman are virtually as old as human civilization.God has given us an entire book of the Bible devoted to love...
We Sing Hallelujah
We Sing Hallelujah Taken from Today In The Word Read Revelation 19:1-9 We often sing and say “hallelujah” (or “praise the Lord”) as Christians. But where is this found in the Bible? In the New Testament, hallelujah is used in only one place, Revelation 19. The four...
The Power of Stillness
The Power of Stillness Taken from the YouVersion Bible app “Be still, and know that I am God! I will be honored by every nation. I will be honored throughout the world.” Psalms 46:10 NLT We’re busy people. Between work and home, family and friends, full schedules and...
A Heart That Follows God
A Heart That Follows God Taken from the YouVersion Bible app Dear friend, don’t let this bad example influence you. Follow only what is good. Remember that those who do good prove that they are God’s children, and those who do evil prove that they do not know God. 3...
God’s Presence In A Dark World
God's Presence In A Dark World Taken from Today In The Word Read Matthew 5:1-16 Even a small flickering candle can dispel darkness in a pitch-black room. Though a candle’s flame may be insignificant compared to a high wattage halogen bulb, it can still pierce the...
God’s Secrete Presence
God's Secrete Presence Taken from Today In The Word Matthew 6:1–18 (NLT): “Watch out! Don’t do your good deeds publicly, to be admired by others, for you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven. 2 When you give to someone in need, don’t do as the hypocrites...
Healing In His Presence
Healing In His Presence Taken from Today In The Word Read Matthew 8:1-13 Young children love to spend time at a playground. They feel free and independent as they scramble from the slide to the swing set to the mini climbing wall. In reality, parents are keeping a...
When You Need Support
When You Need Support Taken from the YouVersion Bible app Galatians 6:2 NLT, Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ. Everyone carries burdens, and the things we go through shape the way we view the world, and ourselves. But we weren’t...
His Presence Drives Away Darkness
His Presence Drives Away Darkness Taken from Today In The Word Matthew 12:22-37, 22 Then they brought him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute, and Jesus healed him, so that he could both talk and see. 23 All the people were astonished and said, “Could this be...
Patience in the Waiting
Patience in the Waiting Taken from the YouVersion Bible app Lamentations 3:25-26 NLT, "The Lord is good to those who depend on him, to those who search for him. So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the Lord." Imagine what your life would be like if you had...
Love One Another
Before you read todays Bible devotion, first ask "How am I loveing others? or am I truly loveing others when I do not share the truth of the Bible with them?" Jesus is our example, we need to be followers of Jesus and love others the way He did, which is speaking and...
Once Saved Always Saved?
John Wesley: “Once Saved Always Saved?” “Calvinists, who deny that salvation can ever be lost, reason on the subject in a marvelous way🤔 They tell us, that somehow: No virgin’s lamp can go out...(Matthew 25:8) No promising harvest can be choked with thorns...(Matthew...
Building on the Rock
Building on the Rock By David Wilkerson Beloved, you are not building on the rock if you need a preacher to thunder at you to obey God, if you need a set of do’s and don’ts. You don’t need a book of rules; you need a passionate love for Jesus. You need to be so in...
Saying vs. Knowing
Saying vs. Knowing By David Jeremiah "If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear. But certainly God has heard me; He has attended to the voice of my prayer." Psalm 66:18-19 Why are witnesses in a courtroom required to swear to tell “the whole truth” when...
His Cross Is My Cross
His Cross Is My Cross: By AW Tozer To take Jesus Christ into your life without reservation is to accept His friends as your friends and to know that His enemies will be your enemies! It means that we accept His rejection as our rejection. We knowingly accept His...
No Exceptions
No Exceptions By David Jeremiah And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. Ephesians 4:32 We will occasionally hear of a tragic event perpetrated by one person against another, whether intentionally or...
God’s Presence In Serving Others
God's Presence In Serving Others Taken from Today In The Word What if you had a mirror that didn’t just reflect your outward appearance, but could also reveal your inner self? The mirror would show how you interact with other people around you, particularly the least...
Stay Alert
Stay Alert Taken from the YouVersion Bible app 1 Peter 5:8-9 NLT, Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith. Remember that your...
When God Answers Us
When God Answers Us By Charles Stanley Our good God gives us the answers we need—not necessarily the ones we want. Read Job 42:1-16 At the end of the book of Job, God grants His servant peace and more than restores his fortunes. We see that the Lord has been paying...
A God of Comfort
A God of Comfort Taken from the YouVersion Bible app Psalms 23:4 NLT, "Even when I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me." In ancient Israel, the rod and staff of a shepherd...
Failing to Listen to God
Failing to Listen to God By Charles Stanley Accept and be thankful for godly correction; your life will be better because of it. 2 Timothy 4:1-4, 1 I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His...
God Created A Thirst In You
God Created A Thirst In You By Adrian Rogers PRAY OVER THIS: “But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.” 1 Corinthians 15:10 ...
Is Jesus Real To You?
Is Jesus Real To You? By Adrian Rogers PRAY OVER THIS: “I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ....
How You Can Be A True Intellectual
How You Can Be A True IntellectualBy Adrian RogersPRAY OVER THIS:“The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the Lord are true...
God Uses His Word To Speak To Us
God Uses His Word To Speak To UsBy Adrian RogersPRAY OVER THIS:“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My...
Why Should You Be Quick To Obey Jesus?
Why Should You Be Quick To Obey Jesus?By Adrian RogersPRAY OVER THIS:“His mother said to the servants, ‘Whatever He says to you, do it.’ Now there were set there six waterpots of stone, according to the manner of purification of the Jews, containing twenty or thirty...
Do You Have The Power To Limit God?
Do You Have The Power To Limit God? By Adrian Rogers PRAY OVER THIS: “How often they provoked Him in the wilderness, and grieved Him in the desert! Yes, again and again they tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. They did not remember His power: the day when...
Eyes That See
Eyes That See By Turning Point with Dr. David Jeremiah [I pray that] the eyes of your understanding [may be] enlightened. Ephesians 1:18 When Jesus’ disciples asked Him why He spoke to the people in parables, He quoted Isaiah 6:9-10 as an explanation. Centuries...
Saying vs. Knowing
Saying vs. Knowing By David Jeremiah "If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear. But certainly God has heard me; He has attended to the voice of my prayer." Psalm 66:18-19 Why are witnesses in a courtroom required to swear to tell “the whole truth” when...
No Exceptions
No Exceptions By David Jeremiah And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. Ephesians 4:32 We will occasionally hear of a tragic event perpetrated by one person against another, whether intentionally or...
Developing Faith Through Adversity
Trials are an opportunity to experience our heavenly Father’s faithfulness and strength. By Charles Stanley Read 2 Corinthians 11:23-30 The apostle Paul spent over half of his life serving Christ, and yet he experienced suffering. It doesn’t seem fair, does it? Why...
How to Walk Wisely
Are you still practicing the fundamentals of the faith? By Charles Stanley Proverbs 3:5-6, 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight. Living...
How to Walk Wisely
How to Walk Wisely By Charles Stanley Are you still practicing the fundamentals of the faith? Proverbs 3:5-6, 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight....
When God Answers Us
When God Answers Us By Charles Stanley Our good God gives us the answers we need—not necessarily the ones we want. Read Job 42:1-16 At the end of the book of Job, God grants His servant peace and more than restores his fortunes. We see that the Lord has been paying...
Failing to Listen to God
Failing to Listen to God By Charles Stanley Accept and be thankful for godly correction; your life will be better because of it. 2 Timothy 4:1-4, 1 I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His...
The Ultimate Love Song
The Ultimate Love SongTaken from Today In The WordRead Song of Songs 5:10-16Love songs have always been popular. Songs that express love between a man and a woman are virtually as old as human civilization.God has given us an entire book of the Bible devoted to love...
We Sing Hallelujah
We Sing Hallelujah Taken from Today In The Word Read Revelation 19:1-9 We often sing and say “hallelujah” (or “praise the Lord”) as Christians. But where is this found in the Bible? In the New Testament, hallelujah is used in only one place, Revelation 19. The four...
A Heart That Follows God
A Heart That Follows God Taken from the YouVersion Bible app Dear friend, don’t let this bad example influence you. Follow only what is good. Remember that those who do good prove that they are God’s children, and those who do evil prove that they do not know God. 3...
God’s Presence In A Dark World
God's Presence In A Dark World Taken from Today In The Word Read Matthew 5:1-16 Even a small flickering candle can dispel darkness in a pitch-black room. Though a candle’s flame may be insignificant compared to a high wattage halogen bulb, it can still pierce the...
God’s Secrete Presence
God's Secrete Presence Taken from Today In The Word Matthew 6:1–18 (NLT): “Watch out! Don’t do your good deeds publicly, to be admired by others, for you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven. 2 When you give to someone in need, don’t do as the hypocrites...
Healing In His Presence
Healing In His Presence Taken from Today In The Word Read Matthew 8:1-13 Young children love to spend time at a playground. They feel free and independent as they scramble from the slide to the swing set to the mini climbing wall. In reality, parents are keeping a...
His Presence Drives Away Darkness
His Presence Drives Away Darkness Taken from Today In The Word Matthew 12:22-37, 22 Then they brought him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute, and Jesus healed him, so that he could both talk and see. 23 All the people were astonished and said, “Could this be...
God’s Presence In Serving Others
God's Presence In Serving Others Taken from Today In The Word What if you had a mirror that didn’t just reflect your outward appearance, but could also reveal your inner self? The mirror would show how you interact with other people around you, particularly the least...
The Dangers Of Emotionalized Christianity introduction
The Dangers Of Emotionalized Christianity By Pastor Grady Clark This is a four part devotional which taken from the book "The Dangers Of Emotionalized Christianity" written by Pastor Grady Clark of Calvary Chapel River oaks wrote entitled "The Dangers Of Emotionalized Christianity". You can read the PDF book by going to the recourses tab and then click on the PDF books. ...