Weekly devotions and encouragement from the Bible.
Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness. Colossians 2:7 NLT Our Problem It seems that Christianity is miles and miles wide and only an inch deep. Our faith is …
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world. John 16:33 ESV Friend, if I were to ask you right now how you felt about the world and everything happening, what would you say? Would …
My child, give Me your heart and let your eyes observe My ways. (Proverbs 23:26 NRSV) Historically, Christianity has always been threatened. This came home to me while I traveled this summer. I watched as a pastor rose to the pulpit to address Black Lives Matter only to find every member of color not returning …
“It was by faith that Abraham obeyed when God called him to leave home and go to another land that God would give him as his inheritance. He went without knowing where he was going” (Hebrews 11:8 – New Living Translation) Waiting. It’s something we’re all so used to in our daily lives. We wait …
James 1:2-4 (ESV): “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” The world we live in is filled with chaos. More often …
Are you facing a situation that you feel there is no hope to get out of? Does it seem like God is nowhere in sight? Lingering for days, even years, it feels like God is not present or will ever help us. Maybe it’s a financial situation, sickness, divorce, or inability to conceive. There are …
“If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?” Matthew 6:30 NIV Wow, we both must have woken up on the wrong side of the bed today, I thought as my 5-year-old …
“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.” – Romans 12:2 NIV Do you have negative thoughts about who you are swirling around in your own head on a daily basis? …
God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another. Do you have the gift of speaking? Then speak as though God himself were speaking through you. Do you have the gift of helping others? Do it with all the strength and energy that …
Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses so that the power of Christ can work through me.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 (NLT) Let me burst your bubble. Someone started a nasty rumor that God would not allow …