Category: Devotion
“Home Alone” – An Uplifting Devotion
Home Alone Elijah Predicts a Drought Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word.” Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah: “Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. You will drink from the brook, and IRead More
Do We Really Have All The Answers?
Do We Really Have All The Answers? “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.”—Proverbs 3:5 (ESV) WHAT GOD SAYS Too often we think we have all the answers. We know what’s best; no one else really does. I know what’s best for my family, I know what’s best for my life. The question we must ask ourselves is this: Do we really know what’s best?Read More
God Calls Us
God Calls us “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet. You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it givesRead More
For God So Loved The World
God Loves The World! For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. – John 3:16-17 The ultimate gospel message In this beautiful message from John 3, we learn of God's motive for sending HisRead More
Why Does God Send Us Trials?
Trials 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. – James 1:2-4 Trials come and trials go, but they remain constant in life. Why would God allow difficulties to happen to His faithful people? As James points out, trials produce steadfastness. We’veRead More