As we travel the Road of Life on our way to our final destination, we’re going to have many distractions, challenges, roadblocks, and temptations but Jesus has given us some valuable information, “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33). We’re…
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The Gift
It’s the Christmas season. During this time of year, we think a lot about gifts and gift giving. The Bible talks about the “Gifts of the Spirit” in five different locations which can be as many as 16 different gifts. We read that each one of us has at least…
Focus
“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” (1 Thessalonians 5: 16-18). Pray without ceasing. Yes, as Christians, we’re supposed to pray but are we supposed to pray all the time? The meaning of this is actually to…
Declare The Word!
We read in Matthew 4:1-11 how Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness where He was tempted by the devil. Jesus was physically weak because he hadn’t eaten in 40 days, but he was not weak in the Word of God. He declared the Word to dismiss every…
The Process of Repentance
I have a series of Bible verses that I pray during my morning devotion time and I noticed something about one section of them. The verses come from Psalm 51 where King David was praying with a repentive spirit and I could just see David bowing before the Lord with…