Is God’s Love a Reckless Love?
The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying: ‘Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.’Jeremiah 31: 3 (NKJV)Scripture: 1 John…
Why Can There Be No Fear in Love?
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. We love…
A Rainbow as a Moving Target
I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.Genesis 9: 13 (NIV)Scripture: Genesis 9: 1-17In the Old…
Why Did God Take the Israelites the Long Way to the Promised Land?
Why does God sometimes seem to take us the long way around when trying to get us to where He wants us to go? This devotion looks at why the…
That Is a Long Time
The son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son…
Sticking By Your Convictions
On Herod’s birthday the daughter of Herodias danced for them and pleased Herod so much that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked.Matthew 14: 6-7 (NIV)Scripture:…
But I Want Her to Be Like Me
As Jesus and his disciples went on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary,…
Can God Really Forgive Me For This Sin?
Samuel said to the people, “Do not fear. You have committed all this evil, yet do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your…
Why Do Christians Sin?
It is hard for those who have not accepted Christ as their Savior to understand how those who have keep sinning after they have given their lives to God. It…
How Should Regret Affect Our Christian Walk?
Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.2 Corinthians 7: 19 (NIV)Scripture: Psalm 51How does regret affect our Christian walk? It…