27 Jan Devotional Thought – The Cure for Bitterness
"Now when they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore, the name of it was called...
Devotionals
13 Jan Devotional Thought – Hanging Pictures In The Hallway Of The Heart
"Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was...
01 Jan A Devotional Thought For A New Year – Renewed In Jesus
"Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.” Revelation 21:5 Here is a novel thought for a new year: to make all things new isn't the same thing as simply making new things. You see, making things new is a work done in the heart while making new things is a work done by the hand. So, whenever Jesus sits on the throne of a heart he does something nobody else can do: He makes all things new. I say that this is such an amazing thing because He does this without changing or altering something from the outside. It is first and foremost a work of the heart - of love.24 Sep Devotional Thought – The Hunger Of The Heart
"But when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in that land, and he began to be in want." Luke 15:14 Poor, pitiful prodigal....
10 Sep Devotional Thought – Flying, Running, Walking
"But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint." Isaiah 40:31 Isaiah shares here the rather surprising steps in our spiritual progression. He tells us that those who wait on the Lord will fly, and then run, then walk. The order of these steps seems rather strange at first glance. To begin by soaring on eagle's wings, and then to drop into run, only to descend further into a slow, steady walk. This doesn't appear to be upward progress, but rather that of a spiritual descent. This is the true order of the life of Christ in the believer. When Christ first comes into my life, there is a sudden soaring that takes place in my soul. I am as the apostle says, "caught up to meet the Lord in the air." The world and its many appeals seem so distant and dreary, and its population are like grasshoppers as I'm caught up in the flight of my new faith. After a while, I settle down to a swift run, but even then my earthly contact is only momentary like that of a seasoned, conditioned runner. The immediate exhilaration of salvation has subsided, but the steady pace of mature faith has not yet come. My faith is running, but it isn't weary.09 Apr Devotional Thought – His Death, Our Life
"always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body." 2 Cor. 4:10
In today's antiseptic, anesthetized society, the thought of continually handling and dwelling on the death of Jesus would no doubt be considered unusual - unhealthy even. Some would surely ask, "How can bearing His dying in my body bring life to me? Wouldn't that rob me of energy? Wouldn't it cause me to always look back and never forward? Wouldn't that cause me to become so consumed with heaven that I am of no use here on earth?" The simple answer is, "No," for this is no ordinary death that Paul is describing. When Jesus died it wasn't the passing of earth to Heaven, but rather the coming of Heaven to earth.