

It’s Hard to Be Alert for 2000 Years
“And what I say to you I say to all: Keep awake.” Mark 13:37 Advent reminds us that Jesus, the Son of God, has already come. In a...


In Everything Give Thanks
This directive can be a hard one to swallow. I can think of a lot of things right now for which I’m not prone to give thanks. A...


Do Not Lose Heart
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have...


Comforting Words for Trying Times
In view of the recent event in a rural Texas church I am republishing this devotion. “I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that...


Here I Stand...
When Cephas (Peter) came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. For before certain men came from James, he...


Motivation
“They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.” (Acts 2:42 NRSV) “Day by...


One Body
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For...


The Resting Place of Steadfast Faith
“Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord!” (Ps. 27:14) (NKJV) Where do you...


Through Life’s Valleys
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they...


Built on Rock Rather Than Shifting Ground
Matthew 7:24-27 NRSV "Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. ...