Devotionals written by Chuck Jones to encourage and build up the body of Christ.
1Cor. 15:57 But thanks be to God, Who gives us the victory [making us conquerors] through our Lord Jesus Christ. Victory comes in a person, and His victory is total. Of all that Christ is to us, one of he most precious, and important is that He Is Our Victory. He didn’t come to improve […]
Years ago a man came home early from work and found his wife in the bath tub full of blood red water, having slit both of her wrists. Even though a solid Born Again Christian she had suffered for some time with clinical depression, which had grown worse. He found her just in time to
Phil. 4:19 And my God will liberally supply (fill to the full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Eugenia Price once said, “My need is the most glorious possession I have outside so Jesus Christ.” Great statement! There is nothing more exhilarating than to live supernaturally on a daily
John 13:7 Jesus answered him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but later you will understand.” We are called to walk by faith and not by sight. We all, in our humanity, want to see and understand everything. If we could just see it; if we could just understand it, then faith
2Tim. 1:12 And this is why I am suffering as I do. Still I am not ashamed, for I know (perceive, have knowledge of, and am acquainted with) Him Whom I have believed (adhered to and trusted in and relied on), and I am [positively] persuaded that He is able to guard and keep that
Psa. 106:15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. Israel wasn’t content with the Manna from Heaven, which was their daily provision, but instead longed for meat. Manna was God’s choice for them, but they thought they knew better. The Lordship of Christ means that we daily choose, and say
Col. 1:18 He also is the Head of [His] body, the church; seeing He is the Beginning, the Firstborn from among the dead, so that He alone in everything and in every respect might occupy the chief place [stand first and be preeminent]. There is nothing more exciting than living in the daily reality of
And from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace John 1:16 I’ve been on a little mini vacation at the beach. I love the sight and the sound of the waves as they relentlessly roll in. They remind me of this verse and what it says about the grace of God. Everything about
“I’ve seen the face of Jesus… He smiled in love on me; It filled my heart with rapture, my soul with ecstasy. The scars of deepest anguish … were lost in glory bright; I’ve seen the face of Jesus … it was a wondrous sight! Oh, glorious face of beauty, Oh gentle touch of care;
2 Corinthians 5:14-15 (NASB) 14 For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died; 15 and He died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf. We know how Christ
