Daily Devotional

Matt. 4:1 ¶ Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. Luke 4:1 ¶ Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led around by the Spirit in the wilderness All of us find ourselves in wilderness places from time to time. […]

The Wisdom of Tenderness so dominates the ways of God in His dealings with us. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, but the wisdom of tenderness teaches us to fear Him. There is a lot of misunderstanding about what the fear of the Lord is, and as a result many believers

“My times are in Thy hand.” That is from Psalm 31, and it reminds us that there is someone bigger than us that is ordering our days and our lives. There are so many things that happen in our daily lives that can cause frustration, and anxiety if we don’t rest in the reality that

Purify all! Make all a perfect holocaust! May every pulsation of my heart be a Spiritual Communion, every look and thought an act of love, every action a sweet sacrifice, every word an arrow of Divine love, every step an advance toward Jesus. This is part of a very old prayer that I pray daily.

Just a short reminder today. Jesus said that He was the Vine and that we are the Branches. Branches don’t pull or strain the life out of the vine, they just rest and simply enjoy the life of the vine that is flowing and moving in them. It is the role of the branch to

The last couple of nights I’ve been sleeping on a bed with memory foam. Memory foam is so true to its name. No matter how long you lay on it, or how much pressure you put on it, it goes right back to the shape it was before. Our memories are just like that; no

When I think of Paul and Silas singing praises to God, having been beaten, and chained and imprisoned. When I think of Daniel at peace in the Lions den, or young David confidently approaching the almost 10 foot Goliath, and many other examples in scripture of people confidently facing extraordinary stresses and danger it makes

There are times in our lives when we simply feel overwhelmed. We are always hearing people say that God won’t allow more than we can handle to come into our lives, but the truth is that He often allows more than we can handle. Our loving God intentionally allows us to feel overwhelmed, to teach

Yesterday and today is the beginning of the Jewish month Elul, which is the last month of the Jewish year. During this month the great emphasis is Psalm 27, and every Jew, is to read and contemplate this psalm twice everyday during Elul. Psalm 27 was written toward the end of David’s life when He

Others have said that identity is bestowed. This is so very true. We draw our identity from outside of ourselves. This is true about us because we are created to be relational. We are created to and for love, and therefore our identity is formed in significant relationships. We are especially impacted by important people