Daily Devotional

Olivia would never have appreciated it if I had spent time with her because I felt like I was supposed to or because I felt guilty if I didn’t. She would not have valued me doing extravagant things for her if it was out of a sense of duty or guilt. She wanted me to […]

Psalm 73:25-26 AMPC  Whom have I in heaven but You? And with You I desire nothing on earth. [26] My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the Rock and firm Strength of my heart and my Portion forever. Thirty years ago, while experiencing a heartbreaking situation, the Lord gave me these two

Mark 6:45-52 NASB95  Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side to Bethsaida, while He Himself was sending the crowd away. [46] After bidding them farewell, He left for the mountain to pray. [47] When it was evening, the boat was in the middle of

Luke 1:15-17 NASB95  For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; and he will drink no wine or liquor, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit while yet in his mother’s womb. [16] And he will turn many of the sons of Israel back to the Lord their God. [17]

John 3:8 NASB95  The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” About 40 years ago, I read a book by someone who said that one of the chief

Mark 4:35-40 NASB  On that day, when evening came, He said to them, “Let us go over to the other side.” [36] Leaving the crowd, they took Him along with them in the boat, just as He was; and other boats were with Him. [37] And there arose a fierce gale of wind, and the

Galatians 6:14-15 GNT  As for me, however, I will boast only about the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ; for by means of his cross the world is dead to me, and I am dead to the world. [15] It does not matter at all whether or not one is circumcised; what does matter is

Galatians 6:14-15 NASB95  But may it never be that I would boast, except in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. [15] For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. John 17:13-16,18 NASB95  But now I come to

“Living the dream.’ I hear that statement a lot; “I’m just living the dream.” Usually, when people say that, they are referring to their belief that their situation in life is exactly what they had hoped it would be. It can refer to their relationships, income, job, locality, health, etc. The problem with that kind

For those who are in Christ, darkness should never be the centerpiece of their conversation, even though darkness might be surrounding them. The Bible tells us that our God is a God of hope, and Romans 15:13 says that it is the God of hope that fills us with all joy and peace; “Now may