Daily Devotions

Hebrews 12:1, “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” The Bible is full of inspiring stories about ordinary people that did extraordinary things because God…

Joshua 14:10-12, “10 “Now then, just as the Lord promised, he has kept me alive for forty-five years since the time he said this to Moses, while Israel moved about in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old! 11 I am still as strong today as the day Moses sent me out; I’m…

Revelation 2:4, “Yet I hold this against you: you have forsaken the love you had at first.” The most tragic thing to lose in your walk with God is your first love. The first love we have for Jesus is priceless and incomparable to any kind of love in this world. Love is defined as, “strong…

Ephesians 5:16, “Making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.” Every person on earth has the same 24-hour day. Most people sleep for eight hours, work for another eight and then mismanage the other eight hours. The big question is, “What are you doing with your eight hours of manageable time?” If you…

Exodus 6:9, “Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor.” Have you ever felt like giving up on God? Maybe you weren’t going to become an atheist but you were tempted to stop praying and having faith for things to change because of your…

Proverbs 12:1, “Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid.” The most difficult people to deal with in the church are those who are rebellious. Rebellious people think they can “teach the teacher” and be everyone’s “speck inspector.” However, just like with the rebellious hypocrites in Jesus’ day, they fail to see the…

Revelation 3:16, “So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.” Some things are best served either hot or cold. Take for example coffee and milk, they both taste great hot or cold but when they are lukewarm they taste disgusting. Imagine forgetting that you had left the…

Colossians 3:9, “Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices.” Current studies show that the average person lies between 1-2x a day. Funny, but true, no one actual knows if these numbers are correct because people might have been lying during the research. Some people lie to…

1 Corinthians 13:6-7, “6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.” Many of us can relate to being hurt and disappointed in life because the people we trusted let us down. As a pastor I have to work extra hard at showing…

Matthew 23:28, “In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.” One of the biggest issues Jesus had with the Jewish leaders of His day was their hypocrisy. The English word “hypocrite” comes from the ancient Greek word for “actor or…