Daily Devotions

Ephesians 4:30, “And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.” Some people in the church forget that the Holy Spirit is just as much of a person as the Father and the Son are. Unfortunately, Christians can sometimes treat the Holy Spirit like He is…

Acts 2:39, “The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off —for all whom the Lord our God will call.” When Peter preached today’s passage at Pentecost, he did so with total confidence believing that God would keep His promise. He, along with the prophet Joel, believed that the Father…

1 Corinthians 13:8, “Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.” Some Christians who reject the present day manifestations of the Holy Spirit, try to use Paul’s words against him. They take the above verse to…

1 Corinthians 2:4, “My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power.” In today’s passage, Paul summarized his mode of operation when preaching the gospel- he came with Holy Ghost power! He fully relied upon the supernatural demonstration of God’s power and not his own…

Mark 9:25, “… he rebuked the impure spirit. You deaf and mute spirit, he said, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.” I’ll never forget the first time God used me to cast demons out of a person. I was a young pastor working in the inner city of New Orleans.…

Mark 16:17, “And these signs will accompany those who believe…” When God chose Moses to be His representative, He gave him miraculous signs to verify the message to both God’s people and Pharaoh (Exodus 4:1-31). The same is true in today’s passage when Jesus spoke to his disciples to go and preach the gospel to all…

1 Corinthians 14:32-33, “32 The spirits of prophets are subject to the control of prophets. 33 For God is not a God of disorder but of peace —as in all the congregations of the Lord’s people.” There are generally two opposite opinions concerning the order of the gifts that are both wrongly held in many churches…

1 Corinthians 14:1, “Follow the way of love and eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy.” As a pastor I hear the excuses people make all the time to not be used in the spiritual gifts. The most popular excuse I always hear is, “I don’t have any spiritual gifts because God hasn’t given them…

1 Corinthians 12:11, “All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.” Have you ever watched your favorite band play live music, whether in person or on video? Did you notice how all the musicians had a specific part to play to make…

1 Corinthians 12:10, “…to still another the interpretation of tongues.” The ninth and last spiritual gift is the “gift of interpretation of tongues.” The gift of interpretation of tongues is, “a supernatural ability to interpret a message given in tongues.” Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 14:5, “I would like every one of you to speak in…