Tonight, at Sundown starts the Day of Atonement or Yom Kippur that is a symbol of God’s grace through the Lamb of God who comes to take away the sins of the world. Therefore, there is great significance to us who are believers in Messiah. Hebrew: Yom: Day of; Kippur (Noun) or (Verb): Cover or conceal. Read More
Out of Fuel
The other day I was driving down the highway, and my truck engine suddenly turned off. I coasted to the right-hand pavement and safely stopped and turned on my emergency blinkers. I started to think, what happened? I examined my truck gauges. Electrical, okay, check. Temperature, okay, check. Engine warning, none, check. Fuel gauge, half-full, Read More
Do Not Be Anxious
Matthew 6:25-32 Therefore, I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor Read More
Water Baptism is Coming
Jesus said He wanted everyone who had received His love and mercy to come to Him in the act of worship called baptism. Upon profession of our faith, upon recognizing that God, apart from our deserving it, saved us from ourselves and death for eternity, he invites us to stand in front of a group Read More
Cleaning up our Spiritual House
Does anyone reading this devotional struggle with guilt? Guilt can destroy you or change you if you let it. How do we move on and get rid of guilt? We start by admitting guilt and deciding if it is real or false guilt. Either way, we don’t want to bury it, deny it, or ignore Read More
Alone Time with God
Did you know that the Lord wants to spend time ALONE with you? Do you remember when you accepted the Lord and became part of His family? As a “child” of God, we call the Lord “Father.” A good Father wants to spend time with his children; sometimes He wants to spend time with them Read More
Transformed by the Love of God and His Word
God’s Word reveals to us what it means to love God. The Lord cares about us. God has over and over proved His love. He knows what we need. God created us. God loves us enough to warn us. He instructs us. God died for us. He conquered hell and death for us. He rose Read More
Healing Emotional Wounds
Everyone has emotional wounds and scars from our past. THINK JUNIOR HIGH! Emotional wounds are harder to heal than physical wounds. Physical injuries can heal in days, weeks, and months but emotional injuries often take years/decades to recover. BUT Jesus comes to heal our emotional wounds! Psalm 147:3 says, “He heals the brokenhearted and bandages Read More
Dealing with Anxiety as a Christian
Joshua 1:9 says, “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” 2 Timothy 1:7, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound Read More
Coming Home to Church
“After you blatantly sin against me, you have the gall to entreat me for favors? You pray, and you expect me to come through like I usually do? You rebel against me. You shake your fist at me, and then you expect me not to be affected by your disobedience and waywardness?” Malachi 1:9. If we Read More