Tag: devotional

  • Breaking Alliance: Turning to God

    Breaking Alliance: Turning to God

    Judges 1-5    We all encounter a season comparable to  Israel in Judges.  We all eventually wear down and instead of overcoming our problems we learn to live with them. How many problems do we choose to just live with? The range of these problems is numerous, but the solution is solely through God.  Just…

  • Living in Christ’s Provision: Avoiding self-condemnation

    Living in Christ’s Provision: Avoiding self-condemnation

    Titus 3 We have a great provision in Christ.  We have an eternal promise from God Almighty.  Why do we so often struggle in living in such a great provision.  If you have received new life from Christ, you have an eternal provision. It is not lacking in any form and its depth none can…

  • Your Mercy Is New: Resting in God

    Your Mercy Is New: Resting in God

    Heb 4:9   There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. Heb 4:10  For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. Heb 4:11  Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest. . . Lam 3:21 This I recall to my…

  • Identity Crash: Finding stability in humility

    Identity Crash: Finding stability in humility

    A thought has been reinforced all week as I have been listening to the I Am Series done by Jame Macdonald. It is the the idea of humility and how it is the key to finding and living in the given Identity of Christ versus our self image and user defined Identity we find in…

  • Of Him That Calleth: Keeping the Call of Christ

    Of Him That Calleth: Keeping the Call of Christ

    Romans 9:11 (For the Children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth I Corinthians 1:26-29  For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not…

  • Psalm 46: Having a Refuge in God’s word

    Psalm 46: Having a Refuge in God’s word

    Anecdote, Read further for Devotional thoughts: I was spending the end of my weekend at convention at Greater Grace World outreach, and was just hit with a wave of fatigue,apathy, frustration, and anxiety. It was out the blue and completely ruining my day.  Even with the amazing 13 session/sermon conference delivered by amazing missionaries and…

  • Beloved: A Letter from God

    Beloved: A Letter from God

    This is written to you, as you are My beloved eternally on My mind Amidst your corruption, a total affront to my nature, in you there is not one spot I find you are the apple of my eye, my finest workmanship and forever mine you work so hard for my love  even when you…

  • Counting it all as Loss:Devotional thoughts

    Counting it all as Loss:Devotional thoughts

    Php 3:8  Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, As I have packed my belongings for a trek back to Baltimore…

  • A Call none will Chase

    A Call none will Chase

    There is a call none will chase their hearts are longing for it, but there need they never face The need to call out to the caller, as their ability is insufficient It is this call that is not heard as their pride clouds their eyes giving them a sense of omniscience For it is…

  • Praying for a call:Preparing a work in our hearts before the work

    Praying for a call:Preparing a work in our hearts before the work

    Just spent the evening with missionaries from India and listened to their life testimony of the ministry. I love a comment that was integral to their testimony related to prayer. He said ” I prayed for the ministry 16 years and the ministry was already prepared for my portion by the time I arrived”.  He…