Monthly Archives: January 2017

The scripture is at the end of the devotional. Our lives are filled with things we do that typically produce results.  Sometimes the results are good – sometimes not so good.  It helps to have a clear idea of what … Continue reading →

Acts 4:12  Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved. I have referenced my trip to Afghanistan a few years ago as part of … Continue reading →

Acts 5:40b-41  They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.  41 The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering … Continue reading →

2 Corinthians 12:10  That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. I remember a trip to Brazil where we all went … Continue reading →

John 12:3  Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume I’ve read … Continue reading →

1st Thessalonians 4:1  As for other matters, brothers and sisters, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do … Continue reading →

Isaiah 1:16c-17a  Stop doing wrong, learn to do right! Today’s verse was an exclamatory statement from the Lord to the Israelites.  They were religious but their lives were not lived according to what God wanted.  In fact the context of … Continue reading →

Isaiah 7:15 He (Jesus) will eat curds and honey when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right. Right and wrong.  What is right – and what is wrong?  For the past few days I have been … Continue reading →

1 Chronicles 16:12  Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced, Raising 4 sons is an adventure to say the least.  (We are now getting our daughters the easy way.)  One of the guiding principles … Continue reading →

Psalm 45:10-11  10 Listen, daughter, and pay careful attention: Forget your people and your father’s house.  11 Let the king be enthralled by your beauty; honor him, for he is your lord. Today’s verses are the beginning of a section of Psalm 45 … Continue reading →