REVELATION 14:13 – “And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!”.” THEME OF THE DAY: WHAT WILL FOLLOW US? The answer to the theme of today’s devotion is linked to the…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Colossians
JOHN 12:21 – “Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”” THEME OF THE DAY: WE WOULD SEE JESUS. Today’s scripture is a discovery for us from an unlikely source. Little did the Greeks who requested…
COLOSSIANS 3:1-4 – “If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears,…
1 CORINTHIANS 15:1-8 – “Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died…
PSALM 119:97 – “Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.” THEME OF THE DAY: MEDITATING UPON GOD’S WORD. God gave us two great gifts. In fact, the greatest gifts that we may ever receive. The first is His Son, the Lord Jesus, and this act of giving is captured beautifully in the one verse that gives…
1 PETER 5:8 – “Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour”. THEME OF THE DAY: THE CALL TO WATCHFULNESS. Allow me to put a plug in or free advertisement for a wonderful little book by Brian Hedges. It is titled Watchfulness: Recovering a Lost Spiritual Discipline, 175 pages, paperback, published by…