I love the book of John, and chapter 17 is precious…Jesus speaking with such intimacy and familiarity and trust to the Father. The Jews in Jesus’ day all considered God their Father, but Jesus’ relationship with God was unique to all others because it transcended time and place. Jesus knew…
At first glance, this may seem I’m ending the week’s devotions on a sour note. But really it’s further proof that God is just. Does a loving father ignore his child’s misbehavior, or does he correct his child? Children who don’t receive correction grow up to be out of control,…
In this short passage, God defines Himself by several characteristics: compassionate (cares about us), gracious (gives beyond our deserving), slow to anger (patient with us), faithfully loving (steadfast in His care for us), truthful (trustworthy and honest), forgiving (ready to accept our repentance), and just (always fair). He was, He…
HYMN DAY! The author of “Come Thou, Almighty King,” is unknown, but I suspect the individual loved and revered the LORD. These words make a beautiful prayer. 1 Come, thou almighty King, help us thy name to sing; help us to praise. Father all-glorious, o’er all victorious, come and reign…
It wasn’t unusual for God to appear in a cloud. Other places in the Bible, He appears in a cloud of glory, which I envision as a radiance visible to the human eye. This time God came in a cloud and stood with Moses, and then He introduced Himself by…
To make a long backstory short, on Mt. Sinai, God gave Moses two stone tablets bearing His instructions for living rightly. When Moses carried them down the mountain, he found that the children of Israel, with his brother Aaron in charge, were worshiping a golden calf that Aaron had crafted.…
The people referenced in the latter part of Hebrews 11:13 are the faithful ones mentioned previously by the author (I encourage you to read Hebrews 11 in its entirety—it truly is encouraging for today’s believers). They walked this earth. They served their Lord. But all the while, they realized something…
Faith…staking my life on the promises of God; trusting in His goodness. I can’t please God with a wishy-washy faith, only trusting Him when blessings are raining down. I do please God when I praise Him for my blessings and also hold to Him in the storms of life, trusting…
HYMN DAY! “Nearer My God to Thee” was written by Sarah Fuller Flower Adams, an English poet and hymn writer. The line, “out of my stony griefs Bethel I’ll raise,” always puzzled me when I was a kid. It’s a beautiful metaphor of commitment to hold tight and trust God…
Faithful people do more than “check off” a box that acknowledges the existence of a supreme being. Some people will say “I believe there’s a god,” but they have no belief in Jehovah-Elohim, the eternal Creator. God is Lord over space and time. God simply said, “Let there be light,”…
