Category Archives: God
Glorious End
Ps.23:3 “He renews my strength. He guides me along right paths, bringing honor to his name.”
Ps.106:8 (KJV) “Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.” God wants you to know today without a doubt that, Read the rest of this entry
Big Picture
Ps.23:3 “He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake” (NRSV).
Today, we will pick up from our closing thought from yesterday’s devotional which is that God will lead you in the right path for your life because of His character and His reputation. Read the rest of this entry
The Passion III
1 John 1:1 “We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is the Word of life.”
A truly intellectual faith will set your soul on fire. I can say this boldly because that was my experience. So far, the question, did Jesus really exist had been answered. Read the rest of this entry
The Passion II
1 John 1:3 “We proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually seen and heard so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.”
A truly intellectual faith will set your soul on fire. Yesterday, I began to tell you the story of my intellectual pursuit on this man called Jesus. The question, Read the rest of this entry
The Passion I
1 John 1:1 (ERV) “We want to tell you about the Word that gives life—the one who existed before the world began. This is the one we have heard and have seen with our own eyes. We saw what he did, and our hands touched him. 2 Yes, the one who is life was shown to us…”
The sheep is always limited. While God wants you to use your brain, the Holy Spirit wants to take you beyond limits. While God wants you to use your brain, Read the rest of this entry
David’s Secret
Ps.143:5 “I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all your works and consider what your hands have done. 6 I spread out my hands to you; I thirst for you like a parched land” (NIV, with emphasis).
Today we will be unlocking the door to one of David’s key strengths which is meditation. David knew how to be quiet and focused before God. Read the rest of this entry
The Path
Job 28:7 “There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen” (KJV).
There is a right path for your life and only the Good Shepherd knows that path. Which is why He takes us through the process of making and leading and then leading aright. Read the rest of this entry
Right Leading
Ps.23:1 “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. 3 He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake” [NKJV, with emphasis].
David shows us a very clear progression here. There has to be a making and there has to be a leading before there can be a restoration. The reason it has been impossible for people Read the rest of this entry
The Assurance
Isa.46:3 (NKJV) “…Who have been upheld by Me from birth, Who have been carried from the womb: 4 Even to your old age, I am He, And even to gray hairs I will carry you! I have made, and I will bear; Even I will carry, and will deliver you.
I play a lot of sports and by God’s grace, I play them really well. However, one sport I have struggled to do is swimming and at some point, I wanted to give some focus to swimming. Read the rest of this entry
The Leading
Deut.8:3 “Yes, he humbled you by letting you go hungry and then feeding you with manna, a food previously unknown to you and your ancestors. He did it to teach you that people do not live by bread alone; rather, we live by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord” [with emphasis]
When God makes you lie down in green pastures, He is about to give you food that your fathers, your ancestors have never known. So that you can learn that man lives by every Word that comes out of the mouth of God. Read the rest of this entry