Devotions
We Are to Pray for the Light
Psalm 82:5 (NLT) But these oppressors know nothing; they are so ignorant! And because they are in darkness, the whole world is shaken to the core. The world has had wicked people and oppressors since the beginning of time. The Bible says they know nothing. They are...
Go Ahead. Laugh!
“The joy of the Lord is your strength” (Neh. 8:10). Something peculiar has been happening to believers these last few years. They’re beginning to rejoice! God is pouring out a spirit of joy so strong, it causes people to laugh for hours. Some of...
Standing Firm
“Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.” (Eph. 6:13 NASB) The armor of God protects us from harm and gives us an advantage over the enemy, who is...
Jesus Heals All Those Oppressed by the Devil
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him. (Acts 10:38) There was a twelve-year-old boy in one of the churches my wife and I pastored who...
Don’t Observe ‘Lying Vanities’
“They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy” (Jonah 2:8). Jonah had a whale of a problem. God told him to go to Nineveh and preach, but he said, “I won’t do it.” He got into a boat to run away from the Lord. But then a...
Words of Encouragement
“Your words have kept men on their feet, the weak-kneed you have nerved” (Job 4:4 MOF). Here Eliphaz is reminding his friend Job of how he has ministered to others in the past. In verse three Eliphaz remembers how Job “set right, and put strength...
Go Through the Valley
“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me” (Psalm 23:4 KJV). Now, I like what the psalmist said in Psalm 23: “The Lord is my shepherd.”...
Watch and Pray
“Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak” (Matt. 26:41). Have you ever been frustrated with the weaknesses of your flesh? Have you ever resolved never more to yield to a particular sin, yet...
Empowered By His Nature
Notice the way The Message translates Hebrews 12:2: “Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we’re in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed….” Someone may ask, “How can I keep my eyes on Jesus when I can’t...