Devotions
No Deposit – No Return
“The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach” (Rom. 10:8). Everything we could ever need is waiting for us in the realm of the spirit with our name on it. All we need to do is get it from there...
Accompanying Signs
“These signs will accompany those who have believed: in my name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues….” (Mark 16:17 NASB) Jesus told us that everyone who believes Him would be able to do some wonderful things. We will have...
Make Your Miracle Happen!
“When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment. For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole” (Mark 5:27-28). There are three kinds of people in the world: those who watch things happen, those who make...
Ours for His
“But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength” (Isa. 40:31). As noted in yesterday’s lesson, one of my favorite Hebrew words is chalaph (khaw-laf). It is a word that is used in various illustrative ways to indicate personality...
The Shepherd Leads the Sheep
“He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters” (Ps. 23: 2). The job of a literal shepherd is to watch over the sheep: he leads and the sheep follow, he calls and the sheep come. But sometimes sheep will go astray....
The Secret to Great Peace
“Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them” (Ps. 119:165). Several years ago I sat in a seminar with a very well known speaker. The seminar was on organization and how to develop organizational skills in your life and in...
A Loving but Nearsighted Church
Now the apostles and brethren who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision contended with him .… Acts 11:1 – 2 The first few chapters of Acts reveal God’s initial pattern...
Break Through the Wall
“Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, ye were without Christ [the Anointed One], being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: But now...
A Fight of Faith
“All the days of my hard service I will wait, till my change comes” (Job 14:14). This verse contains the noun form of one of my favorite Hebrew verbs: chalaph (khaw-laf). Here, Job is saying that despite his miserable condition, he is looking for a...
The Sheep will Follow the Shepherd
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters” (Ps. 23:1-2). Sheep are very passive and submissive by nature. Unlike donkeys, sheep are docile creatures. You see, a donkey...