Devotionals, 317 total items found

To Drink Water     By Daniel Jeng        
How do we regain our spiritual thirst for simple, but life-sustaining, water?

Do Not Draw Out the Dagger        
For he did not draw the dagger out. —Judges 3:22

When the Going Is Good     By Hain-Lee Hsueh        
Reaching out to God in times of trouble is pretty natural. But what about the period in between, after our problems are resolved and before the next hardship comes our way?

Mary's Song        
Why is it that when Mary received the news of her pregnancy from the angel Gabriel, her initial anxiety quickly turned to joyful submission? What can we learn about servitude from Mary's song of praise?

To Stand Out Among Tares     By Rebecca Lee        
We are to live among the tares until the harvest at the end of the age, as Jesus instructed, “[L]est while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest” (Mt 13:29, 30a). But, as we live among tares, have we become assimilated with them? Do we still shine forth as the wheat that await the harvester’s coming?

Death and Judgment        
And just as it is appointed for men to die once, and after that comes judgment. —Hebrews 9:27 (RSV)

That's So Embarrassing!     By burninglamp        
Whether in church or outside of church, Paul and other workers set the example because they did not want to send mixed messages or become a stumbling block to others. Do we uphold this same principle today?

The Sensor and Scalpel        
For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. —Hebrews 4:12

The Shameless Man        
Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel according to the power of God. —2 Timothy 1:8

Seeing God Apart from Flesh        
And after my skin has been thus destroyed, then from my flesh I shall see God... —Job 19:26-27