Daily Devotionals

What does this mean? What is John the Baptist talking about? John the Baptist was the messenger of God, to prepare the way of the coming of Messiah – Jesus on the scene. Jesus referred to John as “a burning and shining lamp!”. In Matthew 11:11 Jesus says, “I say unto you, among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater tha…

Warren Buffet comes to your birthday party today and he says to you, “Name your birthday present, anything, and it’s yours.” What would your “anything” be? What would you want above anything else?      Well, whatever you choose, know that you have a gift coming that far exceeds your wildest dreams. Listen to what the…

Courageous. Bold. Extreme Faith. Leaders. These are just a few descriptions for Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. 3 young men of Israel who literally stood up against the most powerful King in the “world”. In today’s nonstop news cycle, it seems that politics and the “ruling” of men is a large business. Everybody (including myself) …

    What is your family like? Are there certain things that are unique to your family?  In my family, laughter is quite common.  My grown children have told me they enjoy watching when my siblings and I are together.  The laughter is almost non-stop.  There are usually tears and hurting sides from laughing so …

What if God had swept our sin under the rug and never dealt with it? He would be unjust for leaving sin unjudged. But providing His own righteous­ness enables Him to be both just and the one who justifies us. This is what Paul means in Romans 3:25-26 by saying that God is both “just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.” He d…

     Heli, Matthat, Levi, Melki, and Joseph. Five men in a list of far greater men. Five men with hand-me-down names that I barely glance over while studying.      Yet, these men are in the lineage of Christ. They’re important, but I still know nothing about them. I couldn’t share a fact beyond ancestr…

Happy Birthday, it’s March 23, 2024, and this is your day so be happy and rejoice and be glad in it. We were created to work. Imagine getting the following memorandum from your manager: Employees in a Detroit business office found the following important notice on the bulletin board: “The management regrets that it has come to their atten…

     Moses was a great leader and a deliverer who God raised up for His people.  But he was also considered a prophet.  A Prophet is one who speaks to God’s people on behalf of God.  The prophets delivered messages of blessing and doom during their career.  Some prophets were held in high esteem, but most…

Peter is speaking to the Jews in the Temple after they had healed a man who had been lame more than 40 years. In this passage he explains that they need to repent and how Jesus of Nazareth, whom they killed, is the chosen Messiah. Peter says that Jesus had to go to heaven before He comes back to complete God’s will.      …

As missionaries in Costa Rica my family has a permanent residency status. This gives us a few advantages over living here under a tourist visa or any other kind of visa. Things like being able to have a Costa Rican bank account, access to the medical system, and not being required to leave the country every 3 months to renew a visa. It mak…