Think on these things (Philippians 4:8-9)
My weekly or routine devotionals.
In Hebrews 2:9, Jesus was “made a little lower than the angels.” His nemesis angel whom He was made lower than, Satan, thought he finally had an upper hand to take out Almighty God. This created being saw the cross as his victory. He taunted the crowds to cheer, “Crucify …
His Cross proclaims the single most important event in history, the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Three times the Bible speaks of His Cross and what He did for us as our substitute: Jesus BORE His Cross — “And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place …
Reading John 9, not all sickness is a result of sin. However, reading Psalm 32 we see that all sin affects the body. We should question our sickness as the disciples did in John 9. They were not rebuked by Jesus for considering this, but they got the direct answer …
What was nailed to the cross? Paul teaches that the “ordinances that was against us” were nailed to the cross (Colossians 2:13-15). The ordinances are God’s Law, not man’s sins, but the condemnation of our sins. The Law is what stands against us, sentencing us to death because of the …
Jude 1:20-21 instructs us how to “keep yourselves in the love of God.” If we have the love of God in salvation (John 3:16) and know we have the love of God after salvation (1 John 3:16-18), we must keep in the love of God in such a way to …
The love of God in John 3:16 is written to the unbeliever., while the love of God in 1 John 3:16 is written to the believer. In 1 John 3:16, John challenges whether the believer is a believer by the love found in John 3:16. In 1 John 3:16-18, the …
John 3:16 reveals what separates true Christianity from other religions in the world, the love of God. All men are unworthy of this love because of a spiritual birth defect we are born with, the sin nature (Romans 5:12). Our Creator knew we could never remove this defect, so He …
2 Corinthians 4:16-18 teaches, “though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.” This is important in understanding that blessings are not a physical guarantee for the outward man but spiritual for the inward man. As we age, if this is not put in heavenly …
Read Ecclesiastes 1 — the preacher comes across as a pessimist. In 1:2-4, everything is empty and worthless, life is meaningless and without hope or purpose. In 1:5-7, everything in nature continues, century after century, while man is here for just a brief time. The preacher paints a bleak picture …
Most people are desperately attempting to live, while missing the true meaning of life. They seek meaning in their possessions, through their pleasures and by their own power. Their wheels spin out of control with no direction or destiny because they deny the key ingredient, God, and rely wholly on …
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