Devotionals

"I waited patiently for the Lord; He turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the pit of despair---,and set my feet on a rock, and…

You walk into a room where three children are playing. One child is crying and the other two quickly proclaim in unison, "I didn't do it!" Familiar scene?  "Most men(women, boys,…

"Where we are wrong, make us willing to change; and where we are right, make us easy to live with." (from Peter Marshall's one-minute prayer)Every once in a while we…

There are two different attitudes that keep us from doing God's work the way in which He desires.We are sometimes either lowborn or highborn---This simply means that we either think…

God had given the Israelites the Promised Land, the Land of Canaan. For many years they struggled with outside powers trying to hold their land. Now the enemy was within…

My backdoor opened yesterday and my grandson Court walked in.  It was a nice surprise.  (He does that quite often.)  He said to me, "I came to pick up the…

Our troubles should not in any way diminish our faith or disillusion us. Problems and suffering can have benefits far beyond our own limitations.Our pain reminds us of Christ's suffering…

David must have been far from home when he wrote this psalm:"Hear my cry O God; listen to my prayer.From the ends of the earth I call to you,I call…

There is a reason that God's Word urges you to "lean not on your own understanding."Human understanding is limited. It is incomplete. Therefore it is frustrating.God wants you to seek…

Have you noticed that it is almost impossible to argue with someone who will not argue back? Also it is equally impossible to argue in a whisper. Harsh words or…