Daily Devotion

In the first 6 verses of chapter 10 we see Samuel anointing Saul as the king that the people wanted. Samuel spoke of three signs that would show that Samuel had been picked and anointed in accordance with God’s will.  The first of these would have given Saul the...

In this last chapter of Ruth, we see Boaz is a picture or type of Jesus Christ. This reminds us that to be a redeemer He had to become related to us before He could redeem us. He became flesh and blood so He could die for us on the cross (Heb. 2:14–15). In order to...

In these first few verses of the book of Ruth we see 3 fatal mistakes.  Elimelech had a family to take care of and yet he walked by faith instead of sight, then he focused on the physical not the spiritual, and lastly he should have known that it was better to be...

Here is one of the most famous parables of Jesus in Luke 15.  We see the story that is commonly called the prodigal son, but is really the story of the loving father.  We see this young man asking for his inheritance before the father is dead and then living for...

In Luke 14:12-24 Jesus gave a gracious invitation to all who would come and trust in Him and asked them to do so. Salvation is a free gift given to all who will receive it, but living for Jesus is costly. So many preachers and Christians today teach that salvation...

It is so sad that we live in a world so obsessed with image. As someone said recently, I love cocky, whereas God hates it. That is what is being taught to children and adults in all areas of life. There is nothing wrong with looking and doing your best, but not...

Here we see Samson, the most famous of the Judges of Israel falling to his lowest level of sin.  He has done almost everything a person can do that is being used of God and yet God has been patient with him and not let him be consumed by his sin. Finally, he is...

I don’t know why most people think you can be saved by being good enough, doing more good than bad, and by keeping the 10 commandments or just believing that Jesus existed, but the law was only given to show us that we can never be good enough on our own that’s why...

We see this priestly blessing in Psalm 67 that was to request God’s favor on His people.  This causing of the face to shine means smiling on them with favor and approval.  This Psalmist requests this blessing so that other nations would know of God’s favor and turn...

All of chapter 9 is a sad commentary on Gideon’s life.  You would have thought because of all the lessons he learned from God he would not have surrendered to the rewards which his heroism brought him for the rest of his life. He apparently lived in wealth and...

After Gideon had been tested the first time, God spoke to him again and told him to go against the Midianites. But, before this happened God told Gideon to bring the number of people down by some tests.  The tests are not the important thing, what is important is...

Gideon is hiding in the winepress from the Midianites when God comes to him and calls him a mighty man of valor.  Can you imagine Gideon looking around for someone else that God might be speaking to and then saying who me? But, this is all of us, without God we...