Daily Devotion
DON’T LOVE THE WORLD
In 1 John 2:15-17 John says don’t love the world system of evil and wants that are always wanting more. The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life are the three ways the devil always tempts us. It was done in the garden with Eve, and many...
THAT WHICH WAS FROM THE BEGINNING
1 John 1:1-2 John says this one from the beginning is a Real Person, and he has been seen and heard and handled. In other words, Christian faith rests upon the great facts of the life and acts of the God Man in history. The Apostle Paul stresses this a lot in his...
FALSE TEACHERS AMONG YOU
2 Peter 2:1-2 Peter says to watch out for those who are out to lead others away from Christ by subtly bringing in falsehoods about the Gospel and they deny Jesus Christ who paid for their sins. This verse clearly states that Jesus died for everyone who has ever...
ALL WE NEED TO LIVE THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
2 Peter 1:3-4 God has given to us all we need to live the Christian life. He has given us the Holy Spirit to enable us to say no to sin and yes to Christ Likeness. This has all been done so that we can live for Him and show others who Christ really is. These...
LIVING IN CONSTANT FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD
We are to live in constant fellowship with God, but are we doing that? Are our lives the same as when we first came to Christ, is there a difference from a few years ago or even a year? God wants us to keep short accounts with our sin and HIM. We need to get back...
APPLYING WISDOM
Proverbs 22:17-19 This section all the way to chapter 24:34 is to stress the importance of applying the wisdom previously given in other sections. The writer calls us to dig into this great amount of wisdom He has given us, that will lead to a deeper trust in the...
FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD
As Christians we ought to obey the laws of the land because the Bible tells us to unless it violates Christian principles that are specifically spelled out, or our conscience based on Biblical guidelines. We are free in Christ in the sense that we have been set...
DEVELOPING AN APPETITE FOR THE WORD
1 Peter 2:2-3 Peter urges those who are Christians to desire the milk of the word which can either be Christ or the word of God itself. Either way we are to long for and develop an appetite for the things of God, especially for Christ and His word which teaches us...
THE WORD OF GOD
1 Peter 1:24 is a quotation from Isaiah 40:6-8 that expresses the passing of everything away except the Word of God. All eventually goes away and disappears but not His living and abiding word. It not only will not pass away but neither do those to whom it gives...
OUR HEART AND OUR MOTIVES
Here we are told to carefully examine our motives and reasons for all we do because the Lord sure does. Our natural tendency is to justify all we do, but often we are wrong for doing this. David prayed in Psalm 139:23-24 that God would examine His heart and show...
THE WISDOM GOD GIVES
This wisdom from above comes from a heart desiring to please God, not man. The wisdom God gives has several characteristics. It is pure, meaning free of the defilements mentioned. It is peaceable, namely, peace loving, peace-practicing, and peace-yielding. It is...
