Archives for February 2015

Genesis 22:8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. Abraham is going up the hill to sacrifice his son. He, however, knows that God is going to provide the sacrifice. He knows based on God’s promise that Isaac will live. […]

Genesis 19:32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. Be aware of sin and temptation. Know that at any minute you could lose your testimony. It takes a lifetime to build a reputation that can be destroyed in seconds. I […]

Genesis 9:24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. No matter how God has used us in the past we cannot let up. Sin would destroy us. The man so greatly used of God ends up drunk and shamed. I consider the way both of us […]

Genesis 4:1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare ||Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord. When Eve gave birth to her son she was excited like any mother would be today. But I believe that she was excited for another reason. She must have thought, wondered, […]

Genesis 3:11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? This verse makes several things obvious but I overlooked them for years. It wasn’t Jesus or God who told them that they were naked. So we know that […]

Revelation 5:12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. 
We spend most of our lives thinking that we are worthy. We find ways to feel good about ourselves. We are proud of ourselves. We hide […]

I Peter 1:20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, God made a plan to rescue us from sin long before we were ever born. As you read the Old Testament you see the shadows of the truth that will be revealed in […]

Hebrews 5:13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. 14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. When you get started in the […]

II Thessalonians 3:1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: Paul was preaching the Word of God. We know that the Word of God is powerful, alive, and works effectively in the lives of people. But it is […]

I Thessalonians 2:13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe. This is one […]

Galatians 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: The law was more than we could ever do. Our inability, rebellion, and desire to do things our own way brought the curse on […]

II Corinthians 1:4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. God allows me to be comforted when I am going through tribulation and problems. He works in me so that He can […]

I Corinthians 2:4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: 5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. Paul was careful to use God’s Word to see people saved. […]

Romans 1:13 Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles. Paul writes the church in Rome, or at least to the beloved of God that were called to be […]

Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. When Paul and Silas arrived in Berea they went to the synagogue of the Jews in that city. There they found a group of […]

Acts 11:26 And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. Barnabas was working in Antioch. Saul who would later be called Paul was in […]

Acts 4:13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. They realized that these men had been with Jesus. They knew that in and of themselves they would never have […]

John 11:8 His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again? Jesus knew that His life would be in danger if He went back there but He did. He knows that many of the missionaries and preachers are going into harm’s way. That is His […]

John 5:18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. The title to this little devotional wouldn’t shock you if you are really a Bible believer. You know that Jesus is God. God […]

Luke 22:15 And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: 16 For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. He really wanted to spend time with them before He suffered. He […]

Luke 16:13 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. You have to choose. That is what makes this verse so hard. You have to love only one. […]

Luke 15:20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. The son had gone off into wicked sin. He had wasted his life and all that he had. Now […]

Luke 10:2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. Jesus wants the world to know of His love. He wants them to see what He has done on the cross […]

Luke 7:13 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. You can’t read the story of Jesus without seeing His great love. His name and compassion go together. I just did a quick search and found 10 times that Jesus had compassion on people in the […]

Luke 6:40 The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master. When you are a disciple maker you will be training a person to be like you. Many people think of discipling as teaching the foundations of Christianity. In a sense this is correct. We do […]

Mark 10:23 And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! It is not the money that hinders them from getting into heaven. It is the pride that comes with having money. Some how money can deceive you into thinking that […]

Mark 8:35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it. 36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? 37 Or what shall a man give […]

Mark 8:33 But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men. Peter meant to be loving Jesus. He simply didn’t want to see Jesus hurt. So many […]