by David Duncan | Sep 8, 2022 | Devotions
The Source of Her Strength In a recent Our Daily Bread devotional, Deep Rooted Faith, Xochitl Dixon tells the story of a 600 year old oak tree that stood next to a church in New Jersey. The tree had survived many storms (including several hurricanes) due to its...
by Tom Swartzwelder | Sep 7, 2022 | Devotions
Put on the New Man Ephesians 4:24 (NIV) and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness Choice! God created us with the ability to choose. Life is a matter of choices and every choice you make, makes you into who you are. The...
by Dr. Michael Sprague | Sep 6, 2022 | Devotions
Pick Your Pearls There is a story about a little girl with a little string of cheap pearls she wears around her neck. They are plastic and yellowed, but she is so proud of them. One night her dad comes into her bedroom and says, “Will you give me your pearls?” “No...
by Alan Kearns | Sep 5, 2022 | Devotions
A Lesson In Repentance Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go up to this mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel. When you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was; for in the wilderness of Zin,...
by Dennis Lee | Sep 4, 2022 | Devotions
“It’s All Good” “God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good.” (Genesis 1:31a) This is the ending statement of God’s creation, from the light of Christ in the very beginning to the creation of humanity at the end it says that everything was...
by Charles Cameron | Sep 3, 2022 | Devotions
Samuel’s prayer for victory against the dreaded Philistines I happened to be reading this morning Samuel’s prayer for victory against the dreaded Philistines. God moved powerfully. In celebration, Samuel took an rock and put it smack-dab in the middle of the...