For who is greater, he who sits at the table, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits at the table? Yet I am among you as the One who serves.  Luke 22:27   REFERENCE Luke 22:24-27 Have you ever been to a posh restaurant and the waiter comes and says, “I am Julius; […]

I went by the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man devoid of understanding; and there it was, all overgrown with thorns; its surface was covered with nettles; its stone wall was broken down. Proverbs 24:30-31 REFERENCE Proverbs 24:30-34 In yesterday’s devotional guide, we established the thought that you can’t […]

I went by the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man devoid of understanding; and there it was, all overgrown with thorns; its surface was covered with nettles; its stone wall was broken down. Proverbs 24:30-31 REFERENCE Proverbs 24:30-34 Often, we unconsciously slide into the mode of, “What will be, […]

As one piece of iron sharpens another, so friends keep each other sharp. Proverbs 27:17 (ERV) REFERENCE Proverbs 27:17 (ERV) The Christian lifestyle is not one that is lived in isolation; we all need the company of other people to thrive and grow in a healthy and balanced way. God made us to be relational […]

Therefore, we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. Hebrews 2:1 REFERENCE Hebrews 2:1-4 To “…give earnest heed to the things we have heard,” is potent with instructions for us, because of the danger of ignoring the Word of God – ‘drifting away.’ The bible is not just […]

The centurion answered and said, “Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed. For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and […]

The place was called the Valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the men of Israel cut down there. And they returned from spying out the land after forty days. Numbers 13:24-25 REFERENCE Numbers 13:1-3, & 21-30 “How tall does a sycamore tree grow? If you cut it down, you will never know.” This […]

But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance. Romans 8:25 REFERENCE Romans 8:22-25 Hope is essential to man’s existence. When a man loses hope, he loses his reason for living and his passion for life; he becomes like a bird with broken wings that cannot fly. […]

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Ephesians 6:12 REFERENCE Ephesians 6:10-13 To survive in this earth realm like we saw earlier in this series, you must learn to be […]

So the Philistines were afraid, for they said, “God has come into the camp!” And they said, “Woe to us! For such a thing has never happened before. Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all the plagues in […]