Nevertheless even among the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue; for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. – John 12:42-43 REFERENCE John 12:42-50 If you are A SUCKER for men’s praise, […]

See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise. – Ephesians 5:15 REFERENCE Ephesians 5:8-17 William Shakespeare said, “All the world is a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” It would have been much more true to say that “All the world is a market, and all the men […]

This poor man cried out, and the LORD heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles. – Psalm 34:6 REFERENCE Psalm 34:1-10 The title of today’s devotional looks paradoxical and you may be tempted to ask, “What blessing can be associated with pain?” Without a doubt, pain is a part of life mostly […]

All of this is the land which I, the LORD, promised to give your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants. Go and occupy it. – Deuteronomy 1:8   REFERENCE Deuteronomy 1:5-8 We conclude our discuss from where we left off yesterday about breaking free from the familiar and shifting gears to better […]

At Mount Horeb the LORD our God spoke to us. He said, ‘You have stayed at this mountain long enough.’ – Deuteronomy 1:6   REFERENCE Deuteronomy 1:5-8 In our scriptural reference today, we saw that God told the children of Israel that they needed to move or shift gears because they had been in the […]