April 7, 2021 | 1 Samuel 2:1–10 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Has there ever been a time when you pleaded with the Lord? “God, if you do this, then I promise to . . . ” Sometimes God looks at our life and chooses to answer “Yes.” In our text today, we turn to the […]
April 6, 2021 | John 17:20–26 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue There is an old fable about a man who, at the hour of his death, gathered his sons around him. He gave them a bunch of sticks, tied into a bundle, and asked the oldest son to try and break them. The son struggled to […]
DEVOTION: 5th April, 2021 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Romans 8:1 KJV Jesus Christ is a representation of purify and justice. In Him is “Life” and “Peace”. Therefore, those who walk with him and not after the […]
DEVOTION: 4th April, 2021 He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay – Mathew 28:6 Peter sat in grief and darkness, his days marked by God’s silence. He had publicly denied knowing Jesus just before Jesus was dragged away to be crucified. And now for […]
April 3, 2021 | Luke 23:44–49 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue On the cross, Jesus was mostly silent. The excruciating pain He endured would have made it nearly impossible for Him to speak. Any utterance would have used the strength needed to pull himself up by His impaled hands and feet in order to take a […]
Devotion: 2nd April 2021 So, when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit – John 19:30 One of the significant statement that Jesus made on the cross was “It is finished” signifying that he had accomplished what God has sent him to do. His […]
Devotion: 1st April 2021 Therefore, submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you – James 4:7 KJV We do no wrestle against flesh and blood but I against principalities and powers in high places but the wonderful thing is, we have the inherent power to resist the enemy. To resist the devil […]
March 31, 2021 | Numbers 12:9–16 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Like all parents everywhere, my husband and I have frequent conversations about how to discipline our children. Often we ask ourselves: Does the punishment fit the crime? Will this particular consequence teach the lesson we long for our kids to learn? The answer isn’t always […]
March 30, 2021 | Numbers 12:1–8 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue At times, we all experience envy—resenting the blessing or success of others. But envy can be particularly damaging when we let it divide the people of God. In Numbers 11, the Israelites had been wandering in the wilderness for two years, and they were frustrated. […]
March 29, 2021 | Exodus 15:1–21 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue My high school English teacher was the austere Opal Underbakke. When I was a senior, she encouraged my class to enter a national writing competition and worked with me to hone my essay, which won second place. When the piece was published, I wrote in […]