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Christian Devotional – June 8, 2016
Read Hebrews chapter 11 VERSE: Hebrews 11:6–And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. TRUTH: Are we pleasing to God? Unless we are living out faith, the answer is no. What is faith? According to verse 1 of this chapter it is a confident expectation of something that defies logic and reasoning. Are we confidently expecting that we will receive exactly what God has promised us and do our actions and our life show display that confident expectation for all to see? If we are going to please God,…
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Christian Devotional – June 7, 2016
Read Hebrews chapter 10 VERSE: Hebrews 10:24–and let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. TRUTH: We need each other. As the body of Christ, we are to come together for purpose. We are to worship and praise God together and we are to encourage one another. Part of worshipping an encouraging each other is to continue to push each other toward love and good deeds. Just like a cowboy uses spurs to urge their horses forward at a faster pace, so we are to urge one another on faster and faster toward all the love and good deed that God has for…
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Christian Devotional – June 6, 2016
Read Hebrews chapter 9 VERSE: Hebrews 9:14–How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our conscience from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God! TRUTH: People have been trying all kinds of ways to be made right with God. Throughout the years, multiple efforts and works have been tried to see what would make the “gods” happy. God gave the people of Israel a plan of sacrifice, but even that was insufficient as it had to be continually repeated. Now, God is explaining that Jesus Christ perfected the sacrificial system. He offered…
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Christian Devotional – June 5, 2016
Why can’t we all just get along? The Christian devotional for the day today. This online devotional and bible study tool for women and men discusses how to live a Blessed life by living out the Beatitudes. Blessed are the peacemakers is an important truth, but we must first understand what peace is and what peace isn’t God is peace and only as we align our relationship with Him will we be able to be at peace with others. Do we know Him and know His peace? Are we sharing that peace with others?
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Christian Devotional – June 4, 2016
Read Hebrews chapter 8 VERSE: Hebrews 8:12–For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more. TRUTH: As the author reminds us of God’s very words, we see His promise toward us. As we are seeking after Him and making a choice to place Him first in our lives in every way, God also make a choice. God chooses to forgive us and He chooses to not remember our sins. For the person who has committed her life to Christ, this is one of the greatest, most amazing things. The God who created the entire universe make a choice to forgive us and to not remember the…
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Christian Devotional – June 3, 2016
Read Hebrews chapter 7 VERSE: Hebrews 7:26–Such a high priest truly meets our need–one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens. TRUTH: We have a high priest in Jesus Christ and He always lives to intercede for us. Here the verse mentions that Jesus truly meets our need and then lists several attributes of Jesus. What’s great is that as they are listing the attributes of Jesus, they are also telling us exactly what our needs are. Jesus meets our needs. We are not holy and He is. We are not blameless; He is. We are not pure or set apart from sinners, but…
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Christian Devotional – June 2, 2016
Read Hebrews chapter 6 VERSE: Hebrews 6:12–We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised. TRUTH: Typically, when we think of someone who is lazy, we think of a lack of physical activity. However, scripture here that warns against being lazy refers to a different type of activity as the opposite of lazy: faith and patience. Neither one of those require any physical exertion or activity, yet, both take extraordinary amounts of effort on both our parts. For faith, we must control our natural desire to control everything in our world, knowing that God has everything in…
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Christian Devotional – June 1, 2016
Read Hebrews chapter 5 VERSE: Hebrews 5:12–In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk not solid food! TRUTH: How long have you been a follower of Jesus Christ? How long ago did you surrender Your life and Your heart to Him? Many people will talk about the number of years that they have been following Jesus Christ, but that just tells you how long you have been on the right path, not how far you have gotten down the road. Here, the author tells the people that they have…
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Christian Devotional – May 31, 2016
Read Hebrews chapter 4 VERSE: Hebrews 4:13–Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account. TRUTH: What a wonderful and terrifying verse! God sees all and knows all that happens. He is not surprised by anything that goes on and nothing, no action or motive, is hidden from him. What’s more, we will each need to give account for the things that we have done. Not only does he know these things, but he expects us to be able to give an account for what we have done and why. Are we prepared…
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Christian Devotional – May 30, 2016
Read Hebrews chapter 3 VERSE: Hebrews 3:1–Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge as our apostle and high priest. TRUTH: We have a choice, each and every day what we will decide we want to fix our thoughts on. We can allow our thoughts to follow the wave of distractions that the world tries to throw at us, or we can choose to be more intentional about our focus. Here, the author tells us to make the choice to fix our thoughts on Jesus. As we are going through our day today, what will we choose to fix…