-
Christian Devotional – November 2, 2013
VERSE: Hebrews 13:5–Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” TRUTH: Being content with possessions in a world that is constantly screaming, “more, more!” is difficult. Yet, what are we saying when we scream for more? In essence, what we are saying is that we do not trust God to be with us or take care of us. Being content means resting in the truth that God has promised never to leave us or forsake us. We can be content as we rest in His promise. We don’t have…
-
Christian Devotional – October 30, 2013
VERSE: Hebrews 10:23–Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. TRUTH: We have a hope that is true and that we can hold to because the one we put our hope in is faithful. God is the one who has promised to us and we can trust God to keep His promises. Because of this, our hope is grounded in the assurance that He will do everything exactly as He has promised. RESPONSE: Father, I can hope confidently and faithfully in You because You are faithful to Your promises to me. I will cling to Your promises knowing that You will do just as…
-
Christian Devotional – September 29, 2013
VERSE: Exodus 19:5–Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. TRUTH: Many times throughout scripture, God gives these types of promises: if we will do something, He will do something. God is always going to keep His end of the bargain, however, we need His help to keep our part of the agreement. He will treat us as a treasured possession as we turn to Him and obey Him. He loves us and longs to show us fully His love. RESPONSE: Father, You promise to hold us up and treasure your people as we keep Your commands.…
-
Christian Devotional – September 12, 2013
VERSE: Exodus 2:24–God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. TRUTH: The Israelites were in distress and they cried out to God. The most amazing thing happened: God heard their cries. However, He didn’t just hear them and turn away. He heard the cries and remembered His own promises to the leaders of the past. God then purposed to act to bring about change according to those promises. God hears us. God knows His promises to us. He is going to work and move to bring about His promises to us and we never have to feel alone in our sufferings. He…
-
Book Review – A Heart’s Home by Laura J. Marshall
I don’t know about you, but his has been a very busy summer so I apologize for not having gotten the book reviews up weekly like I usually do. I’m hoping to get things back on track! A Heart’s Home by Laura J. Marshall is a historical fiction romance novella that is set in the 1700s. The story starts when young Asyra, whose mother died in childbirth, receives word from her maternal grandmother that she has been arranged to marry a young man in England. Asyra has grown up almost her entire life in India with her father and, after his death, her uncle and has never even met her…
-
Christian Devotional – April 30, 2013
VERSE: Ezekiel 16:60–Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you. TRUTH: God does not forget His promises to us. He sees what we do and knows our thoughts, and He loves us anyway and claims us as His own. He paid the price for our wrongs and we are only to accept His gift to receive that forgiveness. Still, since He established the covenant, He is the one to follow through and keep it. The Lord remembers us and will always come through for us in everything that He has promised. RESPONSE: Father,…
-
Christian Devotional – March 23, 2013
VERSE: 2 Chronicles 22:12–He remained hidden with them at the temple of God for six years while Athaliah ruled the land. TRUTH: The kingdom of Judah was in the midst of evil kings and in this case, an evil queen. She tried to kill all the true heirs to the throne, all the descendants of David. Yet, God made a way to protect and to hide young Joash. He was hidden in the temple of God, a place that evil queen probably rarely went. God had promised that a descendant of David’s would always be on the throne and God kept His promise by saving Joash. Do we trust God…