-
Christian Devotional – June 10, 2025
But God, Why? Day 6 I’ll tell you what will happen, but you’ll have to wait for it to come about. Read Habakkuk chapter 2, focusing on verses 2-5. God answers habakkuk’s latest question, but God prefaces his answer by telling Habakkuk that this is going to come about, “but you’re going to have to wait for it.” Yesterday, we talked about the importance of waiting on God to answer. But once God does answer, sometimes we still have to wait on God to do what he said he’s going to do. We can trust God and rest assured that God will always do everything he has promised. However, the…
-
Christian Devotional – June 9, 2025
But God, Why? Day 5 Wait for God’s answer. Read Habakkuk chapter 2, focusing on verse 1. As you read through all of Habakkuk chapter 2, we see that verse one is the only verse where Habakkuk is still speaking. Chapter one ended with Habakkuk’s second question to God, and chapter 2 verse 1 finalizes that before God responds in chapter 2. The interesting thing about this verse is how persistently Habakkuk is waiting for God’s answer. He has asked the question and he is going to stop and wait to ensure that he receives an answer from God. When we pray to God and ask questions, how committed are…
-
Christian Devotional – June 7, 2025
But God, Why? Day 3 Holy versus unholy. Read Habakkuk chapter 1, focusing on verses 12-13. Habakkuk is speaking again and this time he brings his complaint to God that God is holy, and all the people around are not. Habakkuk doesn’t understand why God in his holiness is allowing all of the people who are not holy to continue to stand. As we look around the world, we could make the same argument that Habakkuk is making. God is still holy and all the people around him are not. How does God continue to allow these things to stand? While these are questions that we will continue to ask,…
-
Christian Devotional – June 6, 2025
But God, why? Day 2 God does things that we can’t believe and wouldn’t understand. Read Habakkuk chapter 1, focusing on versus 5 through 11. Habakkuk had asked the question. He didn’t understand why God was allowing the evil things in the world to continue. He didn’t understand why wrongdoers seemed to be left unchecked and were flourishing and prospering. He asked the question and God answered him. The answer was probably not what anyone would have expected. You see, God explained that he himself was making the Babylonians successful. He himself was allowing them to increase and overpower other nations. God was using the Babylonians to bring about judgment…
-
Christian Devotional – June 5, 2026
But God, why? Day 1 Why does God allow evil and wrongdoing? Read Habakkuk chapter 1, focusing on verses 1-4. As we start a new book today, we are focused on one man’s conversation with God. One man is looking out across his world, and he sees the political landscape and the structure of the countries he is in, and he does not understand. This man, Habakkuk, comes to God with his questions. This short book has so much truth that we can learn from. Habakkuk questions God and seeks to understand the reasons behind what God is doing. There have been many times in my life when I have…
-
Christian Devotional – June 4, 2025
A Prayer for You, Day 25 Have the grace of God. Read Philippians chapter 4, focusing on verses 21-23. As we conclude this book, we see Paul’s final prayer for the people of Philippi. Paul wants them to experience and to live out the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace is such a wonderful word. Through grace, we have the opportunity to experience God. Because of God’s grace, we can have hope. Without God’s grace, we are truly nothing. Are we focusing on the grace of God today? Are we experiencing God’s grace in our own life? And are we extending God’s grace to others around us? How can…
-
Christian Devotional – June 3, 2025
A Prayer for You, Day 24 Who gets the credit? Read Philippians chapter 3, focusing on verses 15-19. Paul has been talking about all of the support that he’s received from the people of Philippi. He is so grateful and thankful to them for all they have done for him. Now he ends up talking a little bit about “credit.” What is the credit that they are going to receive? He wants to make sure that they get credit for all of the help they have provided him. In our day and time, people are deeply concerned about credit. We want to know who is getting the credit for everything…
-
Christian Devotional – June 2, 2025
A Prayer for You, Day 23 We need each other. Read Philippians chapter 4, focusing on verses 13 and 14. We looked at it yesterday and Paul’s statement about the importance of having our strength come through Christ is so evident. Additionally, reading verse 14, it’s a reminder that we need each other too. We are not meant to be Lone Ranger Christians. God did not design this life for us to go through by ourselves. God brings community and relationships. God provides us the strength we need, but a lot of the ways in which he provides that is through other people around us. Are we looking at and…
-
Christian Devotional – June 1, 2025
A Prayer for You, Day 22 God’s strength = the secret to being content. Read Philippians chapter 4, focusing on verses 10-13. A lot of people spend time trying to figure out what is the secret to happiness. How are we supposed to have a happy life? Paul talks about it in these verses. He mentions that the people of Philippi had been looking to support him and he appreciated their support. But, he wanted them to understand that he had learned the secret to being happy in any circumstance and situation. What is that secret? He had learned that he can do everything through Christ who strengthens him. It…
-
Christian Devotional – May 31, 2025
A Prayer for You, Day 21 It matters what fills your mind. Read Philippians chapter 4, focusing on verses 8-9. What fills our thoughts? In discussion with the people of Philippi, Paul wants them to stay focused on the good things. He knows that they will be distracted by many different things. He knows that there are several temptations that will try to get in the way. Paul gives a list of qualities that should make up what we, as believers, are to spend our time thinking about. Do our thoughts reflect the things that are true, noble, right, pure, lovely and admirable? Our thoughts are to be a reflection…