Luke 2:1-5 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he […]
Daily Devotions
-
Daily Devotions
-
Daily Devotions
Gal 4:4-7 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an […] -
Daily Devotions
John 11:34-36 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.
35 Jesus wept.
36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
KJV
Why did Jesus weep at the grave of Lazarus? Not because of the loss of Lazarus for Jesus knew all along what He was going to do. (John 11:14-15 Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead. 15 And I am glad for your sakes that I […] -
Daily Devotions
Isa 1:18-19 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
KJV
I am reminded of this verses as I think of the winter conditions that have fallen upon our little part of the world. What a blessing we […] -
Daily Devotions
Rom 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
KJV
In my travels yesterday I visited a lady in a nursing home. I know she is not where she wants to be, not in circumstances she enjoys, no home of her own after all the years, health failing, not what she wants at all. She was sitting in a chair with […] -
Daily Devotions
1 Sam 3:1-4 And the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no open vision.
2 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see;
3 And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was, […] -
Daily Devotions
Neh 8:1-5 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel.
2 And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.
3 And he read […] -
Daily Devotions
Neh 4:15-21 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the […] -
Daily Devotions
Neh 2:10-11 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
KJV
Don’t be surprised that when you make steps for personal revival it bothers or even angers others. Some were grieved exceedingly the Bible tells us that Nehemiah had come to seek the welfare […] -
Daily Devotions
Neh 2:11-13 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
12 And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.
13 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung […]