The Emptiness of Fullness

by | Oct 23, 2025 | devotion

Then Samuel said to the people, “Do not fear. You have done all this wickedness; yet do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart. And do not turn aside; for then you would go after empty things which cannot profit or deliver, for...

Staying on the Path of Transformation

by | Oct 23, 2025 | devotion

  And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Romans 12:2 NKJV I vividly remember caterpillars crawling up the stucco foundation of my...

A Silver Lining in My Suffering

by | Oct 16, 2025 | devotion

  I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, (Philippians 3:10 NIV) Do you remember the tin man from the movie, The Wizard of Oz? With each painful step I took, I felt like...

Would We Cry Hosana?

by | Oct 16, 2025 | devotion

  Then those who went before and those who followed cried out, saying: “Hosanna! ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ (Mark 11:9NKJV) If Jesus entered our cities today, in a procession down Main Street, would we welcome Him with shouts of “Hosanna?”...

The Peace Amidst the Panic

by | Oct 16, 2025 | devotion

  The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. Psalm 23:1 NKJV As the world spins to the rhythm of chaos, how’s it going in your part of the world? With tragedies in Afghanistan and hurricane Ida, you still have stuff going on. Stuff like an illness that refuses to...

How to Control the Horror that Haunts Us

by | Oct 16, 2025 | devotion

    …casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ. (2 Corinthians 10:5 NKJV)   Terrorists no longer need planes. They can mow people over...