"Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one." --Berean Study Bible Remember those old westerns where two people would shake hands and say, "My word is my bond"? While this may or may not have been true, the idea of a man being bound by his [...]
"To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open." We've all figuratively kicked ourselves sometimes. I can remember a day when I was [...]
"Long ago the LORD said to Israel: “I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself." --Jeremiah 31:3 (NLT) Since 2020 has been a rough year for all of us, you might be wondering what this next year holds. Maybe you have suffered as a [...]
When the angel Gabriel came to Mary and told her that she, a virgin, would bear the son of God, she had a choice to make. While the gospel record doesn't show it, I can imagine Mary standing there with her mouth open. She must have thought something like this. "If I obey God, what [...]
"How do I reprogram my computer?" the man asked. "I want to clear it out and start from the beginning." "No problem," the technician answered. "You can do it in three easy steps. Just restart the computer, hold down the 0 on the keyboard, and then follow the prompts." As I thought about the technician's [...]
To start our devotion, here's a little Christmas story I found on the Internet. "A few years ago my baby was very ill, and she was hospitalized six times within a ten-month period. She spent two weeks in the PICU of our nearest children’s hospital during one admission—intubated and fighting to get better, which she [...]