"Yes, and everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution." --2 Timothy 3:12 (NLT) While what I am going to say can be applied to any form of suffering you may be going through, I specifically want to address the persecution of our brothers and sisters in Christ today. [...]
It was a great day for a business deal. Sam had begun to whistle even before he'd had his morning coffee. "What's going on with you?" his wife demanded sleepily. "You're never this cheerful in the morning." "That's because we've never been on easy street before." "Easy street? What do you mean?" his wife asked, [...]
"After Nathan had gone home, the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill. David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying in sackcloth on the ground. The elders of his household stood beside him to get him up from the ground, [...]
Instead of a scripture, I'll be quoting Luke 18:9-14 in this devotion. Susan Montgomery Williams was the queen when it came to blowing the world's largest bubble-gum bubble. It was 23 inches (or 58 centimeters) in diameter. When she popped her bubbles, she wore a shower cap so the gum wouldn't get stuck in her [...]
"Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, and making music to the Lord in your hearts." --Ephesians 5:18 (NLT) Raring to go and dressed to kill, the man we'll call Mr. Smith took one last [...]
"God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another." --1 Peter 4:10 (NLT) The little house stood, alone and abandoned. Tomorrow it would be torn down, and a new structure would be erected in its place. It had welcomed many, and with [...]