Day 28

“In my great trouble I cried to the Lord and He answered me; from the depths of death I called, and Lord, You heard me!”

– Jonah 2:2

God called Jonah to warn the people of Nineveh that they faced certain destruction if they refused to repent of their sins. Continue reading →

Day 27

“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work in us.”

– Ephesians 3:20

As a Christian, you have the power of the Holy Spirit inside of you, but that power won’t go to work until you put it to work! Continue reading →

Day 26

“Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him.”

– Psalms 37:7

When we are impatient with God, we tend to try things on our own. When we try things on our own, they tend to go horribly wrong. Continue reading →

Day 25

“That is why I remind you to fan into flame the gracious gift of God, [that inner fire—the special endowment] which is in you through the laying on of my hands.”

– 2 Timothy 1:6

Footnote in the Bible: “In ancient times, embers were kept slowly burning so they could be fanned into flame at any time.” Continue reading →

Day 24

“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.”

– Matthew 5:14

Additional reading: Matthew 5:14-16John 1:5

Light, in the natural, can be put out, absorbed, and appropriated by darkness (John 1:5). Continue reading →

Day 23

“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste (its strength, its quality), how can its saltiness be restored? It is not good for anything any longer but to be thrown out and trodden underfoot by men.”

– Matthew 5:13

Additional reading: Galatians 2:5Colossians 4:6

Salt, in the natural, is used to preserve and to season. Continue reading →

Day 22

“Whoever confesses and acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. We have come to know [by personal observation and experience], and have…verse 16b

– 1 John 4:15-16

Observation and experience are used as a foundation when it comes to learning anything. Continue reading →

Day 21

“The integrity [That’s to do the right thing] of the upright [the people who are trying to do the right thing], guides them…”

– Proverbs 11:3

In past months, I used the illustration of a guardrail. So to review, the definition of a guardrail is: a system designed to keep vehicles from straying into dangerous or off-limit areas. Continue reading →

Day 20

Let us take some time to look at scripture that can be a prayer for someone else. Our devotion and prayer time, even as we drive, work, clean, cook, etc. is a time to break chains off of people Continue reading →

Day 19

“But because my servant Caleb has a different spirit and follows Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit it”

– Numbers 14:24

“Because they have not followed Me wholeheartedly, not one of those who were twenty years old or more when they came up out of Egypt will see the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob”

– Numbers 32:11

The obvious difference between these two scriptures is that in one situation Caleb followed God wholeheartedly. When he saw giants in the land God told him to possess, he didn’t think twice about it. Continue reading →