Category: Daily Devotions

“Among all the wise leaders of the nations and in all their kingdoms, there is no-one like you. They are all senseless and foolish.” (Jeremiah 10:7b,8a) It’s interesting to watch how elections take place. For weeks (or months) preceding the actual voting, the country is subjected to a tsunami of advertising telling us whom to…

“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the powers of this dark world.” (Ephesians: 6:12) Demons are patient and persistent in their quest to gradually insinuate their influence on your thinking to gain control of a piece of your life. They will work against you just as your flesh and the…

“The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.” (Deuteronomy 29:29) When you don’t understand what’s happening in your life, start with what you know for sure; namely, that God is good all…

“But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth” (John 16:13a). In the movie, A Few Good Men, Jack Nicholson plays a passionate yet deceitful military officer, confronted by an upstart lawyer accusing him of the heinous crime of covering up the chain of command, which leads to…

“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable — if anything is excellent or praiseworthy — think about such things.” (Philippians 4:8) Positive self-talk isn’t a new concept; it’s a scriptural one. Paul writes, “Fix your thoughts on what is true … honorable…

“Peter answered: ‘May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!’” (Acts 8:20) It seems that anything of value has a price. We live in a world where money has power and influence. In fact, this concept is so firmly entrenched that if you receive a…

“I can do everything through him who gives me strength.” (Philippians 4:13) When you can’t choose or control your circumstances, you can still decide how you’ll respond to them. Paul was in prison when he wrote, “Rejoice in the Lord always” (v. 4). We’re addressing those who have a perpetually pessimistic outlook on life and…

“When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realised that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus” (Acts 4:13). We like things that make sense. One plus one equals two, and all’s right with the world. But it can be confronting…

“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!” (Job 38:4-5) In a poem, the Dutch writer Corrie Ten Boom compares her life to a tapestry woven by God. She says that God weaves both joy and sorrow into her life, and…