Category: Daily Devotions

“For everything comes from God alone. Everything lives by His power, and everything is for His glory.” (Romans 11:36, TLB) It’s not about you. It’s all about God. Those two go together. The reason it’s not about you is because it’s all about God. Until you understand this, life is never going to make sense.…

“May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from His glorious power, so that you may have all endurance and patience.” (Colossians 1:11) To think about Jesus’ birth is to think of the power God gave up to enter into time and space. This is God’s glorious power: He rescinded power in…

“For He has been mindful of the humble state of His servant.” (Luke 1:48a) This is a beautiful reading. Verse 47 starts with Mary speaking and saying, “My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour”. This then leads into the text of our reflection: “For He has been mindful of…

While Mary was preparing for the birth of fruit for salvation to all, whose name will be Jesus = “He will save His people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21), Satan was spiritually birthing his evil into the hearts of all. St. Paul writes “For while we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were…

“Then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.” (Philippians 2:2) The season of “Joy to the World the Lord is Come”. What is it like to have “joy complete”? It seems that Paul shows that an experience in a faith community of being…

“Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.” (Galatians 5:25) Advent is the season of waiting. In this season, do you have times when you find yourself reflecting on matters and experiences of faith? My Advent weeks are chaotic, but over recent years, I’ve been blessed by using reflective…

“My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you, how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you!” (Galatians 4:19,20) The Apostle Paul was a well-educated and very intellectual Jew. He belonged to the party…

“The judgments of the Lord are true; they are righteous altogether.” (Psalm 19:9) God’s Word is true and produces righteousness in the believer’s life. The inability of human wisdom to produce right living was reaffirmed in my thinking as I read a contemporary psychiatrist’s book on how to overcome depression. The doctor’s first suggestion was…

“The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.” (Psalm 19:8) Obedience to the Word is the hallmark of a true believer. It isn’t popular these days to speak of God’s Word as a book of commandments. Commands imply law and we’re accustomed to grace. But the fact is, both the Old and New…