Category: Daily Devotions

“For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.” (Hebrews 2:1) God’s Word is the anchor that will prevent people from drifting past the harbor of salvation. While English explorer William Edward Parry and his crew were exploring the Arctic Ocean, they needed to…

“God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name.” (Philippians 2:9) Jesus’ exaltation was the reversal of His humble incarnation. He who was poor became rich; He who was rejected became accepted; He who had learned obedience returned to a position of power that calls all others to obey…

“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.” (Ephesians 1:3) To be blessed in the heavenly realms is some kind of shorthand for saying that God is looking with favour on us. God, who is in heaven,…

“And the one on whom seed was sown on the good soil, this is the man who hears the word and understands it; who indeed bears fruit and brings forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.” (Matthew 13:23) The ultimate barrier to salvation is unbelief, and anyone willing to receive the gospel on…

“God highly exalted Him.” (Philippians 2:9) Christ followed the path to glory so that we could follow Him. Because Christ humbled Himself, the Father wonderfully exalted Him. His exaltation includes the elements of both His resurrection and His coronation — His exaltation to the right hand of God. The apostle Peter said Jesus was “raised…

“Therefore also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those who are in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of…

“[God] speaks of future events with as much certainty as though they were already past.” (Romans 4:17, TLB) Your words have enormous power. If you’re going to become a woman or man of faith, you have to change the way you talk. You have to tell it like God wants it to be. Sometimes speaking…

“It was by faith that Moses left the land of Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger. He kept right on going because he kept his eyes on the one who is invisible.” (Hebrews 11:27, NLT) There is a strong belief in our culture that influences every one of us, whether we want it to or…

“It was by faith that Noah built a large boat to save his family from the flood. He obeyed God, who warned him about things that had never happened before.” (Hebrews 11:7, NLT) Faith is being obedient even when you don’t understand. In the New Testament alone, there are at least 1,050 commands — and…