Category: Daily Devotions

“And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into His likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.” (2 Corinthians 3:18) The Bible compares spiritual growth to a seed, a building and a child. Notice that each requires our participation. Seeds must be planted.…

And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into His likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. (2 Corinthians 3:18) Becoming like Christ doesn’t mean losing your personality or becoming a mindless clone. God created your uniqueness, so He certainly doesn’t want to…

“Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity.” (Colossians 4:5) Charles Schwab once offered to pay Ivy Lee, a management consultant, any reasonable amount if he could just show him how to accomplish more each day. Lee gave him the following formula: “Sit down every night and list,…

“Sink your roots in Him and build on Him. Be strengthened by the faith that you were taught, and overflow with thanksgiving.” (Colossians 2:7, GW) In any given year Christmas may be a huge struggle for families. It’s the end of the year and some jobs have been reduced or abolished and families find themselves…

“Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.” (Colossians 3:13) For some people, Christmas is not a time of joy but depression. In some cases, it’s because their families are fractured by divorce and their memories are painful. In their book, “None of…

“And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into His likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.” (2 Corinthians 3:18) Many Christians think God is just waiting to pounce on them for their failures, and their wrong believing produces wrong living. When you…

“… but made Himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.” (Philippians 2:7) God becoming incarnate for us, to know us, to teach us, that we may imitate Him = Christmas! The hardest thing you’ll ever do is to put others first and yourself second, because we intuitively look…

“Beyond all question, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in a body, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was preached among the nations, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory.” (1 Timothy 3:16) He was born in abject poverty, yet a choir of angels filled the…

“Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses …” (Joshua 20:2) In Old Testament times, if you killed someone by accident, their family had the right to take your life in return. So God arranged six “cities of refuge,” three on either side of the Jordan River, so…