Devotions

Job 23:10-11, “But He knows the way that I take; When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold. My foot has held fast to His steps; I have kept His way and not turned aside.” People of God, never forget this fundamental truth – challenges are not just part of life, they are a path to growth. So the question is not, ‘Why am I facing challenges?’ but, ‘What is God teaching me through what I am…

Matthew 6:20-21, “But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” People of God, as strangers and pilgrims on earth, while we use the things of this world, we should not form attachments to them. Many pursue and hoard treasure on earth – things they want but don’t really need, things that depreciate in value…

Mark 4:18-19, “Now these are the ones sown among thorns; they are the ones who hear the Word, and the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in choke the Word, and it becomes unfruitful.” People of God, we have heard many sermons, we have read many Scriptures but has God’s Word given birth to fruit in your life? If God’s Word is not fruitful, let us be truthful – the problem…

1 Timothy 6-9, “Now godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition.” People of God, although the temptation to compare oneself with their neighbour has always been a…

Luke 12:15, “And He said to them, ‘Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.’” People of God, we are living in a world where many buy the wicked lie that life really does consist in the abundance of their possessions. As it was, so it is. That is why our Lord Jesus Christ warned against the sin of coveting – the fleshly desire for something that belongs…

1 John 2:15-17, “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world – the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life – is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of…

1 Corinthians 7:29-31, “But this I say, brethren, the time is short, so that from now on even those who have wives should be as though they had none, those who weep as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they did not possess, and those who use this world as not misusing it. For the form of this world is passing away.” We thank God for the…

Luke 2:15-18, “When the angels had left them and gone into Heaven, the shepherds said to one another, ‘Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.’ So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the Baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen Him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this Child, and all who heard it were amazed at…

Luke 1:39-42, “At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth.  When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. In a loud voice she exclaimed: ‘Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear!’” When the angel Gabriel visited Mary in Luke 1, she received a profound message about…