Daily Devotional 9-14-2021
Psa 115:3-8 Our God is in heaven and does whatever he pleases. (4) Their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands. (5) They have mouths but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see. (6) They have ears but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell. (7) They have hands but cannot feel, feet, but cannot walk. They cannot make a sound with their throats. (8) Those who make them are just like them, as are all who trust in them. The psalmist declared his theme: God is sovereign. He alone is in heaven, and He does whatever He desires. The significance of this is seen in contrast with the pagans’ idols. Made of metal, they are only the works of men’s hands so they are totally impotent. Though idols have mouths… eyes… ears… noses… hands… feet, and throats, they cannot speak… see… hear… smell… feel… walk, or talk. People who…
Daily Devotion 7-13-2021
Mat 6:24 “No one can serve two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. The impossibility of living for God and for money is stated here in terms of masters and slaves. No one can serve two masters. One will inevitably take precedence in his loyalty and obedience. So it is with God and mammon. They present rival claims and a choice must be made. Either we must put God first and reject the rule of materialism or we must live for temporal things and refuse God’s claim on our lives.
Daily Devotional 6-25-2021
1Ti 6:10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. It is not money in itself which is spoken of, but the love of money. Money might be used in the service of the Lord in a variety of ways where only good would result. But here it is the inordinate desire for money that leads to sin and shame. One particular evil of the love of money is a wandering from the Christian faith. In their mad striving after wealth, men neglect spiritual things, and it becomes difficult to tell whether they were ever really saved at all.
Daily Devotional June 10, 2021
John 3:19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. We love the darkness so that we can keep on doing what we want without exposure. In this condition, the mind becomes a factory of idols — a fountain of half-truths and lies — anything to protect the evil desires of the heart from exposure and destruction. Our hearts are deceitful. Examine our selves daily