Category: Devotions

DO YOU KNOW THAT THE DOMINANT INTERESTS IN A CULTURE MIGHT INFLUENCE PEOPLE'S RESPONSE TO GOD’S GUIDANCE?            A person’s character is shown through their actions in life, not where they sit on Sunday (Navonne Johns)          Glory to God in highest heaven, Who unto…...

DID YOU KNOW THAT THE CHRISTMAS STORY INDICATES THAT ONE CAN CHOOSE EITHER BE WITHIN OR OUTSIDE THE RANGE OF GOD’S MERCY? ·        God expects us to stand against evil and sin, not passively accept what is not pleasing or honoring to Him (Poppy Smith) ·        What makes…...

WOULD IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF YOU CARED MORE ABOUT WHAT GOD EXPECTS OF YOU THAN WHAT PEOPLE THINK? You cannot use the heartbeat of others to tell you that you are alive (T.D. Jakes) The church faces her biggest challenge, not when new errors start…...

DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE PLACE OF POWER IN OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH ONE ANOTHER? It takes a very deep faith to survive fame. Ideally, the fame can be used to spread the Gospel and make an impact for Christ, but that‘s hard to sustain when you‘re…...

DO YOU REALIZE THE NEED TO CONTEND FOR YOUR FAITH? The worst enemies of Christian doctrine are professing Christians who do not hold to the faith once for all delivered to the saints (John Piper). How we live our everyday lives is part of this contending…...

DID YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A USELESS AND AN UNWORTHY SERVANT OF CHRIST? The secret of the missionary is—I am his, and he is carrying out his enterprises through me. Be entirely his (Oswald Chambers) The gospel depends on a God who does not depend…...

DO YOU WONDER HOW THE CHRISTIAN FAITH CAN BECOME MORE EFFECTIVE IN DEALING WITH ISSUES OF POLITICS, EDUCATION, THE MEDIA, AND DAILY LIFE? Our first allegiance should be to God, not to a political party (Tony Evans) Our root problem is simple and tragic: people will accuse…...

DO YOU KNOW THAT ELECTION EMOTIONS CAN DAMAGE YOUR HEALTH AND EVEN YOU FAITH? Imagine a world in which every person valued every other person equally as made in God's image. Imagine a world in which our leaders saw themselves as servants of those they…...

HOW TO PRAY DURING ELECTIONS Does the fact that God is in control strip away responsibility for our choices? (Ray Hollenbach) The central calling of community is to connect, not to disrupt, to release something powerful from within one person into the life of another…...

HOW ARE THE BELIEVERS IN YOUR FELLOWSHIP INFLUENCING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS? Mental health is the great mission field of the 21st century, and it is time the Church recognized its God-given role (Matthew S. Stanford) Mental health issues are not a symptom of a spiritual failing…...