daily devotional

Hello everyone. I just wanted to ask you all to consider being a part of a worldwide prayer community that prays every day at 8:00 am or 9:00 am (those times are the same prayer) and 9:00 pm EST, each one for just 2 minutes. You can install the app called World Wide Prayer -- World Wide Prayer –...

Groan, Groans, and Groaning Life is full of pain, suffering and death. Each of us has our share of heartaches and hurts. Sometimes we groan under the load of suffering. In my daily ministry I see hundreds of poor people facing pain, poverty and suffering in Latin America. The word for groaning...

From Despair to Hope It is almost uncanny how the poet describes the abandonment of the sufferer by God to the scorn of evil people who mocked Him. The Hebrew poet-king wrote, But I am a worm and not a man, A reproach of men and despised by the people. All who see me sneer at me; They...

God Is An Eyewitness The final words of Jesus just before He ascended into heaven are a constant encouragement in my ministry and should be for every Christian. “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the...

The Model Prayer: Forgive Our Debts Why is it so hard to forgive? Only a person committed to Christ dare pray this prayer. "Forgive us our debts, as we ourselves have forgiven our debtors" (Matthew 6:12 NET). These are the most frightening words in Christianity. This part of the prayer...

The Model Prayer: Deliver Us from Evil The last petition in the Model Prayer looks to the future when we pray, “And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil” (Matthew 6:13). That is a prayer that every believer should pray daily because we are all vulnerable to succumb to...

Satisfied Faith Faith is simply taking God at His word and then acting on it. Jesus said, “Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed” (John 20:29b). These words are for you and me because we have not seen Him in the days of His incarnation. Jesus is not suggesting faith...

Infinite Love of God The Lord God has chosen to fully reveal Himself through His Son, Jesus Christ. He has done it in such a way that a finite mind might grasp the essential truth of God’s infinite being (Rom. 1:19-20). “No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the...

Are You in Adam or in Christ? Charles Hodge asked a crucial question: “If God requires one thing, and we present another, how can we be saved? If He has revealed a method in which He can be just and yet justify the sinner, and if we reject that method and insist upon pursuing a different way...

The Purpose of Miracles The more you know about Jesus and the longer you live with Him the more you know that no human category can contain Him. He is God with us. Jesus said, “The very work that the Father has given Me to finish and which I am doing testifies that the Father has sent Me”...

Satisfied Faith Faith is simply taking God at His word and then acting on it. Jesus said, “Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed” (John 20:29b). These words are for you and me because we have not seen Him in the days of His incarnation. Jesus is not suggesting faith...

Saved by His Life We shall be saved by His life” (Rom. 5:10). These words give us encouragement for difficult days when tempted by forces beyond ourselves, but let’s be clear as to what these words of the apostle Paul do not mean. “Saved by His life” does not imply that salvation comes from...

BIBLE VERSE OF THE DAY Matthew 19:26 – But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” EXCERPT: You can be whatever you want to be. You can do whatever you want to do. You are deserving of everything good this world has to offer. Because...

BIBLE VERSE OF THE DAY 2 Chronicles 15:7 – But you, take courage! Do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded. EXCERPT You are one of a kind. Your talent has been given to you and only you. You are unique, extraordinary, perfectly designed by God to achieve the success He has...

Bible Verse of the Day Galatians 6:9 – And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. Excerpt: It’s absolutely possible for you to live your dream. You just have to work through the urge to quit. Failure is something all of us experience...

BIBLE VERSE OF THE DAY: Ephesians 2:10 – “For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” EXCERPT: Self-doubt and fear are enemies to your success. That self-conscious feeling that you’re not really destined for greatness...

Bible Verse of the Day Isaiah 40:31 - But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” Excerpt: When I was 7 years old I had my first full-blown panic attack. It felt like my heart...

BIBLE VERSE OF THE DAY: Romans 8:28 – “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” EXCERPT: When I was in film school, I wanted to make a feature film while I was still a full time student. I was the only...