grace

Gracious Words - Proverbs 16:24 I believe that is about speaking when you are in the Spirit. Why? Because when you are in the Spirit, your heart and mind are at peace, and only peaceful gracious words can come out of your mouth! But, if we are in the flesh, then its fruits will also manifests...

Saturday, September 9, 2017, 4:56 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Lord, Move Me.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Titus 2:1-14 (ESV). Sound in Doctrine (v. 1) But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. Not all of us are teachers, in a formal sense of the...

I was born to Christian parents and brought up by their faithful discipline and instruction to know and love the Lord. I cannot recall a time when I didn't believe in the God they taught me about and whom I came to know in the Scriptures. However I struggled greatly with assurance and was...

Thursday, August 24, 2017, 4:40 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Lord, Move Me.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Psalm 116 (Select vv. ESV). Deliver My Soul! (vv. 1-4) I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy. Because he inclined his ear...

Sunday, August 13, 2017, 2:30 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Full Release.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Ephesians 2:1-10 (NASB). Dead in Sins (vv. 1-3) And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this...

Here’s an interesting analogy that can help us understand how experiencing more of God’s love and growing more in love with God helps us to resist the pull of sinful attractions. All objects in the universe attract each other by gravity. The bigger the object, the more the pull of its gravity...

Tuesday, July 18, 2017, 3:44 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Jesus, I Am Resting, Resting.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read various scriptures (NASB) on the subject of God’s lovingkindness towards us. Rich in Mercy (Eph. 2:1-10) And you were dead in your trespasses and...

Sunday, July 16, 2017, 5:22 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Your Grace Divine.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read various scriptures (in the NASB) on the subject of living for Jesus. Dead to Sin; Alive to God (Ro. 8:12-14; cf. 1 Pet. 2:24; Gal. 2:20) So then, brethren, we...

I play piano and guitar at a small Southern Baptist church in Fairdale, KY called Cove Baptist. Stylistically the arrangement blends old-time and country with Appalachian music that can be found in the rural south USA. My hope is the music gives you peace during your devotional. God Bless

This could be posted here or in the sub forum "sabbath and the Law." I do not think Christians required to keep the law meaning the old covenant. Christians are under a much different order for their life. For instance a Christian is said to have fruit in Gal 5:22-23. I maintain that fruit...

So I'm fairly entrenched in the grace gospel camp (a step removed from full on universalism). I'm struggling to understand Hebrews 12:5,6 in light of grace: “And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says, “My son, do not...

Tuesday, July 4, 2017, 6:00 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “My Sheep.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read various scriptures (in the NIV) on the subject of obedience. Jesus Saves Us (Acts 5:32; Hebrews 5:9; John 8:51) “We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy...

Today I spent the time thinking that if I were to die today heaven would not be the place where I am going. Although Christ is who I profess as lord and I believe God raised him from the dead. I'm living in darkness (in my sin.) I'm so stubborn I don't want to give up my pleasurable youthful...

Sunday, July 2, 2017, 3:00 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “My Sheep.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read John 10 (Select vv. ESV). They Will Flee (vv. 1-6) “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man...

The Prodigal Daughter Once, the land had sense of brilliance, the Province flourished, and the King wisely and supremely ruled. His daughter frolicked in her beauty, danced in her freedom, and lauded in her Father's embrace. The palace halls rang from the bells of her tambourine...

Saturday, July 1, 2017, 5:55 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Pray, Pray, Pray.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Luke 19:37-46 (ESV). Don’t Be Silent (vv. 37-40) As he was drawing near—already on the way down the Mount of Olives—the whole multitude of his disciples began...