Matt.7:7,8 – Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. If you were asked, “Why did Jesus become a man?”, what …
Jn.14:20 – On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I in you. I know the Bible can only be understood by revelation, this verse makes that unmistakably clear. What could Jesus even mean here? He is in the Father, I am in Him, and …
2 Cor.8:9 – For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich. The birth of Christ gives us a glimpse to the depths of God’s plan of redemption. All of us were born …
Col.1:19 – For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him, Paul is describing the revelation of God he had seen in Christ. Paul’s description stems from his encounter on the Damascus Road. He tasted what John lived with for three years; Jn.1:14,16 – “And the Word became flesh, …
Lk.2:4-7 – Now Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, in order to register along with Mary, who was betrothed to him, and was pregnant. While they were there, the …
2 Corinthians 9:6-8 – “Now I say this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows generously will also reap generously. Each one must do just as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to …
Jn.1:11-12 – He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, In yesterday’s devotion I spoke about receiving from the Lord. That was the …
As ye have received Christ Jesus the Lord.” —Colossians 2:6 I often talk about what happened to me in the summer of 1994. I had been a Christian for twenty one years and had pastored for sixteen. As a matter of fact I considered myself a committed, spirit filled, Pentecostal/charismatic pastor. In retrospect something was …
ALL GOD The love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Ghost which was given unto us. Romans 5:5 I often joke about how there have always been more women in church than men. It has been that way since the first resurrection morn when the women ran with the …
James 1:17 THE MESSAGE Every desirable and beneficial gift comes out of heaven. The gifts are rivers of light cascading down from the Father of Light. There is nothing deceitful in God, nothing two-faced, nothing fickle. Every time I read this verse I remember a service somewhere around 1990 with Rinhart Bunkie. It was in …
