"Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be your name." (Matthew 6:9) At a recent Wednesday night prayer meeting at church, we began the meeting by taking some time to really focus on "who" we were praying to.Sometimes, when we come into God's presence to pray, we might do so a bit casually or lightly not realizing that we are coming into the presence of a Holy and Almighty Go...

"Give us today our daily bread" (Matthew 6:11) When Jesus was teaching His disciples about prayer in the Sermon on the Mount, He was showing them not only how to pray but also how to live. He wanted His disciples to live every day in absolute trust and reliance upon Him to provide for all they needed. Today, He speaks the same thing to us. Trust Him for daily bread that...

Devotion: "However, each one of you must also love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect the husband" (Ephesians 5:33) Part 2: What a Husband needs. Men are as different from women as anything can be. That's not a surprise to Jesus because he has made us to have more in common with each other than our differences are. As husbands and wives, having ...

"However, each of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect the husband." (Ephesians 5:33) Part 1: What a Wife Needs. Marriage was God's idea and as we trust and obey him in all things and ask His help, He works out all things between a husband and a wife. It is an understatement to say that men and women are different with differen...

"Do not be afraid, only believe." (Mark 5:36) Throughout the Old and New Testament, there are a multitude of verses that tell us not to fear, not to be afraid but to trust God, have faith in Him and to believe in each and every one of His promises. However, fear is alive and well in many believers. We all get attacked by fear and the initial impact of fear upon us is no...

"Obedience is better than sacrifice" (1 Samuel 15:22) What ever happened to obedience? You don't hear too much about that anymore. Rather than honoring God by obeying Him and adhering to His Holy Word, we have rationalized our disobedience, minimized it, made excuses for it and disguised it under an entitlement mentality. The history of Israel throughout God's Word is a...

"Who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity," (2 Timothy 1:9) Isn't it amazing how God works out His plans for our lives? He takes countless circumstances, situations, and seemingly random happenings in our lives and weaves them into a p...

"You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand."(John 13:7) Among many wonderful truths and messages that have come from the Last Supper, one stands out for me that is a continual source of comfort and hope.Before the meal was over, Jesus stood up, poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciple's feet and then dried them with a towel th...

"He caused the storm to be still, so that the waves of the sea were hushed. They were glad because they were quiet, so He guided them to their desired haven" (Psalm 107:29-30) Have you ever been in a real storm? Not just a mild wind but a real devastating storm? They can be pretty dangerous and threatening and it's always a relief when the storm is over. Physical storms...

"But prove yourselves doers of the Word and not merely hearers who delude themselves." (James 1:22) There is a great difference in hearing the Word of God and doing the Word of God! Many people hear, not so many do. James likens a hearer and not a doer to a man who looks in the mirror and then walks away but forgetting what he saw in the mirror forgetting what kind of p...