January 4 – Living With Persecution

“And when they heard it, they lifted their voices together to God and said, ‘Sovereign Lord, Who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them, Who through the mouth of our father David, Your servant, said by the Holy Spirit, “Why...

January 3 – Revealing Hearts

“And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary His mother, ‘Behold, this Child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against; (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of...

January 2 – A Destructive Weapon In Your Mouth

“A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.”  Proverbs 25:18  Devotional Thought For The Day The point of the proverb is that just as weapons of war inflict great harm and even death, so the tongue,...

December 31 – The Glory Of God’s Church

“On the holy mount stands the city He founded; the LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob. Glorious things of you are spoken, O city of God. Selah.  Among those who know Me I mention Rahab and Babylon; behold, Philistia and Tyre,...

December 28 – In Labor Now, Joy To Come

“Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.  When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no...

December 27 – Plans For The Coming Year

“Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, ‘Rise, take the child and His mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy...