Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets. Luke 5:5 We began this conversation about knowing God yesterday, and we discussed trust as the first…
Category: Devotionals
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6 NKJV One morning in 2019, while living in Nigeria, I woke…
But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient…
But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared Matthew 13:25 Sometime in 2018, I travelled to…
Like a city that is broken down and without walls [leaving it unprotected] Is a man who has no self-control over his spirit [and sets himself up for trouble] Proverbs 25:28 AMP Sometime in 2023, we were preparing for a…
Think of it this way. If a father dies and leaves an inheritance for his young children, those children are not much better off than slaves until they grow up, even though they actually own everything their father had Galatians…
Why wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s wages. John 12:5 In John 12, after Jesus had raised Lazarus from the dead in chapter 1, it was now six days before…
Then they took what Micah had made, and his priest, and went on to Laish, against a people at peace and secure. They attacked them with the sword and burned down their city. There was no one to rescue them…
Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfil his promises to her! Luke 1:45 “God bless you”, “Have a blessed day,” “Blessed to be a blessing,” the list goes on! You’ve probably heard one of those blessing-related…
Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come to his people and redeemed them Luke 1:68 After my wife and I had our first baby in 2018, we waited for a two year period deliberately….