Devotional

The average person ignores their heart — “The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick; Who can understand it?” (Jeremiah 17:9 NASB) The Bible tells us that there are people so deceived that they genuinely believe that they are going to heaven, but when they get there Jesus says that he never knew…

“Jesus answered, “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.” — John 19:11 Since the 1960s when London Luton Airport first opened, most pilots knew the one…

Cultivating the spiritual fruit of faithfulness — “God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.” (1 Corinthians 1:9, NIV) Faithfulness is one of the nine fruits of the Spirit listed in Paul’s letter to the church at Galatia (Galatians 5:22–23). Faithfulness is the language of love and relationship. …

“One of the high priest’s servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, challenged him, ‘Didn’t I see you with him in the garden?’ Again Peter denied it, and at that moment a rooster began to crow.” — John 18:26–27 In materials science, fatigue is the…

“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message” — John 17:20 Commentator and broadcaster Tony Snow announced that he had colon cancer in 2005. Following surgery and chemotherapy, Snow joined the Bush administration in April 2006 as press…

Cultivating the spiritual fruit of self-control — “Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control.” (Proverbs 25:28, NIV The difficulty in practicing self-control has plagued man ever since he took his first steps in the Garden of Eden. In fact, it could be argued that the first recorded sin in the…

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” — John 16:33 The seal of the president of the United States is used to mark correspondence from the president of…