Category Archives: devotional

Today’s Encouragement is John 21:3 Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We will go with you.” They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. I’m going fishing – Jesus had been killed.  He later appeared to his disciples behind locked doors andContinue reading “I’m going fishing”

Today’s Encouragement is John 14:28 [Jesus said] “You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.” You would have rejoiced – Jesus spoke a long andContinue reading “You would have rejoiced”

Today’s Encouragement is Ephesians 1:3  “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places” With every blessing – This verse contains an intriguing use of the word ‘bless’. First to Bless God (shouldn’t this always be First?), to honorContinue reading “Every spiritual blessing”

Today’s Encouragement is John 14:7 “If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.” You do know Him – Jesus declared to His disciples, “You Know God the Father, and you have Seen Him.”  And in John 10:30 He said, “IContinue reading “You do know Him”

Today’s Encouragement is Acts 4:13 “Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus.” They had been with Jesus – Uneducated, yet boldly speaking about Christ.  The credentials of these men were recognized asContinue reading “They had been with Jesus”

Today’s Encouragement is Psalm 146:3-5 “Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation. [4] When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish. [5] Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in theContinue reading “Whose hope is in the Lord”

Today’s Encouragement is Psalm 143:5 “I remember the days of old; I meditate on all that you have done; I ponder the work of your hands.” I remember – Our memories have great influence over our current thoughts. What I currently view as negative or positive could well be determined primarily by my memory.  ForContinue reading “I remember”

Today’s Encouragement is Psalm 143:8 Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. In the morning – What better to hear, first thing every morning, than the steadfast love of the Lord? Continue reading “In the morning”

Today’s Encouragement is John 20:9 “for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.” As yet – The disciples, though Jesus had clearly told them, didn’t “yet” understand that He was literally going to return to life from death.  They didn’t understand, not yet! My friends, we tooContinue reading “As yet”

Today’s Encouragement is 1 Corinthians 2:2 For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. Know nothing except – I had a friend who was an expert in the Civil War, he studied the battles, the weapons, the lives of the generals, every aspect.  Another friend, an expert fisherman, knewContinue reading “Know nothing except”