Posts with the category “daily-devotionals”

      Scripture: 1 Chronicles 29:14  "But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able thus to offer willingly? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you."   Reflectio...  Read More

    Scripture: Matthew 16:26  "For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?"   Reflection:  The rich man in Jesus' ...  Read More

   Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:10-11  "He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enr...  Read More

        Scripture: Luke 12:20-21  "But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?' So is the one who lays up treasure for hi...  Read More

      Scripture: Deuteronomy 8:18  "You shall remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this ...  Read More

    Scripture: Luke 12:15-17  "Then he said to them, 'Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.' And he told them a...  Read More

   Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:17-19  "Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy. Let...  Read More

      Scripture: Matthew 6:24  "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and ma...  Read More

    Scripture: Psalm 24:1; 1 Corinthians 4:2  "The earth is the Lord's, and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell therein... Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful." ...  Read More

        Scripture: Luke 12:15, 34  "And He said to them, 'Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.'... For where your treasure...  Read More

       Scripture: Colossians 3:1-2, 23  "If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not o...  Read More

     Scripture: 1 John 2:15-17  "Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, ...  Read More

   Scripture: Matthew 6:19-21  "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where n...  Read More

      Scripture: Matthew 28:19-20  "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything...  Read More

      Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9  "But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his...  Read More

    Scripture: Romans 12:1 "Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worsh...  Read More

  Scripture: Psalm 78:4-7  "We will not hide them from their descendants; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, his power, and the wonders he has done... so the next gen...  Read More

     Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:11  "Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing."   Reflection:  One solitary stone makes a good doorstop—but it doesn't b...  Read More

   Scripture: James 1:22-25  "Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his...  Read More

 Scripture: Isaiah 28:16  "So this is what the Sovereign Lord says: 'See, I will lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who relies on it will never ...  Read More

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:6-7"I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things...  Read More

Scripture: John 12:24"Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds."Reflection:Jeremiah told the ...  Read More

Scripture: Psalm 78:4-7"We will not hide them from their descendants; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, his power, and the wonders he has done... so the next generat...  Read More

Scripture: Romans 11:29"For God's gifts and his call are irrevocable."Reflection:The stakes of Esther's obedience were higher than she could have imagined. If the Jews were destroyed, the line of Davi...  Read More

Scripture: Luke 12:48"From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked."Reflection:Esther had every reason to st...  Read More

Scripture: Proverbs 27:6"Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses."Reflection:Mordecai could have stayed silent. He could have let Esther remain comfortable in her palace, p...  Read More

Scripture: Proverbs 16:9"In their hearts humans plan their course, but the LORD establishes their steps."Reflection:Esther didn't wake up one morning as queen. God protected, preserved, prepared, and ...  Read More

Scripture: Matthew 5:14-16"You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it giv...  Read More

Scripture: Jeremiah 29:11"'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'"Reflection:Esther's great-grandfath...  Read More

Scripture: Matthew 25:21"His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happ...  Read More

Scripture: Hebrews 11:39-40"These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised, since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us woul...  Read More

Scripture: Esther 4:15-16"Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: 'Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attend...  Read More

Scripture: Esther 4:16"Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, ...  Read More

Scripture: Esther 4:14"For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's family will perish. And who knows but that yo...  Read More

   Scripture: Hebrews 10:23-25  "Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, n...  Read More

 Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:2  "And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also."    Reflection:  God's command to the exil...  Read More

 Scripture: Isaiah 61:3  "...to grant to those who mourn in Zion—to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint ...  Read More

       Scripture: Jeremiah 29:7  "But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare."   Reflection:  ...  Read More

     Scripture: Jeremiah 29:6  "Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there, and do not...  Read More

    Scripture: Jeremiah 29:4-5 "Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: Build houses and live in them, plant gardens an...  Read More