Devotional

Kids First

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture:1 Timothy 3:5 If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church? O-bservation:In writing to Timothy, St. Paul said anyone who desires to lead people within the Church must be able to first of all manage and lead their own family. Paul asks, “How can they lead the church if they can’t lead their own family?” A-pplication:Even in this short forum, through the years I’ve said that the Church, in its purest form, is a mom and dad and some kids. That’s where a...

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You Can Trust Jesus!

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: Colossians 1:19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him. O-bservation: Here we read that the God of the universe was pleased to send Jesus, His one and only Son, to be His representative on the earth. Jesus Himself said, “If you’ve seen me, you’ve seen the Father” (Jn. 14:9). A-pplication: In this passage, we read that God was pleased to have ALL of His FULLNESS dwell in Jesus. Can you imagine that kind of trust? Some may be reading this short AM Devo thinking, “I won’t even trust my 22-year-old daughter...

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Can An Enemy Change Their Ways?

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: Philippians 3:18 For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. O-bservation: St. Paul had just told the people at the church in Philippi to keep watching their leaders for direction, because many people were actually enemies of the cross of Christ.. A-pplication: One of the most difficult things to walk away from after deciding to follow Jesus is “OLD FRIENDS.” Try as you will, many of them will not follow Jesus. Of course we are directed in the New...

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The Way Of Faithfulness

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: Psalm 119:30 I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set my heart on your laws. O-bservation: King David let all of his people know that, before God, he had chosen, “The Way of Faithfulness.” It was his own decision to run toward the laws of the Almighty. A-pplication: When David penned these words, he was speaking as the monarch of Israel. Thankfully, during David’s reign he could be called a benevolent dictator, most of the time. Either way, he had complete rule as the King of Israel. So, when he said he had chosen...

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It’s ALL Under His Feet!

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: Ephesians 1:22 And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, O-bservation: Paul the Apostle writes that God has placed all things concerning the Church under the authority of Jesus. Beyond that, “It’s ALL Under His Feet!” A-pplication: “It’s ALL Under His Feet” is a way of saying that not one thing escapes the knowledge, the wisdom, and the authority of Jesus on this earth. The CHURCH is “The Bride of Christ.” Consequently, anything within the CHURCH or outside of the same that would in anyway...

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