Devotional Thoughts

Romans 1:26-32     “For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. And even as they did not like to retain God in   their   knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such th...

Psalm 18:6     "In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears." Aren't you thankful that we love, serve, and belong to the only True and Living God? I'm so thankful that He has given me the understanding that He hears when I call upon His name. I'm reminded of Elijah confronting the prophets of Baal. He understood that their gods were only idols made of wood, stone, or metal and formed by man's hands. We will see in the 115th Psalm that those kinds of gods have eyes, ears, hands, and legs; but, they cannot see, hear, hold, nor move about. They must be carried by someone, placed on their little pedestal and then men bow down before them and cry to them. There is no emotion in their idols, but our God is touched by the feelings of our infirmities. Their gods cannot answer, BUT our God... Yes! Our God hears and answers our prayers. Yes, I'm so thankful that He ...

Romans 1:22-25     “Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.” Paul continues to describe the condition of men who hold the truth in unrighteousness (v. 18) in his letter to the church at Rome. They have the characteristic of professing (affirming)  their  wisdom. The true servants of God desire to show forth the wisdom of God rather than laying claim to their own. It is foolish for men to claim to be wise since we proved in the Garden of Eden that we were not even wise enough to obey one simple commandment. The foolishness o...

Psalm 18:1-3    To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said..... "I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.  (2)  The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.  (3)  I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies." My original thoughts were to try to capture one or two verses from each Psalm and use them as the heart of thought each day. But as I arrive at the 18th Psalm, I realize that my plan was nice, but it won't work for this particular one. This Psalm holds personal meaning to me and there is just too much to try to skim across. I won't go verse by verse, but there are just too many beautiful thoughts and pictures t...