Devotional Thoughts

1 Corinthians 9:16-18     “For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel! For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation   of the gospel   is committed unto me. What is my reward then?   Verily   that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.” To be able to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ is a wonderful thing! There is a joy in sharing the truth of the love and commandments of God that words cannot describe. It is both encouraging and humbling to be thought of as “a good preacher” among His saints, and there is a sweet fellowship between those that declare the gospel and those that hear the gospel. Being a true preacher of the gospel is not something we have any reason to boast about. It is not a career choice or a profession even tho...

Psalm 114:1-8    "When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;  (2)  Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.  (3)  The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.  (4)  The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.  (5)  What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?  (6)  Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?  (7)  Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;  (8)  Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters." Do you ever read something in the Bible and say, "Wow, that was incredible!" When I say that, I have to ask myself - "Just what was incredible about it? One instance that comes to mind is when Israel was trapped and suddenly the Red Sea parted. That was incredible, wasn't i...