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A Stake in the Ground – It Doesn’t Move (Another Song) This morning the LORD woke me up with yet another song. This one from the sons of Korah who were relatives of Moses and were worshipers of song during the exodus. The sons of Korah have an interesting perspective when singing this song because of the experiences of their father

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A Stake in the Ground – The Tale of Two Cities Today’s devotional is based on a song or a poem given by Isaiah to the king and people of Jerusalem before they were taken into exile by Babylon. It is the first and predominant part of this poem (the last 12 verses are in the next chapter).

Overall, the poem is one of warning

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The Big Picture - A Masterpiece We all have a tendency to make assumptions or judge matters based on the evidence that we clearly observe and then take actions based on those assumptions. But from a physical (and even much more from a spiritual) perspective, this can lead us to incorrect conclusions that that

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Praising and Celebrating a Special King Today’s message is one that the Lord has been developing in me for several weeks. It is related to events that we are preparing to celebrate in the coming weeks during Holy Week (which includes Palm Sunday, Good Friday, and Resurrection Sunday). I teach a weekly chapel service to

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We Don’t Fear Death - Paul’s Reminder of Our Hope On the heals of my recent trip to Dallas for a medical appointment and while I wait to get the results, these are words that the Lord placed in my spirit yesterday. They are a reminder for all of us that we don’t have to fear death because it has been defeated. As we prepare to

As I woke up this morning after a very long (31-day) March, this is the settling thought that the Lord placed on my spirit. Because of what He has already done and in spite of what rages around us, we ARE in His sanctuary. And in spite of where many of us are going to get up and go to in a few hours, that sanctuary is not a building. It goes with us everywhere we go. So as I awoke, the Lord gave me (and reinforced) a verse and a song for today as follows:

8 We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not

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Good & Evil / Power in Weakness Last night was a great evening of communion and teaching spent with the Lord. Once again He connected many dots for me with things that are going on all around me (indeed all of us) today. In the past two days He allowed me to go through struggles (remember and hold on to this

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Great Power in Weakness This is the word on my heart this morning as a reminder. It is a theme that has been coming up recently in my bible studies and discussions. As followers and imitators of Jesus, there is TREMENDOUS power in us through our weakness. More specifically, the way to power is through

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The Power of Our Prayers to Bless Exceedingly or to Delay Needlessly The Power of Our Prayers to Bless Exceedingly or to Delay Needlessly

This morning the LORD woke me up with yet another burden for a word about prayer along with a few examples to illustrate the theme of this devotional. You see, there is indeed great power in your prayers and in

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Servanthood and Contentment These last words of advice from Paul to Timothy speak to all of us today about living a Godly life during times of uncertainty or instability (Paul was in prison and soon to be killed). Notice how the first thing that Paul addresses here is what it means to be a bondservant (of

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What We Focus On Today Is Important It is important because when properly directed, it shows us where true value and treasure is located. It points us to His place of rest and glory where He beckons us to come and join Him. It is important because it can be our incredible source of personal blessing and joy.

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A Word of Encouragement and Hope This Morning After a very late night of pondering all of the accelerating changes that are happening all around us right now, the LORD woke me up again early with this gentle whisper and word of encouragement (right in line with yesterday’s devotional about the race). His word directed me to

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The Journey to God’s Rest and Glory – His Encouragement This morning I have a picture of this journey that God has His children on today. It is a journey that is headed to that place that He has prepared for us… the place where the LORD is seated (at rest where all of the work is finished) in glory at the right hand of His Father.

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Great Power in My Tongue This morning as I woke up early and marveled at that beautiful bright moon in the western sky, the Holy Spirit whispered to me reminding me of the awesome power He has given me in my tongue. He showed me that by far, the most awesome power He has given me is the ability to

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Light and Darkness Continued Here are those words and thoughts that I promised yesterday morning to share about Jesus’ parable of the King who sent out invitations to the wedding of His son in Matthew 22:1-14.

I must first admit that when I first quickly read through this parable without carefully

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More on Light and Darkness These are more insights on light and darkness, life and death that the Spirit gave me as reminders as I slept through this night. In John 8:12, Jesus taught the people (and in the presence of the Pharisees) saying “I am the Light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in

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Light in the Darkness When you walk into a dark room, you reach for the light switch to turn on the light so there will be less darkness. No one reaches for the “dark switch” to turn down the dark; that’s impossible. There is no “dark switch” in any room. You cannot turn dark up and down; you can only

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A Nation in Captivity Today we look at an image of a nation that is in captivity but just doesn’t yet realize it. This is an example from the history of Israel and it is a living example for us today.

The scene of today’s verses takes place at a significant high point in Israel’s history. They have

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The Day and Time of Love This is a special message that the Lord actually gave me earlier this morning but had me to wait to send it out until this afternoon at this specific time (at 3:16 PM CST on 3-16-25). It is a short message based on a very familiar passage of scripture that talks about God’s love

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We Are Ministers of the New Covenant in a World that So Desperately Needs to Know At the end of verse 16 below, God seems to be giving us a challenge… This morning, He assured me that He Himself is indeed adequate and faithful to keep us on His path. Even though our enemy is persistent in his attacks to get us off of the path (he is also powerless to distract

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Words that are Much More than Mere Words This morning, this was the theme with which the LORD gently nudged me out of my slumber. He coupled it with some of my own life examples and then pointed me to this section of scripture below.

From my personal life, for a couple of years now I have been pouring into my middle