Devotionals
When I Had Nowhere to Stay
Weeks before an eight-week teaching placement in a distant country town, I had no accommodation and knew no one there. God provided a spare room at what felt like the last minute.
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Where Do I Run When My Faith Is Tried?
James teaches that the trying of our faith produces patience. Troubled times also reveal whether we run first to fear, our own resources or the Lord.
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The Call I Made at a Closed Door
When a prison entrance appeared closed and unattended, I prayed and took the only step still available. Help was already on the other end of the call.
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The Delay God Used
A prison-ministry visit seemed threatened by rain and an unexpected security delay, but the interruption gave us time for the weather to clear.
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The Friend Who Strengthened My Hand in God
A friend who regularly came to pray with me taught me that godly encouragement does not always remove a problem—it helps us trust God within it.
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When God Asked Me to Serve Beyond My Confidence
I once hid behind my notes rather than face an audience. God taught me that Christian service depends upon His sufficient grace, not natural confidence.
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When I Thought I Might Lose My Job
A serious budgeting mistake left me fearing for my job, but prayer and Psalm 37 helped me face the problem honestly and trust God with the outcome.
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Uncertain Riches & Enjoying God's Provisions
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; - 1 Timothy 6:17 (KJV)…
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Fooled By The Flesh
Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? - Galatians 3:3 (KJV) Paul’s pointed question to the Galatians strikes at the heart of a persistent…
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Faith and Reason: Being Ready to Give an Answer
A personal reflection on 1 Peter 3:15: how Christians can explain their hope with reason, preparation, meekness, and grace.
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Bodily Exercise vs Godliness - Profitability
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. — 1 Timothy 4:8 (KJV) The Comparison…