OCTOBER 20 DEVOTIONAL BIBLE READING: Job 42:1-17   The Scripture tells us to "walk by faith, not by sight.” The truth is that we don't always see things clearly. Our view is skewed by so many things. Sometimes it is hard to see past the nose on our face. For us our perspective is our reality. This is the way the world lives, not the way we are called to live. If we chose to walk by sight, rather than by faith, then we would be at the mercy of every situation and circumstance

OCTOBER 19 DEVOTIONAL BIBLE READING: Deuteronomy 13:1-5   Have you ever thought that you needed to help God out? You know, somehow God doesn't quite understand what is really going on, for if He did, He certainly would do this or that. It is unfortunate that for far too many Christians we want a God who is big enough to get us what we want, get out of trouble...but we also want Him not to be so big that we can't control Him. We expect God to do our bidding, when, where and ho

OCTOBER 18 DEVOTIONAL BIBLE READING: Ecclesiastes 2:18-23   We have all lived long enough to know that life is filled with both good and bad. Certainly, the Bible does not try to display that if we would just trust in the Lord all of life would be good and that the bad would somehow disappear. There are those who would say, "just think positively,” telling people that their words create their situation...think good, you will have good...think bad and you bring bad on yourself

OCTOBER 17 DEVOTIONAL BIBLE READING: Exodus 34:10-17   The first commandment that the Lord gave to Moses to share with His people was, "you shall have no other gods before me.” This is a commandment that speaks of the eternal fact that there is no other god except for the one true God! When we look at this command we see God telling His people that they are to have no other gods ahead of Him...I would suggest that the word before can also mean in His presence. It is not just

OCTOBER 16 DEVOTIONAL BIBLE READING: Psalm 119:73-80   When we have a living, vital relationship with the Lord it changes our perspective on His Word and on His commandments. We see them not as a burden, but as a delight. We follow God not so much out of duty, but because we know Him, we love Him; we want to be in the midst of what He is doing. It is certainly true that the Christian life has disciplines as part of it...Bible study, prayer, witnessing, serving. When we genuin

OCTOBER 15 DEVOTIONAL BIBLE READING: Lamentations 3:22-31   Unending love, mercy, grace and compassion are what the Lord has for we who are His children. It is incredible to even think that God has a supply of these things for us that will never run out. The truth is, God does not have a supply in the sense that He goes to some reservoir and pulls these things out when He needs them....these are the very nature of who God is. He does not get these wonderful things from somewh

OCTOBER 14 DEVOTIONAL BIBLE READING: Mark 8:34-38   The Lord never promised that life would be without problems...but He did declare that He is greater than anything or anyone in this world. As I read the Scripture, what becomes clear is that every follower of Christ had difficulties in this world...some just because they lived in a sin fallen world...and some because they were the followers of Christ and their world and Satan came against them. The Lord said that if we would

OCTOBER 13 DEVOTIONAL BIBLE READING: Psalm 34   The Lord never promised that life would be without problems...but He did declare that He is greater than anything or anyone in this world. As I read the Scripture, what becomes clear is that every follower of Christ had difficulties in this world...some just because they lived in a sin fallen world...and some because they were the followers of Christ and their world and Satan came against them. The Lord said that if we would fol

OCTOBER 12 DEVOTIONAL BIBLE READING: Colossians 1:9-18   Oh what a wonderful thing that God does when He touches a life and creates them...

OCTOBER 11 DEVOTIONAL BIBLE READING: Ephesians 6:10-20   I'm not really convinced that the church believes that we are in a spiritual...

OCTOBER 10 DEVOTIONAL BIBLE READING: Hebrews 11:1-6   Faith is another of the wonderful gifts that God gives to His children. Faith...

OCTOBER 9 DEVOTIONAL BIBLE READING: 2 Corinthians 12:7-10   We are never as strong as we think we are. We are warned in the Scripture to...

OCTOBER 8 DEVOTIONAL BIBLE READING: Hebrews 11:35-12:2   We are told to keep our eyes on Jesus. We do this because He is the "Author and...

OCTOBER 7 DEVOTIONAL BIBLE READING: 1 Corinthians 1:26-31   Jesus declared that He is "the Way, the Truth and the Life...no one can come...

OCTOBER 6 DEVOTIONAL BIBLE READING: Isaiah 53:4-6   There is nothing new about false teaching and apostate movements in the church. One...

OCTOBER 5 DEVOTIONAL BIBLE READING: Psalm 119:105-112   We are called to be a holy people. We are made holy by Christ at the moment we...

OCTOBER 4 DEVOTIONAL BIBLE READING: Psalm 138   The Bible was not written to the intellectual elite, but to you and me. The Scripture has...

OCTOBER 3 DEVOTIONAL BIBLE READING: Psalm 51:14-17 God is sufficient in Himself. He needs nothing. We can't do anything that makes Him a...

OCTOBER 2 DEVOTIONAL BIBLE READING: 1 John 3:1-3   We are called to be a holy people. We are made holy by Christ at the moment we trust...

OCTOBER 1 DEVOTIONAL BIBLE READING: 1 Corinthians 9:19-23   There have been many through the years, including some rather notable...