DAILY DEVOTIONS

November 25-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.2 Peter 3:1-2, Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking. 2 I want you to recall the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets and the command given by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.Observe what it is saying. These are the concludin...

November 18-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.2 Samuel 9:1-3, David asked, “Is there anyone still left of the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan’s sake?” 2 Now there was a servant of Saul’s household named Ziba. They summoned him to appear before David, and the king said to him, “Are you Ziba?” “At your service,” he replied. 3 The king asked, “Is there no one s...

November 11-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.James 1:16-18, Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. 18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.Observe what it is ...

November 4-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.James 1:1, James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations: GreetingsObserve what it is saying. James could have said, brother of Jesus Christ. He refused to let his half-brother status be his prominent identification. Instead, he identified and viewed himself as a servant of God an...

October 28-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.Colossians 1:15-17, The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all ...

October 21-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.Colossians 1:1-3, Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2 To God’s holy people in Colossae, the faithful brothers and sisters in Christ: Grace and peace to you from God our Father. 3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, Observe what it is saying. In writi...

October 14-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.Ephesians 2:11-12, Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (which is done in the body by human hands)— 12 remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the ...

October 7-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.Ephesians 2:1-2, As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.Observe what it is saying. Paul speaks to the Ephesian believers (and to us) reminding them ...

September 30-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.1 Kings 19:13, When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Then a voice said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”Observe what it is saying. Elijah is on Mt. Sinai, where Moses had his encounter with God. There seem to be special places where God has a tendency to show ...

September 23-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.1 Kings 19:1-2, Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.â€Observe what it is saying. We continue ....

September 16-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.1 Kings 18:30, Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come here to me.†They came to him, and he repaired the altar of the Lord, which had been torn down. Observe what it is saying. Last week’s episode saw the prophets of Baal fail at getting their god’s attention. Despite their shouting and many antics, there was no response fr....

September 9-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.Psalm 1 Kings 18:16-17, So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him, and Ahab went to meet Elijah. When he saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?”Observe what it is saying. The evil King Ahab was leading Israel along with his wife Jezebel. A drought was brought about by the Lord and pronounced by the prop...

September 2-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.Psalm 103:13-14, As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him; 14 for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.Observe what it is saying. We continue this week with David, the author, speaking to his soul to offer all-out praise for the many benefits of our Lord. God is c...

August 26-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.Psalm 103:1-2, Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. 2 Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits—Observe what it is saying. (Thanks to my great aunt Alma for alerting me to this beautiful psalm so many years ago.) David, the author, speaks to himself, to his soul, to offer all-out praise to ...

August 19-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.1 Samuel 15:10-12, Now the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying, 11 “I greatly regret that I have set up Saul as king, for he has turned back from following Me, and has not performed My commandments.” And it grieved Samuel, and he cried out to the Lord all night. 12 So when Samuel rose early in the morning to meet Saul, it was told Sa...

August 12-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.Genesis 3:11-13, “Who told you that you were naked?” the Lord God asked. “Have you eaten from the tree whose fruit I commanded you not to eat?” The man replied, “It was the woman you gave me who gave me the fruit, and I ate it.” Then the Lord God asked the woman, “What have you done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied. “That’s why I...

August 5-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.Genesis 3:1, The serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the Lord God had made. One day he asked the woman, “Did God really say you must not eat the fruit from any of the trees in the garden?” Observe what it is saying. If we consider what happens to humanity in Genesis 3, we may not consider it a great chapter. However, it is l...

July 29-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.Genesis 1:24-25, Then God said, “Let the earth produce every sort of animal, each producing offspring of the same kind—livestock, small animals that scurry along the ground, and wild animals.” And that is what happened. God made all sorts of wild animals, livestock, and small animals, each able to produce offspring of the same kind. And Go...

July 22-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.Genesis 1:1-2, In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.Observe what it is saying. The Bible’s opening words tell us that God is the Creator of the vast universe, including our planet. The descr...

July 15-Purposeful LivingEdited by Gary G. Hoag and Tim MacReadyThree Keys to Preparing for Purposeful Retirement by Michael Blue, Executive Director and General Counsel for the Ron Blue Institute. “Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.” These were the dying words of C.T. Studd spoken as he lay thousands of miles from his homeland in the middle of the jungles of Africa. He lived a life that exhibite...