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Oops! There's Pride!

Without warning, pride quickly creeps up on us... starting as something small, making us feel better about ourselves, but then better than others... even forgetting that without God we are nothing.

Where is Your Treasure?

Today the world measures success by how much money you make, where you live, and the liberal freedoms your money has bought you, yet Christ told His disciples of a different measurement of success, one that was not bound only to this world...

A Time for Change

Today marks the inauguration of the the 44th President, who will be serving in a new world, with new challenges... new changes. As Christians, we must be sure to stay active in praying for, and encouraging our leader's to make righteous decisions. To make changes to serve God, and not changes to stray from Him...

Everything You Need

With the current economic situation, times are tough. It is times like these that make us wonder what we are going to do, and where we will find the things we need. In this devotion, Rod Smith tells of how when times were tough, someone a little bit more powerful took care of Rod's needs, just as He will yours...

Love is Patient

It is so very easy to become frustrated and angry with those we "love," but what does having a true Biblical love mean during frustrating times?

Because God Loves the World

As Christians we take comfort in knowing the love that God has for us, but we often avoid sharing that love with people who do not know Him...

Buy One, Get Two Free!

Every Christmas there are tons of deals with catch phrases like "Buy One Get One Free," but God has given us the best deal, salvation through His Son Jesus Christ... a deal that not even the largest of franchises can even compete with...

It's All About Me!

In a world that is crying, "It's all about me," it is hard for Christians not to get sucked into this way of thinking...

Swing and a Miss

Everyday you see athletes boasting about what they can do, and how their opponents can't stop them... and yet you often find them on the front page of the paper the very next day being made a fool of... mostly by their own words. But conceit isn't limited to athletics, but is something that everyone must face every single day...

Trusting God

Sometimes it isn't easy for us to trust God, and these are usually the times where we need to trust Him the most...

Cheating on God?

Every time we sin, we are in essence cheating on God. Instead of loving Him with all of our heart, mind, and soul; we end up pleasing the Devil by rejecting God's commandments and falling into sin... and so often we make excuses for ourselves, and do not realize how damaging sin is to our relationship with Him.

Satan Runs Faster

We all have areas of failure, whether it is noticeable by others or not. We all fall short of the glory of God, and fall to temptations. And it seems that Satan is right there, continuously telling us that we "cannot defeat him."

Love the Lord Your God

Today we have invented many different meanings of the word love, associating it with food, with crushes, and even sports teams... but real love is so much more, and so much harder... yet God tells us the greatest commandment is to love Him with all of our heart, all of our soul, and all of our mind...

"Clawing" God

As Christians it is extremely easy to find the flaws in others, but so many times we forget to examine ourselves...

Be Peculiar?

God calls for us to be "peculiar," a word that means to be odd, unique, eccentric... but in the same way light becomes peculiar in the dark...

Matthew 18:21-35
[21] Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? [22] Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven. [23] Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants. [24] And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents. [25] But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. [26] The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. [27] Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. [28] But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. [29] And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. [30] And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt. [31] So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done. [32] Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: [33] Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? [34] And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. [35] So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.

1 John 4:16
[16] And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

Leviticus 19:18
[18] Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.