Posts with the category “devotional”

The LORD told Gideon, "With these 300 men I will rescue you and give you victory over the Midianites. Send all the others home."Judges 7:7 Why is it that our vision for ministry so often diminishes to...  Read More

But Ruth replied, "Don't ask me to leave you and turn back. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.Ruth 1:16 Ruth was no...  Read More

They said to each other, "Didn't our hearts burn within us as He talked with us on the road and explained the Scriptures to us?"Luke 24:32 The heart often recognises God before the head does. Many peo...  Read More

The seeds that fell among the thorns represent those who hear the message, but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the cares and riches and pleasures of this life. And so they never grow int...  Read More

“Very truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!” At this, they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus hid himself, slipping away from the temple grounds.'John 8:58 On Sunday...  Read More

"When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?" Psalm 8...  Read More

Obviously, I'm not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ's servant.Galatians 1:10 We live in a world that is dominated by approval ra...  Read More

"Didn't I say before I left home that You would do this, LORD? That is why I ran away to Tarshish! I knew that You are a merciful and compassionate God, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing lov...  Read More

And I trust that my life will bring honour to Christ, whether I live or die.Philippians 1:20 Do we intend to live a life without regret? The apostle Paul writes a number of times in his letters about ...  Read More

If you keep yourself pure, you will be a special utensil for honourable use. Your life will be clean, and you will be ready for the Master to use you for every good work.2 Timothy 2:21 The idea of God...  Read More

How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it's here a little while, then it's gone.James 4:14 In encouraging us to live one day at a time, Jesus is not di...  Read More

"So don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today's trouble is enough for today."Matthew 6:34 There is great wisdom in Jesus’ advice to live just one day at a time. Now ob...  Read More

"Don't let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in Me. There is more than enough room in My Father's home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a plac...  Read More

"Celebrate this Festival of Unleavened Bread, for it will remind you that I brought your forces out of the land of Egypt on this very day. This festival will be a permanent law for you; celebrate this...  Read More

"Celebrate this Festival of Unleavened Bread, for it will remind you that I brought your forces out of the land of Egypt on this very day. This festival will be a permanent law for you; celebrate this...  Read More

Obviously, I'm not trying to win the approval of people, but of God.If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ's servant.Galatians 1:10 The apostle Paul encountered many false teachers in ...  Read More

….. so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe.Philippians 2:15 No amount of darkness ...  Read More

But thank God! He has made us His captives and continues to lead us along in Christ's triumphal procession. Now He uses us to spread the knowledge of Christ everywhere, like a sweet perfume.2 Corinthi...  Read More

By Brett WilsonOctober 26......  Read More

I can change my habits. I can go on a diet. I can follow a gym routine. I can take self improvement classes. I can study. I can get counselling. All these thin......  Read More

This week our world has again been shattered by the atrocities in the Middle East. I know so many are already praying for this situation, and we will continue to do so in our service on Sunday.This wi...  Read More

By Chris GanterHave you noticed how noisy life is these days - electronic noise, people noise, cars and trucks? It is so hard just to find a quiet space in your day. Even as I sit here, early in the m...  Read More

By James Dearden Last week we read 2 Timothy 3. Reflect on the following questions again.How did you do with what God gave you? Were you able put into practice what he asked of you? If you weren’t why...  Read More

By James Dearden Last week we read 2 Timothy 2 and I asked some questions of you. Let's look at these again in reflection.How did you do with what God gave you? Were you able put into practice what he...  Read More

By James Dearden I try to live out, and encourage others to follow James 1:22-25.Last week we read 2 Timothy 1 and I asked some questions of you. Let me also ask some reflective questions.How did you ...  Read More

By James Dearden Over the next four weeks as we reflect on a chapter of 2 Timothy, consider the following questions as you read. I will then give some personal thoughts as I attempt to answer a questi...  Read More

By Nick PriceAs a school teacher at St James Lutheran College, I have the privilege of leading my students in a devotion each morning. Our routine involves a prayer time where students put up their ha...  Read More

By Mitch DavisThis week, we reach the end of our six week devotional series on the church value statements. The value we will meditate on is ‘leaving a legacy’. That statement is aiming to capture jus...  Read More

By Mitch Davis We're up to our fifth devotion in this series on our church values, and this week we are reflecting on our value of wanting to have a significant community impact. More specifically, as...  Read More

By Mitch Davis As we continue our journey through our core values, we come to the idea that as Christians at Hervey Bay Baptist church, we believe in ‘giving people a go’. I find this core value absol...  Read More

By Mitch Davis Church Value #3: Authentic relationships This week, we are thinking about building authentic relationships. We’ve considered what it means to have a growing relationship with God. But h...  Read More

 By Mitch Davis Church Value #2: Communicating for life-change For the second week in this series meditating on our church values, we are reflecting on what it means to ‘communicate for life change’. ...  Read More

A few years ago, a Lutheran pastor (Rev Rob Edwards) in Rockhampton wrote a little book called Unscary Evangelism. His intention was to get Christians to realize that evangelism was the breathing out ...  Read More