Daily Devotionals

August 11 - The Story of Jesus’ Birth - Luke 2 Notice how many people recognized that baby Jesus was born to be the Messiah.  Jesus is the Son of God which Scripture repeats time and again.  Mary and Joseph knew that the Holy Spirit had planted Jesus inside...

August 10 - Preparing for Jesus’ Arrival - Luke 1 Jesus’ arrival on this earth was a well planned and well prepared for event.  God brought John the Baptist to this earth for the specific purpose of preparing the people for the Messiah, Jesus Christ.  God...

August 8 - Signs of the Spirit - 1 John 4 This chapter begins by challenging the reader to “try” or test a fellow believer that claims to be saved, but you are unsure if they are a product of a false prophet, or if they truly have the Spirit of God within them. ...

August 7 - Unity and Gifts - Ephesians 4 Every Christian has been given a gift from the Holy Spirit to accomplish a specific purpose.  This purpose cannot be fulfilled properly on their own.  Christ instituted the church to be the tool by which Christians...

August 6 - Life in the Spirit - Galatians 5 When we crucify the flesh with our fleshly affections and lusts, we are able to live in the Spirit.  Just because we live in the Spirit does not mean we walk or follow the Spirit.  If we walk after the flesh, we...

August 5 - Gifts of Tongues and Prophecy - 1 Corinthians 14 I Corinthians 14 emphasizes the importance of edifying the church.  A great misunderstanding of the scriptures from our Pentecostal friends is that they do not agree with the Bible as to what speaking in...

August 4 - Gifts of the Spirit - 1 Corinthians 12 There are several gifts of the Spirit mentioned in this passage.  The spiritual gifts mentioned are words of wisdom (v.8), words of knowledge (v.8), faith (v.9), healing (v.9), miracles (v.10), prophecy (v.10),...

August 3 - Wisdom from the Spirit -1 Corinthians 2 Paul is teaching the Corinthian church about the Holy Spirit’s influence on a Christians life.  He points out the fact that the natural (unsaved) man will not understand wisdom from the Holy Spirit.  He goes...

August 1 - Christians’ Victory in the Spirit - Romans 8 Romans 8 is packed full of truths.  The battle between the flesh and the Holy Spirit is a real battle for which you are the one to determine the outcome.  The decision comes when we choose to be either...

July 31 - The Spirit Guides Peter to Accept Gentiles - Acts 10 The Holy Spirit always has good timing.  An unsaved person often credit events in their life to coincidence, luck, karma, good fortune, personal character, and many others.  As children of God,...