Ten Truths About the Faithfulness of God – Truth 5 – Part 3
(Click here to search for all the posts in this series...)Deuteronomy 7:9 “Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments; (NKJV)(Previous...
Ten Truths About the Faithfulness of God – Truth’s 2, 3 & 4 – Part 2
(Click here to search for all the posts in this series...)Ten Truths About the Faithfulness of God - Truth's 2, 3 & 4 Deuteronomy 7:9 “Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those...
Ten Truths About the Faithfulness of God – Truth 1 – Part 1
(Click here to search for all the posts in this series...)Deuteronomy 7:9 “Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments; (NKJV)(Previous...
Just The Opposite
Proverbs 11:2 When pride comes, then comes shame; But with the humble is wisdom. (NKJV)(Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)As Western society moves farther away from God at an accelerating pace, I have come to realize that there is a general...
Distasteful Doctrines: Intolerance & Exclusivity – Part 8
(Click here to search for all the posts in this series...)2 Timothy 4:4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. (NKJV)(Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)We live in a time of competition for church...
Distasteful Doctrines: Jealousy, Wrath & Judgment – Part 7
(Click here to search for all the posts in this series...)2 Timothy 4:4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. (NKJV)(Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)We live in a time of competition for church...
Distasteful Doctrines: Church Discipline – Part 6
(Click here to search for all the posts in this series...)2 Timothy 4:4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. (NKJV)(Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)We live in a time of competition for church...
Distasteful Doctrines: Suffering – Part 5
(Click here to search for all the posts in this series...)2 Timothy 4:4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. (NKJV)(Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)We live in a time of competition for church...
Distasteful Doctrines: Liberty – Part 4
(Click here to search for all the posts in this series...)2 Timothy 4:4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. (NKJV)(Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)We live in a time of competition for church...
Distasteful Doctrines: Sin – Part 3
(Click here to search for all the posts in this series...)2 Timothy 4:4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. (NKJV)(Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)We live in a time of competition for church...
(Click here to search for all the posts in this series...)2 Timothy 4:4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. (NKJV)(Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)We live in a time of competition for church...
Distasteful Doctrines – Part 1
(Click here to search for all the posts in this series...)2 Timothy 4:4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. (NKJV)(Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)We live in a spiritual age where the goal is...
Guilty Concerning God
Daniel 6:5 Then these men said, “We shall not find any charge against this Daniel unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God.” (NKJV)(Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)If someone were examining your life to find something they...
My Brother Roger
2 Thessalonians 3:13 But as for you, brethren, do not grow weary in doing good. (NKJV)(Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)I get a large amount of email and letters from readers. Many of them are criticisms which I truly appreciate because they...
I Love the Lord Because
Psalm 116:1-2 I love the Lord, because He has heard My voice and my supplications. Because He has inclined His ear to me, Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live. (NKJV)(Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)As Christians, we all say and...
A Fruitful and Prosperous Tree
Psalm 1:3 He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper. (NKJV)(Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)When we read Scripture,...
Moral Purity: Fill Your Mind – Part 6
(Click here to search for all the posts in this series...)Ephesians 5:3 But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; (NKJV) (Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)The problem of...
Moral Purity: Know Your Enemy; Have a Plan – Part 5
(Click here to search for all the posts in this series...)Ephesians 5:3 But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; (NKJV) (Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)The problem of...
Moral Purity: SMART – Part 4
(Click here to search for all the posts in this series...)Ephesians 5:3 But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; (NKJV) (Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)The problem of...
Moral Purity: In Spite of Culture – Part 3
(Click here to search for all the posts in this series...)Ephesians 5:3 But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; (NKJV) (Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)The problem of...
Moral Purity: Safe Distance – Part 2
(Click here to search for all the posts in this series...)Ephesians 5:3 But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; (NKJV) (Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)The problem of...
Moral Purity – Part 1
(Click here to search for all the posts in this series...)Ephesians 5:3 But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; (NKJV) (Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)I'm going to...
There Is a Lion in the Street
Proverbs 26:13 The lazy man says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion is in the streets!” (NKJV)(Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)I love the Proverbs because of the colorful and expressive language that is used. In today's verse we...
Clouds Without Rain
Proverbs 25:14 Whoever falsely boasts of giving is like clouds and wind without rain. (NKJV)(Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)Imagine yourself at the end of a long, hot, dry summer drought. You turn on the weather and hear about an approaching...
No Excuses
Proverbs 24:12 If you say, “Surely we did not know this,” Does not He who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, does He not know it? And will He not render to each man according to his deeds? (NKJV)(Previous devotionals can be found at...
The Lord Understands and Promises
Hebrews 4:15-16 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need....
God Can Even Reach Terrorists
Romans 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? (NKJV) There is no person that God cannot change and use for His glory if they will turn to Him; even murderers...
Elections & God
Romans 13:1 Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. (NKJV) (Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)It's early evening on the night of a...
Modesty, Clothing & God – Part 4
(Click here to search for all the posts in this series...)Romans 12:1-2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to...
Modesty, Clothing & God – Part 3
(Click here to search for all the posts in this series...)Romans 12:1-2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to...
Modesty, Clothing & God – Part 2
(Click here to search for all the posts in this series...)Romans 12:1-2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to...
Modesty, Clothing & God – Part 1
(Click here to search for all the posts in this series...)Romans 12:1-2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to...
Stopped Mouths
Romans 3:19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. (NKJV)(Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)No doubt we live in the "last...
The Inside Is What Counts
Romans 2:29 but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God. (NKJV) (Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)The Apostle Paul, in Romans chapter...
Teach Yourself
Romans 2:21 You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal? (NKJV) (Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)In the 2nd chapter of Romans, the Apostle Paul is condemning the Jews...
Given Over
Romans 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; (NKJV) (Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)God gave them over to a debased mind. That...
The Great Lie
Romans 1:25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. (NKJV) (Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)What is the essence of all false religion or lack of...
How To Live
Romans 1:16-17 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just...
Debtors
Romans 1:14 I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to wise and to unwise. (NKJV) (Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)I have read Romans 1.14 many times. To my embarrassment, I've often "skimmed" over the "introductions" in New...
Ignoring What You Know
Romans 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, (NKJV) (Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)I have often said or written "the evidence for the...
The Real Reason
1 John 3:4 Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. (NKJV) (Previous devotionals can be found at https://www.seriousfaith.com/)As Christians, we sometimes speak in terms, phrases and concepts that the unsaved don't have a clue about. Often...
Does the Bible Really Say That?
Jeremiah 23:29 “Is not My word like a fire?” says the Lord, “And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces? (NKJV) (Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)There are many sayings, or phrases, that we use that are not in Scripture. Sometimes it is...
Bad Lamps
Luke 11:34 The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, when your eye is good, your whole body also is full of light. But when your eye is bad, your body also is full of darkness. (NKJV) (Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)Jesus had just told the...
Come, Hear, Do
Luke 6:47 Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: (NKJV) (Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)The wise man built his house upon the rock... The wise man built his house upon the rock...This...
Rejoice In This
Luke 10:20 Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.” (NKJV) (Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)It's great to be a Christian. There are so many things,...
It Cant Mean That!
2 Timothy 2:15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. (NKJV) (Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)Believers of all walks, all maturity levels and all...
Hey, Stupid!
Proverbs 12:1 Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, But he who hates correction is stupid. (NKJV) (Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)Growing up, we'd get a whuppin' for calling someone stupid. Deep down I always knew I had Scriptural...
A Genuine Imitation
1 Corinthians 11:1 Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ. (NKJV) (Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)"Imitation" usually means one of two things for us today: either it is something fake in the place of the real thing or it is someone doing...
Me First
3 John 9 I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence among them, does not receive us. (NKJV) (Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)Within a few short years, the early church was already seeing many of the problems that...
In Jesus
A honest prayer of thankfulness for Jesus Omniscient God, You truly know my heart,You know my motives and my character,You see more uncleanness in my supposed goodness than I have ever seen in the worst of my sins. Compared to you, nothing is holy, Not the heavens,...