Tag: Devotional Thoughts
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Hallowed Be Your Name
This post is a continuation of the series, “Meditations on the Lord’s Prayer.” Click here to read the introductory post. “God’s name is certainly holy by itself, but we pray in this petition that we too may keep it holy. God’s name is kept holy when his Word is taught in its truth and purity…
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Our Father in Heaven
This post is a continuation of the series, “Meditations on the Lord’s Prayer.” Click here to read the introductory post. “With these words, God tenderly invites us to believe that he is our true Father and that we are his true children, so that we may pray to him as boldly and confidently as dear…
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Lord, Teach Us to Pray
“Lord, teach us to pray…” In response to his disciples’ request, Jesus taught them how to pray to their heavenly Father. That same prayer he taught his disciples all those years ago is perhaps the most well-known, most-spoken prayer still to this day. Christians worldwide join together to pray variations of it at worship services…
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Does God Really Want to Hear All My Problems?
“Call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me” (Psalm 50:15). I’m ashamed to admit that I don’t often do a very good job of calling on God in times of trouble. Going to him with my problems is often an afterthought or last resort when all…
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Who Am I to God?
“What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words”…
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How Do You Deal With Guilt?
Guilt has a nasty way of seeping into our bones. We can forget whatever awful thing we did for days, months, or even years. All the while, guilt lies dormant, hidden deep beneath the surface. Waiting. Then out of nowhere when we least expect it, guilt strikes. And it goes right for the heart. Just…
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Run Confidently
“I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me…
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Where Does Thankfulness Start?
“As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. ‘Truly I tell you,’ he said, ‘this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth;…