Henry Blackaby Devotional: Long Enough on the Mountain

The LORD our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying: “‘You have dwelt long enough at this mountain.” ~Deuteronomy 1:6 If God allowed us to live on the “mountaintop,” we would not experience trials, but neither would we achieve any victories. The Israelites...

Oswald Chambers Devotional: A living faith overflows

“The water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water.” John 4:14 The picture Our Lord gives is not that of a channel but a fountain. “Be being filled,” and the sweetness of vital relationship to Jesus will flow out of the saint as...

The righteous will live by faith (Part 3 of 3)

1) The unrighteous will live by self-interest. 2) The self-righteous will live by judgment and defensiveness. 3) The righteous will live by faith. 3) The righteous will live by faith The righteous part makes sense.  We are made righteous, not by what we do, salvation...

The righteous will live by faith (Part 1 of 3)

16I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 17For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as...

Do you smell?

Did you ever go to the gym and you put all your wet, sweaty clothes in a bag and you forgot to take it out?  What happens if you leave it for a few days in the dark corner of your trunk?  Mildew grows.  You might not be able to see it, but you know that something is...