Today's Verse: And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle. ~Acts 23:10 Do you sometimes feel like you have so many things competing for your attention or time that you almost feel like you are being pulled apart? If you have had this experience, it is a very uncomfortable and stressful feel

Today's Verse: They made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept. ~Song of Solomon 1:6b We live very busy lives! Living in the San Francisco Bay Area places many demands upon working adults. Working people need to make time for commuting, attending classes, taking their children to school and after-school events, household chores, cooking, cleaning, and outside volunteer activities. In addition, those of us who are actively serving the Lord in o

Today's Verse: By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, ~Hebrews 11:17 How much do you trust God? Do you have enough faith to trust God about everything in your life? Do you have enough faith to believe that God will take care of you? This morning we are considering “faith under fire.” We see the reason. “By faith Abraham, when he was tried...” God uses trials to determine our spiritua

Today's Verse: The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. ~Proverbs 31:1 Today we honor mothers everywhere. We owe a debt of gratitude to Anna Jarvis for diligently encouraging her state legislature in West Virginia to recognize all mother’s one Sunday a year. This noble deed resulted in our Congress passing legislation that made Mother’s Day an official day of recognition on the second Sunday of every May. Today we acknowledge the lives and ministrie

Today's Verse: A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. ~Proverbs 18:24 “Crazy Glue” is the brand name of an adhesive substance that bonds things together very well. I have used Crazy Glue to bond broken items. Its very name speaks of how well it bonds the most difficult things together. Our devotion this morning speaks to us about relationships that are to be like “Crazy Glue.” We see the camaraderie.

Today's Verse: Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered. ~1 Peter 3:7 I recently read how UPS (United Parcel Service) handles an average of 20.1 million packages per day. This is substantially more than FedEx, which averages more than 16 million packages per day. A percentage of these shipped goods falls into a categ

Today's Verse: But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? ~Matthew 15:3 Do...

Today's Verse: Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in...

Today's Verse: And I gave Gilead unto Machir. ~Deuteronomy 3:15 This morning, our devotion centers on a character who most people know...

Today's Verse: For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth…O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto...

Today's Verse: And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And...

Today's Verse: And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him? ~Judges 13:12...

Today's Verse: Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but...

Today's Verse: As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, ~1 Thessalonians...

Today's Verse: Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. ~1 Thessalonians...

Today's Verse: For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. ~Luke 14:11 At a...

Today's Verse: And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are...

Today's Verse: For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee. ~Proverbs 23:7...

Today's Verse: When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was...

Today's Verse: Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoso...