Morning Devotion

To hear this Morning Devotion, please click Whose robe are you wearing?
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If I found myself wandering on a frozen, snow-covered land filled with hungry wolves, the last thing that I’d want to be wearing is a long, neon-orange coat.
My long-term survival prospects would be much better if all my garments — the hat, the [...]

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To hear this Morning Devotion, please click Better than expected
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It’s really a good thing when somebody says he or she is preparing a nice meal for you and that you should be at his or her place at a certain time.
Not having to cook is good.
Not having to clean up is even better.
Knowing that [...]

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To hear this Morning Devotion, please click  Overwhelmed
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For the queen of Sheba to have been overwhelmed, Solomon’s wisdom and wealth must have been beyond comprehension.
In 2 Chronicles 9, the story is given of the queen’s visit to Solomon. She and a large entourage came to Jerusalem because she wanted to see if the fantastic [...]

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I admit that it is sometimes hard to fathom just how deep the grace of God is.
In fact, God’s display of grace in some circumstances borders on confusion for me.
Today’s reading in the One-Year Bible provides a good example of this.
I Chronicles 3:1-9 tell us that King David had 19 sons and one daughter — [...]

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To hear this Morning Devotion, please click The acid test of spiritual integrity
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Jesus was a master of bold statements that were both absolutely clear and absolutely true.
Particularly when it came to defining who He was.
Luke 10:37 is such a statement.
This verse was more than a simple identification, however.
It was an declaration of accountability for Himself.
“Do [...]

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