SCRIPTURE: So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. (Genesis 1:27) DEVOTIONAL: When I was living on Chicago’s north side some years ago, one bitterly cold, winter day my car would not start. The windchill was about 60 degrees below zero. I was…

SCRIPTURE: (Jesus) hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. (Revelation 1:6) DEVOTIONAL: We are not only kings but also priests to our God. Jesus Christ is our High Priest (Hebrews 2:17), and we are…

SCRIPTURE: Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ… (2 Corinthians 2:14) DEVOTIONAL: When you are born again, your potential is no longer limited to yourself. Your potential is in God. Your potential goes beyond your natural abilities and gifts into His supernatural…

SCRIPTURE: And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Thessalonians 5:23) DEVOTIONAL: It’s a sad thing when people live their whole lives and never…

SCRIPTURE: for as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: (Proverbs 23:7) DEVOTIONAL: I heard it said once that we will always move in the direction of our most dominant thoughts. That is a profound truth! If we see ourselves working hard but never getting ahead, then…

SCRIPTURE: So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (Romans 10:17) DEVOTIONAL: Thank God for spiritual gifts (as we read about last week), but there is something better. When I say something better, I mean that God intended for you to operate in…

SCRIPTURE: Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. (1 Corinthians 12:1) DEVOTIONAL: 1 Corinthians 12 describes the spiritual gifts that are sovereignly distributed to God’s people (the Church) for the benefit of all. These include: “For to one is given by the Spirit…

SCRIPTURE: “And now I will send the Holy Spirit, just as my Father promised…” (Luke 24:49 NLT) DEVOTIONAL: The enemy perhaps has painted some defective pictures in our minds of what God says in His Word. The devil comes to steal, kill and destroy, and has…

SCRIPTURE: Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive…

SCRIPTURE: When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. (Proverbs 11:2 NIV) DEVOTIONAL: (Naaman, a Syrian army leader who had leprosy, receives hope from an unexpected source.) “And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the…