Category: Declarations of Truth

Bible Reading Luke 7 Devotional Thoughts This week the theme God seems to being speaking to me about is treasure. In my post “I need some peace and quiet,” we looked at Jesus’ treasure and how he didn’t allow anything to get in the way of his time alone with His Father. In “How the […]

Bible Reading Exodus 3Luke 6 Devotional Thoughts What is in your heart? Matt 6:21 Jesus says, “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” The things that we treasure will capture our hearts! As Paul Tripp says, “Whatever controls your heart will control your behavior.” I think that’s what Jesus is saying in […]

Bible Reading Luke 5 Devotional Thoughts Yesterday I wrote about “The most important part of my day.” How Jesus, even after an incredible busy night of ministry, still made it a priority to wake up early, go to a quiet place, and spend time with His Father. In my time with God this morning the […]

Bible Reading Luke 4 Devotional thoughts This week, between teaching and preparing, I found myself making excuses for not doing my Bible reading. Now, it’s not that I wasn’t spending time with God. Instead of doing my Bible reading, I worked on a devotional to share before class on 2 days. Another day I had […]

Bible Reading 1 Corinthians 1Luke 1 Devotional Thoughts Being in the middle of teaching the initial orientation modules for my new class of church planters, I have been thinking a lot about unity and the character and qualities that are going to produce healthy team players and healthy teams. In 1 Corinthians 1:10-17 we have […]

Bible Reading Genesis 45Romans 15 Devotional thoughts Genesis 45:5-7 is such a moving story. Joseph can not contain himself any longer. He has to tell his brothers who he is. But, Joseph knows how guilty they feel. He has heard them talking. He has tested them to see if they are repentant. But Joseph longs […]

Bible Reading Mark 14Romans 14 Devotional thoughts In our discussions with our new students, one of the first thing we talked about was how to be a better team player. Patrick Lencioni in his book “The Ideal Team Player” said, “humility is the single greatest and most indispensable attribute of being a team player.” Jesus […]

Bible Reading Mark 12Romans 12 Devotional Thoughts In Paul’s list of marks of a true Christian in Romans 12:9-21, I thought it interesting how it compliments what Jesus said to the religious leaders in Mark 12. In attempting to trip Jesus up, the religious leaders ask Jesus, “Which is the greatest commandment? Jesus replies by […]

Bible Reading Gen 39 Devotional Thoughts I enjoy the story of Joseph. It’s just such a great picture of walking by faith. It shows first of all that just because you are walking with God doesn’t mean that everything is going to go perfectly and you are not going to face troubles. But it also […]

Bible Reading Gen 30Esther 6Mark 1 Devotional Thoughts This plan we have been reading has us reading 2 chapters in the Old Testament, and 2 chapters in the new each day. Lately they haven’t been going together to form a theme to write on, so I have been just writing on one. But today there […]