Our Enemy

Scripture Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. ~1 Peter 5:8, NASB Quote My main ambition in life is to be on the devil’s most wanted list. ~Leonard Ravenhill We do have an adversary, the devil also known as Satan…

Saints Are Sinners

Scripture How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered! ~Psalm 32:1, LSB Quote All saints are sinners. They cannot become holy or blessed except they confess themselves before God as sinners. ~Martin Luther I have a new book on the Psalms by Martin Luther and I am loving it. Luther says,…

Justification and Idolatry

Scripture ““I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before Me.” ~Exodus 20:2-3, LSB Quote Idolatry is the folly of asking a gift to be the giver. ~Dana Ortlund Idolatry can be very subtle; if we are…

Calling On The LORD

Scripture In my distress I cried out to the Lord and he answered me. ~Psalm 120:1, NET Quote We pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulty we face. ~Oswald Chambers What is distress? Webster says it is a painful situation, a state of danger or desperate need. Distress in running out of gas…

Don’t Tell Me What To Do

Scripture “God knows that your eyes will be opened as soon as you eat it, and you will be like God, knowing both good and evil.” Genesis 3:5, NLT Quote Every time we disobey God we are exhibiting pride and the attitude that we know more than God. ~Charles Stanley {Every Day In His Presence}…

The Savage Monster

Scripture A person’s pride will bring him low, but one who has a lowly spirit will gain honor. ~Proverbs 29:23, NET Quote The god of this world is pride. ~Martin Luther Dr. Graham’s September 29 devotion is about spiritual growth. We begin as babes in Christ, craving the milk of the word, but we are…

Price Of Redemption

Scripture They trust in their wealth and boast of their abundant riches. Yet these cannot redeem a person or pay his ransom to God—since the price of redeeming him is too costly, one should forever stop trying so that he may live forever and not see the Pit. Quote SALVATION is by grace alone, through faith alone and in Christ alone.…

The Great Physician

Scripture In order that sin might be recognized as sin, it {sin} used what is good {law} to bring about my death {condemnation}, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful. ~Romans 7:13 NIV Quote The proof of a foolish carnal man is this–He regards himself as spiritual and is pleased with himself.…

Prophecies Against The Nations

Scripture Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a jackal’s den, a desolation and an object of scorn without inhabitants. ~Jeremiah 51:37, CSB Quote The bible is alive, it speaks to me; it has feet, it runs after me; it has hands, it lays hold of me. ~Martin Luther Jeremiah 46-51 is his prophecies concerning…

The Law Of Prayer

Scripture And so it is with prayer–Keep on asking and you will keep on getting; keep on looking and you will keep on finding; knock and keep on knocking and the door will be opened. ~Luke 11:9, LNT Quote A Christian without prayer is like a body without breath. ~Martin Luther Luke eleven begins with…