Daily Devotional

“…Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.” (Luke 22:42 KJV) Jesus shed His blood at Gethsemane while praying for strength to go through the pain and agony of the Cross. He looked at the sin problem, He looked at the weight and said Father this thing is heavy, can I handle it in any other...

“And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where you are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.” (Exodus 12:13 KJV) According to the scriptures, we are redeemed by the blood (Ephesians 1:7). It was the blood that had...

“In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace;” (Ephesians 1:7 KJV) What Christ accomplished through His shed blood is the heart of Christianity. If Jesus did not shed His blood, then we have nothing to glory in. You are alive because Jesus shed His blood for you. Many people sing about the blood of Jesus and...

“Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:” (1 Peter 1:18-19 KJV) What you were redeemed with is more than money. Our redemption was purchased with something costly, and it is a...

“In whom we have redemption through His blood even the forgiveness of sins:” (Colossians 1:14 KJV) Divine expository dictionary states the word redemption means to ‘buy out’, especially of purchasing a slave with a view to his freedom. It states that it is to buy for oneself. If we have redemption, therefore, we are free. Jesus redeemed us for Himself. Therefore, the devil has no right...

“Jesus said to her, Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” (John 11:40 NKJV) Martha whose brother had dead and buried was devastated that Jesus came too late. She said she knew her brother would have still been alive if Jesus had come earlier. It is now an impossible situation because not only was he...

“Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me Lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not: And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou...

“And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.” (Judges 7:9 KJV) In the book of Judges, Gideon had just drafted thirty-two thousand men to go to battle, but God stepped in somewhere along the line to prune down the number to prove a point. In...

“And when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.” (2 Chronicles 20:22 KJV) Jehoshaphat was confronted by what will probably be one of the greatest challenges of his reign. He was faced with a war and indeed like every one of us, he was...

“Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our God shall bless us.” (Psalms 67:5-6 KJV) We have all heard this statement over and over. When praises go up, blessings come down. But have you stopped to think about it? Have you looked at it from the scriptural standpoint or is...