December 2022

Daily Devotional for Thursday, December 22 The Raging World A primary definition of rage is violent and uncontrolled anger. Why would anyone live in violent and uncontrolled anger against the Creator of the universe? Sin is a pervasive destroyer of anything it touches. The person it destroys most is the one who rages with rebellion

Daily Devotional for Wednesday, December 21 Rejected Cornerstone In any building that is made of stones, bricks or such, the first one laid is very important. This is the cornerstone, and all other stones laid are laid based on this stone. If the stone is straight and true, then the structure can be also. If

Daily Devotional for Tuesday, December 20 Head Stone of the Corner “I was told early on that accomplishing the task would be impossible without heavy lifting equipment. But such wasn’t available, and it just didn’t seem that that would be the end of it. There had to be another way. The final plan devised was

Daily Devotional for Monday, December 19 Faithfulness Through Persecution As Paul corresponded with the saints at Philippi, they were grieved for the suffering Paul had faced due to intense persecution. Philippian Christians were heartbroken over Paul’s pain and longed to bring him relief. Paul hardly minimized his sufferings when he wrote of them. However, he

Daily Devotional for Sunday, December 18 The Power of the Gospel We use the phrase child’s play to describe something very simple. Similarly, we might say that something is so simple that a child can figure it out. What we mean is that something is not complicated. This describes something that is not complex and

Daily Devotional for Saturday, December 17 How God Deals with Sin “By mistake, through failure to follow the Captain’s orders, the outboard motor on one of Nativa’s tenders, fell off and plunged beneath the sea’s surface. The chart indicated the depth at that point to be approximately two miles. Out of curiosity and with little

Daily Devotional for Friday, December 16 Blotting Out Sins I enjoy the big blue sky of Texas. There is nothing like a clear sunny day when the sky seems to go on forever. Many days, the sky is dotted with scattered clouds that alter the appearance of the sky that I love so much. Some

Daily Devotional for Thursday, December 15 The Blessedness of Forgiveness When children play games, sometimes when things do not go right, they cry out for a do over. The claim is made that something happened, and they should get a second chance. Adults do this; in golf it is called a mulligan. We love the