December 2023

Daily Devotional for Sunday, December 31 The Danger of Temptations “Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death,” James 1:15.   A while ago, there was a trend going around of parents filming their toddlers resisting temptation. The parents would put a treat in front […]

Daily Devotional for Saturday, December 30 The Pros and Cons of Sowing “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap,” Galatians 6:7.   A preacher who had a large influence on me early in my ministry explained how people do not want to suffer the consequences

Daily Devotional for Friday, December 29 David Displeased God “And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord,” 2 Samuel 11:27.   We can easily remember many well-known details in

Daily Devotional for Thursday, December 28 David’s Tragic Plan “And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also,” 2 Samuel 11:17.   Our sin never just affects us. No matter what sin we commit,

Daily Devotional for Wednesday, December 27 David’s Treachery “And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he

Daily Devotional for Tuesday, December 26 David’s Unsuccessful Plan “And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house,” 2 Samuel 11:13.  

Daily Devotional for Monday, December 25 David’s Unscrupulous Plan “And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king,” 2 Samuel 11:8.   When I was in the fourth grade, my boyfriend

Daily Devotional for Sunday, December 24 David the Destroyer “And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more,” 1 Chronicles 19:19.   Around twenty thousand French civilians were

Daily Devotional for Saturday, December 23 David the Diplomat “And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun,