Rachel Alamia

Daily Devotional for Monday, September 8 The Woman in the Street “For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil,” Proverbs 5:3. It seems that hardly a day goes by when some “important” person gets caught up in some sort of scandal, and it almost always […]

Daily Devotional for Thursday, September 4 Wisdom Will Sanctify You “Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; If thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hid treasures,” Proverbs 2:3, 4. Have you ever seen a janitor with his key ring? It is not an average

Daily Devotional for Wednesday, September 3 Wisdom’s Counsel “Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets,” Proverbs 1:20. In Proverbs 1:20-33, wisdom is personified as a noble counselor, calling out in the streets and squares, urging people to heed her voice. She stands at the crossroads, where decisions are made and directions are

Daily Devotional for Tuesday, September 2 Wicked Companions “So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof,” Proverbs 1:19. “If you lie with dogs, you will get fleas.” That colloquialism describes the warnings of this proverb clearly. We all understand it in both

Daily Devotional for Sunday, August 31 We Will Be Changed “Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself,” Philippians 3:21. It is often said that man is his own worst enemy. I

Daily Devotional for Saturday, August 30 Maranatha “Let all your things be done with charity. If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha,” 1 Corinthians 16:14, 22. I have asked many people over the years if they love the Lord. The usual response I get is that they are

Daily Devotional for Friday, August 29 Anathema “If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha,” 1 Corinthians 16:22. Sometimes, we are caught off guard and surprised. I definitely was one late afternoon fall day in Madison County, Arkansas. I was in my early twenties bowhunting for whitetail deer, sitting

Daily Devotional for Thursday, August 28 Paul’s Challenges “Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. Let all your things be done with charity,” 1 Corinthians 16:13, 14. We do well to consider our calling as disciples of Christ, a call to arms. Paul wrote to Timothy, “Thou therefore endure

Daily Devotional for Wednesday, August 27 Paul’s Coworkers “I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied,” 1 Corinthians 16:17. On my first short-term mission trip, I went to Romania with three other individuals to help three different missionaries with some