Peace Devotions

December 18, 2017

Numbering Our Days Aright

Psalms 90:12 My dad was killed when I was 19. He had been felling trees. One of those trees fell in an unexpected way and somehow caught him and killed him. I know that my dad didn’t get up expecting...

December 15, 2017

Unending Love

Luke 15:11-24 In Luke chapter 15 Jesus tells us an incredible story about forgiveness and love. He tells a story of two sons and one son decided one day that he was going to leave his father’s household. He demanded...

December 14, 2017

Check Your Mirrors

Philippeans 3:13b-14 Check your mirrors! Maybe you can still hear your driving instructor giving that command. Check your mirrors. Know what’s around you. Know what’s coming up on you. Know what’s behind you. That is important advice, but can you...

December 13, 2017

Why doesn’t God Do Something?

Romans 3:25 Have you ever been watching the news and you see a crime that is so terrible, so bad, that it just makes you burn with anger? Perhaps the murder of innocent people. A corrupt politician who uses his...

December 12, 2017

Are You Going to Heaven?

Acts 16:31, 1 John 5:13 Years ago there was an evangelism program that encouraged Christians to ask their neighbor: ‘If you were to die today, would you go to heaven?’ How would you respond to that question? Even the most...

December 11, 2017

When will people learn to stop hurting each other?

Matthew 15:19, Psalm 51:10-12 Are you kidding me? Another shooting? When are people gonna learn? When a people gonna stop hurting one another? They won’t. They won’t because our hearts are corrupt. Jesus said in Matthew chapter 15 verse 19:...

December 8, 2017

Why be a Christian?

1 Corinthians 15:20-22 About a year ago, someone posed a question for me. He asked “why should I be a Christian and not a follower of another religion, like Hinduism or Buddhism?” That’s a tough question. He provided the answer...

December 7, 2017

Dealing with Guilt

2 Corinthians 7:10 Do you ever feel terrible for something that you’ve done? Maybe you gossiped and later realized how hurtful your words were. Maybe you lied and later realized how could I be that person? How could I have...

December 6, 2017

Are you a good person?

John 8:12b I remember one time putting in my contact lenses. I washed and dried my hands and I put my contact lens into my eye and my eye just hurt. The pain was terrible I had tears coming out...

December 5, 2017

Are you Anxious?

Philippians 4:6 Does something have you up late at night, tossing and turning, cold sweats? Something gnawing at your stomach? What has you anxious? Relationship? Health? School? Finances? What are we to do with anxiety? God tells us in Philippians...