Devotions from Pastor RJ

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” ‭‭John‬ ‭10‬:‭10‬-‭11‬ ‭NIV‬‬ If anything, we humans like to have as many...

“People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,” ‭‭2 Timothy‬ ‭3‬:‭2‬-‭3‬ ‭NIV‬‬ The Bible...

““Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭11‬:‭28‬-‭30‬...

“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭41‬:‭10‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Most days we can find the wisdom, the strength to make it through what comes our...

“A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭17‬:‭22‬ ‭NIV‬‬ One of the great obsessions we have in this country is to find ways to remain healthy, to restore our physical bodies. Being in a healthy lifestyle does pay huge...

““But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will...

“may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.” ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭3‬:‭18‬-‭19‬...

“For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭103‬:‭11‬-‭12‬ ‭NIV‬‬ There is nothing in all the universe that compares to...

“But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.” ‭‭Philippians‬...

“Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭4‬:‭31‬-‭32‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Over the course of any given week,...