Devotions from Pastor RJ

“So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up. Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone—especially to those in the family of faith.” Galatians 6:9-10 NLT...

“Endure suffering along with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. Soldiers don’t get tied up in the affairs of civilian life, for then they cannot please the officer who enlisted them.” 2 Timothy 2:3-4 NLT We are called to be servants as our Lord was a humble...

“Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you your heart’s desires. Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust Him, and He will help you.” Psalms 37:4-5 NLT I remember when I was a young boy growing up in Pueblo, Colorado. There were many things that brought me joy...

“But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of everyone else.” Mark 10:43-44 NLT The world defines success as one who has the resources, the position, or...

"Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise Him again— my Savior and my God! But each day the Lord pours His unfailing love upon me, and through each night I sing His songs, praying to God who gives me life.” Psalms 42:5, 8...

“For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.” Philippians 4:13 NLT We being human are often torn by the battle within us to do what we feel or what we are called to do. Jesus in Matthew spent several chapters instructing us on how we should live our...

“And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue His work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.” Philippians 1:6 NLT Most people I know love the feeling of completion. When a labor is done, a task completed, or...

“Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper.” Proverbs 13:4 NLT Ever hear the advertising phrase, so many easy payments? Ad campaigns often use the tack that buying something is easy to do. I believe most people like easy things, rather...

“But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won a victory over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world.” 1 John 4:4 NLT We have on many days spoken of our walk of faith, our fight in the spirit...

“Now all glory to God, who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.” Ephesians 3:20 NLT Ever been told that prayer for certain things was a waste of time, God doesn’t really listen to us? Wrong, He...