Devotions from Pastor RJ

“You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭32‬:‭7‬-‭8‬ ‭NIV‬‬ I saw an ad on tv the other...

“Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown.” When he said this, he called out, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭8‬:‭8‬ ‭NIV‬‬ When we hear one of our favorite songs on the radio, we might...

“A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭17‬:‭22‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Most people think that God’s word as filled only with rules and laws that tell us what we should and should not do. While there is a great deal of guidance in...

“For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”” ‭‭Acts‬ ‭17‬:‭31‬ ‭NIV‬‬ When did we first hear and exclaim this phrase? Was it when we saw some...

“I acknowledged my sin unto thee, And mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; And thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.” ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭32‬:‭5‬ ‭KJV‬‬ When we carry things that we have done that were not the right thing...

“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; And lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: Fear the LORD, and depart from evil. It shall be health to thy navel, And marrow to thy...

“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭6‬:‭19‬-‭20‬...

“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.” ‭‭John‬ ‭14‬:‭6‬-‭7‬ ‭KJV‬‬ There are many very...

“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.” ‭‭2 Timothy‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬-‭17‬ ‭KJV‬‬ There is but...

“Then, when our dying bodies have been transformed into bodies that will never die, this Scripture will be fulfilled: “Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?”” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭15‬:‭54‬-‭55‬ ‭NLT‬‬ Barring the...