Devotions from Pastor RJ

“The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He will drive out your enemies before you, saying, ‘Destroy them!’” ‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭33‬:‭27‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Life is turning out to be so unpredictable these days due to a number of different events. Our...

“Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”” ‭‭John‬ ‭4‬:‭13‬-‭14‬ ‭NIV‬‬ I love...

“And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.”...

“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...