The Journey
Devotionals to help you walk by faith with God
How Do You Deal With Difficult People?
You shall love your neighbor as yourself. (Matthew 22:39 (NKJV)) Difficult people can be . . . well . . . difficult. So, what should you do when you encounter them? It’s tempting to try to get away as soon as you can – or avoid them altogether. Let’s face it,...
Is Christianity a Crutch?
And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins. (Ephesians 2:1 (NKJV)) Someone once told me that Christianity is just a crutch. He said only weak people are Christians. It was before I became a born-again believer. I had been going to church and...
How Close Are You to Jesus?
Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved. (John 13:23 (NKJV)) How close are you to Jesus? Are you walking right beside Him? When I was thinking about it the other day, I remembered a family I had seen walking to the park on a sunny...
Relationship Then Works
But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him [Jesus] and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.” (Luke 10:40 (NKJV)) On the one hand, it’s easy to judge Martha. We can look...
What Is Faith?
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1 (NKJV)) What is faith? In our society, many use the words faith and believe interchangeably. If you believe in something then you have faith in it. Although the word faith...
Yes, You Can Live in the Present
Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus....