The Taste Test
I sought the Lord, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. – Psalm 34:4. Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who trusts in Him! – Psalm 34:8. Peggy Whitson is the science officer on the International Space Station...
The Lord is Our Strength
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked came against me to eat up my flesh, my enemies and foes, they stumbled and fell. Though an army may...
The Collectors
Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. – Matthew 4:4. Bob Burke an Oklahoma City attorney, historian, and collector has given his collection of over 2,000 Bibles, to the University of Oklahoma. In this collection of Bibles, there...
The Enemy’s Tools
There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who...
Guard Your Heart
You shall not murder. – Exodus 20:13. The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God; God is in none of his thoughts. He sits in the lurking places of the villages; in the secret places he murders the innocent; his eyes are secretly fixed on the helpless....
The Cost of Sin
I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live. – Deuteronomy 30:19 NKJV. The West Coast port shutdown (2002) is continuing in the United States with...
The Cost of Lies, Deceit and Keeping Secrets
You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another. – Leviticus 19:11. I have hope in God, which they themselves also accept, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust. This being so, I myself always strive to...
Be Patient and Perfect
But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. – James 1:4. Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early...
You’ve Got Your Orders
Today’s devotional was written by my son, Clark Wrather, who is the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Broken Bow, Oklahoma. The Scripture and title have been added. And Jesus came and spoke to them saying, ‘All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth....
The Little Things
And the woman said to the serpent, ‘We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’...