(Update 2021: This devotional is a little dated, but in 19 years the problem with gambling has only grown worse. There are still only two states without gambling: Utah and Hawaii. In Oklahoma Indian casinos are everywhere and I am sure that more are planned. In 2016, Americans lost, they...

And to the angel of the church in Sardis write, ‘These things says He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead.’ – Revelation 3:1. How would you feel...

Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. – 1 Corinthians 16:13. Yesterday was the first Fourth of July celebration in the United States since the September 11th attacks. With the celebration came increased security with those watching the events being watched by those determined to prevent...

If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. – John 8:31b-32. Today the United States celebrates its 226th birthday (244th in 2021), which is a celebration of independence, of having freedom. It is a...

Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, ‘Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they...

So it came to pass, when they had brought them outside, that he said, ‘Escape for your Life! Do not look behind you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be destroyed.’ – Genesis 19:17. But his wife looked back behind him, and she...

Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; for the day of the Lord is coming, for it is at hand. – Joel 2:1. The first time I remember receiving a wake up call at a...

Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for ‘God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.’ Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in...

So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, to see Your power and Your glory. Because Your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise You. – Psalm 63:2-3. When David wrote the 63rd Psalm he was in the wilderness fleeing for his life. I am amazed at...

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. – Ephesians 6:10. The Federal Aviation Administration publishes a monthly aviation safety newsletter written by Fred P. Harms. I stumbled onto their December 2001 newsletter entitled “Almost Stupid” in which Fred says, “In any given year fuel mistakes by...