Category: Discipleship

You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. – Matthew 5:13. A “norm” is defined as “a principle of right action binding upon the members...

Let us search out and examine our ways, and turn back to the Lord. – Lamentations 3:40. Once while we were on our way to visit our son who lives in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, in the southeast corner of the state, we were took the scenic route. The fall foliage is...

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...

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...

Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight. …And in a window sat a certain young man named Eutychus, who was sinking into a deep...

Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown,...

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; my hand was stretched out in the night without ceasing; my soul refused to be comforted. I remembered God, and was troubled; I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. You hold my eyelids open; I am so troubled...

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. – Luke 6:45. The Fire Department in Denver, Colorado...

Today’s devotional was written by my son, Clark Wrather. Clark is the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Broken Bow, Oklahoma. For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s building. According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a...

And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. – Philippians 4:19. Moses was provided with a supernatural resource from God to use in confronting the Egyptian Pharaoh and leading the people of Israel to freedom. The supernatural resource provided to...