“Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear them from heaven and will forgive their sins and heal their land.” Chronicles 7:14 This one verse from 2 Chronicles is so packed with application for our lives (It […]
Tag: Casting Crowns
Slow Fade
Something slightly different to normal. I want you to watch a video before continuing with this devotion. It’s a drama to a song Everything by Lifehouse. One of the things that strikes me about that video is that every time the girl is tempted, every time she is led astray by her friends, Jesus is […]
What if His people prayed?
“Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere.” Ephesians 6v18 How often do you pray? And for how long? If you’re being honest it probably doesn’t come anywhere near the ‘all times and on every occasion’ Paul urges us to in […]
Prayer for a Friend
Non-Christian friend. We’ve all got them, or at least we should. We should be striving to befriend the lost, especially those that society in general has rejected, and shower them with the love of Christ, shining out to them like ‘stars in the universe’ with God’s glory. We may have non-Christian friends, but do we […]
Deep water faith in the shallow end
1 Peter 2v2-3: “Like newborn babies, you must crave pure spiritual milk so that you will grow into a full experience of salvation. Cry out for this nourishment, now that you have had a taste of the Lord’s kindness.” In the Casting crowns song ‘Somewhere in the middle’ they have a line “Deep water faith in the […]
Stained Glass Masquarade
Casting Crowns wrote a song ‘Stained Glass Masquerade’ about how, in general, Christians are very good at disguising how they are. We don’t like to admit our weakness, out of fear that others will look down on us. We live thinking we are the only one going through whatever we are going through, that no-one […]
Spread the love
A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit. A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit. So every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire. Yes, just as you can identify a tree by its […]