“I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.” (Psalm 40:1) “He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.” (Psalm 40:2) It has been the … [Read more]
What if a Tree Bears No Fruit?
“Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.” (Matthew 12:33) In part one of our devotions on fruit bearing, we learned that we are bearing either good … [Read more]
Living Water
I think one of the best pictures in the Bible for the state of our spirits before we are saved is a desert. Our spirits are a barren wasteland of a desert. Nothing can live in those conditions for very long, which is why Paul says we are dead in our … [Read more]
The Bride’s Condition
“I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.” (Song of Solomon 5:2) Beginning … [Read more]
What’s on Your Tree?
“Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.” (Matthew 12:33) What kind of fruit is on your tree? Or should I ask, What kind of fruit are you … [Read more]
Ugliness
In a previous devotion, I wrote about how everything God created is inherently beautiful; and how our failure to see that beauty is a symptom of a sin-sick heart. We also saw that evil is the result of something God created becoming corrupted; and … [Read more]
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