Weekly devotionals

Therefore, the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and she shall call His name Emmanuel. Isaiah 7:14   The virgin conception and birth of Jesus Christ is one of the most well-known and universally acknowledged doctrines of Christianity. Until the anti-supernaturalism of the modern era, every major branch of the visible church affirmed it as a foundational article of faith, including Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, and Easter

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one. 1 John 5:19 NKJV   This morning we look at Westminster Larger Catechism Question 191, which asks, “What do we pray for in the second petition?” It gives the answer, “In the second petition (which is, Thy kingdom come,) acknowledging ourselves and all mankind to be by nature under the dominion of sin and Satan, we pray, that the kingdom of sin and Satan may be destroyed, the gospel propagat

Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here." John 18:36 NKJV   This morning we look at Westminster Larger Catechism Question 191, which asks, “What do we pray for in the second petition?” It gives the answer, “In the second petition (which is, Thy kingdom come,) acknowledging ourselves and all mankind to be by nature under the d

So I will make My holy name known in the midst of My people Israel, and I will not let them profane My holy name anymore. Then the nations shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel. Ezekiel 39:7 NKJV   This morning we look one more time at Westminster Larger Catechism Question 190, which asks, “What do we pray for in the first petition?” It gives the answer, “In the first petition (which is, Hallowed be thy name,) acknowledging the utter inability and indispositi

The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9 NKJV   This morning we continue to look at Westminster Larger Catechism Question 190, which asks, “What do we pray for in the first petition?” It gives the answer, “In the first petition (which is, Hallowed be thy name,) acknowledging the utter inability and indisposition that is in ourse

Both riches and honor come from You, And You reign over all. In Your hand is power and might; In Your hand it is to make great And to give strength to all. 1 Chronicles 29:12 NKJV   This morning we look at Westminster Larger Catechism Question 190, which asks, “What do we pray for in the first petition?” It gives the answer, “In the first petition (which is, Hallowed be thy name,) acknowledging the utter inability and indisposition that is in ourselves and all men to honour

For He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name. Luke 1:49 NKJV   This morning we look at Westminster Larger Catechism Question 190, which asks, “What do we pray for in the first petition?” It gives the answer, “In the first petition (which is, Hallowed be thy name,) acknowledging the utter inability and indisposition that is in ourselves and all men to honour God aright, we pray, that God would by his grace enable and incline us and others to know, t

Behold the proud, His soul is not upright in him; But the just shall live by his faith. Hab. 2:4 NKJV   It was a hot humid afternoon in July 1505. A brilliant young law student, was traveling near the German village of Stotternheim, in what was then Electoral Saxony. He had recently earned his Master’s degree, & by all indications had a promising law career ahead of him. Yet, as often happens on hot summer days, the sky without warning swiftly darkened. A wind arose and it st