Hebrews 10:5 NASB95 Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says, “SACRIFICE AND OFFERING YOU HAVE NOT DESIRED, BUT A BODY YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR ME; Jesus when He comes from heaven to Earth says this, "SACRIFICE AND OFFERING YOU HAVE NOT DESIRED." The Levitical priest have said all along that this was required. However, they have missed many verses like Psalm 40:6-8 NASB95 Sacrifice and meal offering You have not desired; My ears You have opened; Burnt offering and sin of

1 Thessalonians 2:20 NASB95 For you are our glory and joy. Paul describes to the Thessalonians that when he stands before God and God accepts him in Christ that the rewards he will receive are because of them. It will not be for the numerous times he was imprisoned for Jesus. It will not be for the miles he walked. It will not be for the beatings he took nor for the times that he was left for dead. It will not be for the relentless way that he kept getting back up after being

November 23rd, 2016, two teenage boys playing with matches on a trail to the mountain peaks known as the Chimney Tops began what would be known as the Chimney Tops 2 fire. The fire eventually burned over 17000 acres. It caused the deaths of 14 people and destroyed 2460 structures. There were over 190 people injured and over 14,000 people were forced to evacuate. The cost of the damage was believed to be 2 billion dollars. The deadliest and most destructive fire in the eastern

God desires all people to come to Him. When they do He pours out on them Himself. He does the pouring as showers rain down on them. The rain is not just water, but God being poured out to cover His people. In our text today we notice some amazing things that we can always count on from God. The text says, Nehemiah 9:13 NASB95 “Then You came down on Mount Sinai, And spoke with them from heaven; You gave them just ordinances and true laws, Good statutes and commandments. First,

Joel 3:2 NASB95 I will gather all the nations And bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat. Then I will enter into judgment with them there On behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel, There will come a day when the Lord will gather all the "nations." This word can mean nation but it can also mean "people." He will bring them down to the lowland for "Jehoshaphat." Jehoshaphat means Jehovah Judgment. All the people will be brought down from their prideful perch of si

Luke 8:22 NASB95 Now on one of those days Jesus and His disciples got into a boat, and He said to them, “Let us go over to the other side of the lake.” So they launched out. It is 2026 and many people will live this brand-new year just like they did in 2025. Nothing will change. Everything will be the same. This is how many people feel life should be. However, God desires us to be constantly changing or transforming each and every day more and more into the image of Christ. R

Luke 23:15 NASB95 “No, nor has Herod, for he sent Him back to us; and behold, nothing deserving death has been done by Him. Jesus was examined by the two highest-ranking officials in Israel at the time. He stood before them on trial and was found innocent. Herod, was excited to see Jesus because he had heard about all the great signs pointing to God that He had done. The scripture says. Luke 23:8-9 NASB95 Now Herod was very glad when he saw Jesus; for he had wanted to see Him

Psalm 111:2 NASB95 Great are the works of the LORD; They are studied by all who delight in them. Great = Awesome, vast in number, spectacular in size, exceedingly powerful, magnificent in complexity, and massive in sincerity and truth. Are the works = this is describing every thought, word, and action, of the Lord. Of the LORD = Yahweh, God the Father. The works are studied = to seek, acquire, desire, contemplate, investigate, follow after, and worship. All who delight in the

As I was praying this morning, I started to ask God to help me live more like Him. As I was talking to God about this, He placed in my heart an evaluation of myself by the percentage of how much of my life is truly about Him. As I started thinking about time spent in prayer, the time spent reading His word, the time I spent in service to Him, and the time I spoke about and was an example of Him, I realized it was still no more than 25 percent of my day. That means 75 percent

2 Timothy 4:3 NASB95 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires. As we get closer to the end time, (everyday is closer) more and more people will refuse to hear the truth of sound doctrine. To be sound is to be uncorrupted, to be whole - not partial. We must be cautious that we look at scripture as a whole and not to take outside influ

Merry CHRISTmas! Celebrated this day is the birth of Christ our Savior. The thoughts of a sweet baby coming to be worshipped by the world. Shepherds came and worshipped Him. However, His purpose for coming was not as much about His worship as it was our salvation by His sacrifice. When we speak of sacrifice, we often think of the cross, but it actually began much earlier. Zechariah 13:1 NASB95 “In that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitan

John 1:14 NASB95 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. John opens his account of the gospel with a description of the Son of God. He refers to Jesus as the Word who was in the beginning. He already existed having always been. He says that the Word (Jesus) was with God and was God. Jesus is the Son of God and is God. Jesus created all things. Then in verse 14, he says and th

James 1:27 NASB95 Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world. Religion has been given a negative meaning. However, it was not meant to be so in its origin. It has its root in worship of God, but Satan has encouraged man to worship idols, objects, false gods, and self, instead of God. In this twisted world, man often worships the act of worship, and thus rel

1 Peter 3:15 NASB95 but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence; This time of year we recognize the birth of a Savior but we must not forget that he is Lord. The text says to Sanctify Christ. Sanctify means to consecrate or to make and declare. Then the text tells us who to declare. The person is Christ, which means anointed and chos

2 Samuel 19:2 NASB95 The victory that day was turned to mourning for all the people, for the people heard it said that day, “The king is grieved for his son.” David, had lost his son. Of course, he was sad, but his sadness was causing a negative effect on the nation. As Christians, those who are to be after God's own heart, we must be cautious of our mourning. While mourning is normal and right, we must not let it be excessive to the point that it hinders our witness. God is

Revelation 5:5 NASB1995 and one of the elders *said to me, “Stop weeping; behold, the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so as to open the book and its seven seals.” Revelation 5:9 NASB1995 And they *sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are You to take the book and to break its seals; for You were slain, and purchased for God with Your blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. Revelation 5:12 NASB1995 saying with a loud voic

1 Thessalonians 5:7-11 NASB95 For those who sleep do their sleeping at night, and those who get drunk get drunk at night. But since we are of the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation. For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with Him. Therefore encourage one another and

Esther 10:2 NASB95 And all the accomplishments of his authority and strength, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai to which the king advanced him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia? Mordecai never sought his own glory. If we read through the book of Esther, we see that he always sought righteousness, obedience to God, and the safety of God's people. Nowhere do we see him seeking the name of Mordecai to be praised,

Judges 14:9 NASB95 So he scraped the honey into his hands and went on, eating as he went. When he came to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it; but he did not tell them that he had scraped the honey out of the body of the lion. Today's Devotional comes from CH Spurgeon. When I found this I wanted to share it with you. How a Lion in the hands of a man filled with the power of the Spirit yet walking his own path was used by God to reveal the coming Gospel

Titus 1:2 NASB95 in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago, Eternal life. Exist outside of time. Since without time there is no end or beginning. In hope of, is faith in, which is a longing or a great desire for what we know to be true. Paul longs for and desires what he knows to be true. This longing and desire is for eternal life. Life outside of time in the presence of the one who is eternal. The one who always was, is now, and forever