Confidence Before God

by | Mar 13, 2024 | Morning Devotions

Verse: 1 John 3:21-22 (ESV) 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; 22 and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. Devotion: In the two prior verses (and in Christian’s...

Self Condemnation?

by | Mar 11, 2024 | Morning Devotions

Verse: 1 John 3:19-20 19 This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence: 20 If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. Devotion Have you ever struggled with self...

Love, not Hate

by | Mar 9, 2024 | Morning Devotions

Verse: I John 3:13-15 Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you. We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death. Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no...

Loving One Another

by | Mar 7, 2024 | Morning Devotions

Verse: 1 John 3:11-12 11 For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. 12 Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s...

Sin Prevented by the Growth of a Seed

by | Mar 5, 2024 | Morning Devotions

Verse: 1 John 3:9-10 No one who is born of God [deliberately, knowingly, and habitually] practices sin, because God’s seed [His principle of life, the essence of His righteous character] remains [permanently] in him . . . ; and he [who is born again]...