Daily Devotion With Pastor Dan – September 23rd, 2020

(1 Peter 4:7)…..But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.

We are in serious times, that call for serious action from the Christian. We are in desperate need of those who are believers and followers of Jesus Christ to be serious in our prayer life. Not that we have not been, but our prayer life now should take on a more fervent, more passionate, more real, more desired, more expectant, more disciplined behavior. When I think about prayer, I think of two …

The Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night His song shall be with me – A prayer to the God of my life – (Psalm 42:8).

When I think of how God commands His Loving-kindness towards us in the daytime, I am reminded of His promises of mercy and grace towards us, and they are great. The Scriptures declare to us that His mercy is great – (Isaiah 54:6-7), sure – (Isaiah 55:1-3), abundant – (1 Peter 1:1-3), and new every morning – (Lamentations 3:22-23). How does this make you …

(Philippians 3:3-11)…..³ For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh, ⁴ though I also might have confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he may have confidence in the flesh, I more so: ⁵ circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee; ⁶ concerning zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. ⁷ But …

Daily Devotion With Pastor Dan – September 18th, 2020

“I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.” (John 10:11-14 KJV)

There are thieves and robbers who encroach upon God’s people today. …

Daily Devotion With Pastor Dan – September 17th, 2020.

The all-sufficiency of the Scriptures is an important doctrine. For the Scriptures are completely adequate – 2 Timothy3:16-17 . God has provided all that we need for life and godliness – 2 Peter 1:3. We do not need further revelation, we have the faith delivered “once for all” to the saints – Jude 3. Thus we have that which is able to build us up and give us our inheritance – AcYa 20:32.

As Paul prepared the Ephesian elders for the time when he would be gone, he …

Daily Devotional With Pastor Dan – September 16th, 2020

(Psalm 95:3-7)…..Oh come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. ² Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms. ³ For the Lord is the great God, and the great King above all gods. 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth; The heights of the hills are His also. 5 The sea is His, for He made it; And His hands formed the dry land. ⁶ Oh come, let us …

Daily Devotion With Pastor Dan – September 15th, 2020

I’ve been thinking a lot on what occupies the believer’s time lately. Why we get so busy with the things of the world, and before we know it we find ourselves feeling distant from the very One who has redeemed us. We need to be near to our Lord every minute of every day so that doesn’t become a problem in our Christian walk. Today I am reminded of what the Psalmist said in (Psalm 91). “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under …

“And I will walk at liberty,
For I seek Your precepts.”

Psalm 119:45

Dan M. is filling in for Pastor Dan this week.

This is perhaps my favorite verse in Psalm 119. It is opposite of what the world thinks. They see God’s commandments as bondage, Psalm 2:3. Sadly, some Christians think the same way. What is liberty? Freedom. Independence. Freedom or independence from what? From God? Independence from God would mean non-existence, for in Him we live move and have our being, Acts 17:28. Actually, as one theologian puts it, “true liberty consists exactly in self-determination in the direction …

May Your loving kindnesses also come to me, O Lord,

Your salvation according to Your word;

So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me,

For I trust in Your word.

Psalm 119:41-42

Dan M. is filling in for Pastor Dan this week.

In Psalm 119, the author recognizes his total dependence on Scripture as the only infallible rule of faith and life. In verse 41″Thy salvation” explains exactly the meaning of “Thy loving kindnesses.” It is a word  that is closely associated  with God’s covenants. Deuteronomy 7:9, 2 Samuel 7:15, 22:51. Isaiah 16:5, “a throne will even …