"Its gates shall not be shut at all by day (there shall be no night there)" (Revelation 21:25). Dear Heavenly Father we give You thanks that there is a day coming when there will be no need to shut the gates to our properties, because the night of sin will be no more. We thank You for this in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. Once I overheard a conversation between two young ladies, one was coming home from school for the summer, and was excitedly sharing with her friend, what someone at college had told her, that in her...

“The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, The leopard shall lie down with the young goat, The calf and the young lion and the fatling together; And a little child shall lead them.  The cow and the bear shall graze; Their young ones shall lie down together; And the lion shall eat straw like the ox. The nursing child shall play by the cobra’s hole, And the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper’s den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord As the...

"Then little children were brought to Him that He might put His hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.”  And He laid His hands on them and departed from there" (Matthew 19:13). Heavenly Father, our Parent par excellence; our gracious Abba, we love You Lord, because You first loved us, and taught us the great blessing of loving and being loved! Please teach us how to share Your love with Your little ones, and everyone You put in...

"Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: ' "Whom shall I send, And who will go for Us?" ' Then I said,' "Here am I! Send me" ' " ' " (Isaiah 6:8). Heavenly Father, to each of us comes a call to "Go" in your name. Sometimes, at the beginning of the journey, the "where" is clear. Sometimes it is not. Whatever our individual case may be, help us like Isaiah to answer, "Here am I, Send me." In the case of Isaiah, before his call, he was given a vision. It must have created mixed feelings; Feelings...

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved" (John 3:16, 17). In 1984, the song, "What's Love Got to Do with it? was sung by Tina Turner and became an instant hit! I looked up the lyrics, and it was the chorus that caught my attention: "Oh-oh, what's love got to do with it? What's love but a second-hand emotion? What's...

"But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world" (Galatians 6:14). Dear Heavenly Father, hallowed be Your Name. We bring nothing in our hand, because we have nothing that is worthy of You; but we offer You our hearts, and ask that You sit upon its throne, and rule as Lord and Savior of our lives. In the mighty name of Jesus Christ we pray! Amen. For a few days we were following the conversion of Saul, the legalistic...

"Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 3.12-14). Dear Heavenly Father, there will be times in the battle of life when we will be tempted to give up; at these...

"But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if, by...

Dear faithful followers, My regrets! There will be no devotional thought presented today, Thursday, October 14. Our next devotional thought will be brought to you on Saturday, October 16. Thank you for your understanding! May God richly bless you and your loved ones! Pastor Mabel

"If anyone else thinks he may have confidence in the flesh, I more so: circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee; concerning zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless" (Philippians 3:4-6). Gracious God, merciful Father, keep us humble in our own sight. Please remind us that the only merit in which we can place confidence, is in the merit of Your Son and our Savior, Jesus the Christ, in whose name we pray. Amen. Our Scripture for today gives us...