Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the LORD delivers out of them all. Psalm 34: 19, NKJV.  Holy God, in this time of financial distress that is affecting the world at large, and that has brought about, as a result, many other forms of distresses, we pray that Your Holy Spirit will speak peace to our hearts, as we enter the study of Your Word. Please teach us how we can be channels of deliverance. In the name of Jesus we pray. Amen. I believe we can all relate to the fact that the time in which we are...

Stoop down and reach out to those who are oppressed. Share their burdens, and so complete Christ's law. Galatians 6: 2, MSG.  Holy Creator, we come into Your presence, humbly. We realize that it is Your mercy and grace, that makes this possible. Please allow us to extend that grace and mercy, to those who are in need. Teach us how to do this, as we study Your Word. In the blessed name of Your Son, and our Savior, Jesus, the Christ, we pray. Amen. Perhaps You recognize the title of this devotional as the title of a song written by...

Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy, and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. Colossians 3: 12, 13, NIV. Holy God, as we come together to study Your Word, please be here with us. Without You, we can do nothing. So please teach us how to be better individuals for Your honor and glory. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Yesterday our study was based on the first two attributes/virtues in our Scripture:  compassion and kindness. Today,...

Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy, and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. Colossians 3: 12, 13, NIV. Dear God, as we come into Your Holy presence, we come seeking wisdom from above. As we enter the study of Your Holy Word, may our minds be enlightened, and may we learn the lessons that will equip us to live the Christian life, by faith. In the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. Today, as we...

You must understand this, my beloved:  let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger; for your anger does not produce God's righteousness. James 1: 19, NRSV.  Holy Father, we come before You today, to give You thanks for giving us an opportunity to praise You with our lips. Please teach us how to use these same lips to bless each other as we study Your Word today. In the name of Jesus we pray. Amen. Our Scripture for today offers some mighty wonderful advice. How much pain we could abate by giving heed to these "Words...

How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful! Your eyes are doves. How handsome you are, my lover! Oh, how charming! And our bed is verdant. Song of Songs 1: 15, 16, NIV. Dear God, You are love. You are the Source of Love. We need Your help to enable us to love others in ways that are meaningful, and that will bring out the best in them; and will help to sweeten, and save, our relationships. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Yesterday we looked at "the reason" our relationships end prematurely. Even though we could break this...

Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?" "Haven't you read," he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator made them 'male and female, ' and said, "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh? So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate." "Why then," they asked, "did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate...

And the word of the LORD came to Zechariah:  This is what the LORD Almighty says:  Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the alien or the poor. In your hearts do not think evil of each other. Zechariah 7: 8-10, NIV. Merciful God, today as we enter the study of Your Word, we ask that Your Holy Spirit will reveal to us, how we  should treat those who are less fortunate. In the name of Jesus we humbly pray. Amen. We have just concluded a series of devotionals under...

So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the LORD does the church. For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones. "For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh." This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Nevertheless, let each one of you in particular so love...

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of the water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the LORD does the church. For...