In an effort on reflecting on the promises of God, take that same note that you worked on yesterday concerning His promises. Turn those into praise today. Give thanks to the Lord for His promises and ...  Read More

Recently, my wife needed to go in to the hospital due to some complications after giving birth to my son. She and I had to visit the conversation of how to approach getting her the help she needs when...  Read More

Life throws all kinds of things our way. It is unpredictable. It can be difficult to manage all that is there and often times, we feel the need to deal with and address them. Our lives become tumultuo...  Read More

Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.-Hebrews 2:119 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Pr...  Read More

We are given an example of the faithfulness of the Lord. The comparison made is one that is made throughout the New Testament. As we look at Abraham, we can see the pattern that the Lord works in. Abr...  Read More

As we come out of the context of hope, the writer of Hebrews does not simply move on from the subject. He builds it further. What we have is an immutable, or unchangeable, promise from God. A comparis...  Read More

13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, 14 saying, “Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.” 15 And so,...  Read More

5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.-Romans 5:5This was one of the verses we covered in yesterday's devotio...  Read More

8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there i...  Read More

It is a significant theme in the word of God for the people of God to have hope. It might catch you off-guard a bit, but one of the greatest detriments to God's people has been when they lose hope. Th...  Read More

This same word has been used a few times over at this point. Be diligent. It is a clear lesson for the believer that our walk in the faith is certainly not a passive endeavor. There is an active eleme...  Read More

As a preacher and a teacher, one of the critical elements of what I do is to know my audience. Some preachers and teachers take this to speak a very generalized message to a large group of people. Oth...  Read More

The last few verses of chapter 6 have been pretty bleak. The warning has been clear. Do not fall away. The depth of the warning is not lost as the author of Hebrews shifts gears into encouragement. Wh...  Read More

9 But, beloved, we are confident of better things concerning you, yes, things that accompany salvation, though we speak in this manner. 10 For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love w...  Read More

Pray that the Lord would give you the eyes to see where He is leading you. He made it clear to Israel that He was taking them to the Promised Land. They even saw all that it held. Know that the Lord i...  Read More

62 But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”-Luke 9:62 This concept of drawing back to the old is something frequently condemne...  Read More

I was sobbing... hysterically. Both of my parents enter into the room and find that I am being tormented by my older brother who has me pinned down. He lurches up the moment my parents step in. As the...  Read More

There is a clear warning undergirding the text here that is very clear to us. Most of us interpret it in such a way as to understand that we don't want to draw back. Even in having the clarity that we...  Read More

As we examine this particular Scripture, it is important that we properly examine the context. For a passage such as this, there is a very broad scope that we need to consider, and this is where many ...  Read More

What we have this week is one of the most complicated sections in Scripture to properly exegete. A surface level reading of the text will leave many believers trembling at the idea that they have gone...  Read More

4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of th...  Read More

Pray that the Lord would highlight where and what He wants you to grow in. Understand that He is invested in your sanctification and wants to see your growth. He is not opposed to you on this journey....  Read More

12 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. 13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have a...  Read More

The instruction that the writer of Hebrews gives here is to go on to perfection, moving beyond the elementary principles of Christ. Many of us may wince at such words. "But we will never be perfect! W...  Read More