1 Samuel 15:22 (NKJV) 22 So Samuel said: “Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams. Sometimes we may feel obligated to enter into a position we’ve been asked to volunteer for, … Read more
1 Samuel 15:24 (NKJV) 24 Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice. God had given Saul very specific instructions. But Saul didn’t listen. And he paid a price for his disobedience. Sometimes we … Read more
Hebrews 13:1 (NKJV) 13 Let brotherly love continue. Today, as we sit here to put another Bible Verse and devotional message together, we are reminded of how devoted each one of you are. Our hearts are humbled and we are ever so grateful for the love we receive from you, our brothers and sisters in … Read more
Exodus 16:4 (NKJV) Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you. And the people shall go out and gather a certain quota every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in My law or not. This is very interesting. The bread that the Lord rained … Read more
John 9:6 (NKJV) 6 When He had said these things, He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. Jesus took His saliva and mixed it with the dirt and made clay. He then put it on the eyes of the blind man. … Read more
John 16:33 (NKJV) 33 These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” Even in the midst of persecution, trials and tribulations there is peace if we know Jesus. Many people go through life … Read more
Luke 5:5 (NKJV) 5 But Simon answered and said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net.” Simon explained to Jesus what he had already done, and how he got nothing in his attempt. But notice that even in Simon’s understanding of … Read more
Lamentations 3:25 (NKJV) 25 The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. We need to teach ourselves to seek God and wait on Him for direction and answers every day. It may not be what we are used to doing, but It is the way to get … Read more
Hosea 4:6 (NKJV) 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge… The truth is that there are times when we can destroy God’s good intentions for us by not listening to Him. We suffer, and others around us may suffer for us not listening. God’s Word brings knowledge. It brings clarification, healing, deliverance and … Read more
Joshua 5:6 (NKJV) 6 For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people who were men of war, who came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they did not obey the voice of the Lord-to whom the Lord swore that He would not show them the land which the … Read more
1 Samuel 15:22 (NKJV) So Samuel said: “Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed than the fat of rams.” Obedience is better than sacrifice. There’s a lot more to this little phrase than … Read more