SCRIPTURE:But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, 6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, 7 to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. 8 For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.2 Peter 1...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:Isaiah 30:18-22 Eternal Father and our gracious God, we again thank You for the Word You have given unto us. You expose us to us. You have made us to examine ourselves in the manner that we should. That each one of us, as we go into a new year, would certainly think how it is going to be better, better than our last year.  We’ve heard testimonies Lord, about how people have gone through ...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:Ephesians 1:15-23 Our God and Father who is in heaven, hallowed be Your great name. Surely our Father before Your presence in prayer we are humbled by the knowledge of Your holiness. It is always fitting to ask for forgiveness and cleansing of our hearts so that Your mercy can usher us into Your presence with a sense of new freedom, openness, and the restored joy of Your salvation (Psalm...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:Ephesians 1:3 – 8 Our great God and Father, through the Lord Jesus Christ we come with filled hearts of praise because there is the awareness of many things You have done for us as Your children, with us as Your partners, and through us as servants for Your glory. Today, we are further gripped in our hearts because we even see there are things You’ve done because You made choices and dec...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier. 5 And also if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. 11 This is a faithful saying:  For if we died with Him, we shall also live with Hi...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:“14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.15 Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you. 16 Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us be of the same mind. 17 Brethren, join in following my example, and note ...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:“6 And when Joshua had dismissed the people, the children of Israel went each to his own inheritance to possess the land. 7 So the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the Lord which He had done for Israel. 8 Now Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died when he was one hundred an...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “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 apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of Go...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “Hear now what the Lord says: ‘Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. 2 Hear, O you mountains, the Lord’s complaint, and you strong foundations of the earth; For the Lord has a complaint against His people, and He will contend with Israel. 3 ‘O My people, what have I done to you? And how have I wearied you? Testify against Me. 4 For I brought you...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “Then Job answered and said:2 ‘Even today my complaint is bitter; My hand is listless because of my groaning.3 Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat!4 I would present my case before Him, And fill my mouth with arguments.5 I would know the words which He would answer me, And understand what He would say to me.6 Would He contend with me in His great power? ...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: "For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you. 16 Most assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him. 17 If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them." John 13:15-17 Our Father, in coming before Your presence I am mindful of how far my heart can be from the heart of my Lord a...  Read More

Church Family, January's Devotionals are all about God's Word and Prayer. Join Pastor Wayne Cockrell  each morning in January for prayer! Father in heaven, we know that You are fully aware of our lives and needs as we begin a new year in our relationship with You.  We would love to tell You truthfully that we have loved You with all of our mind, soul and strength each day that You have allowed us ...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” Romans 12:1-2 Where is your mind?Is it pressing forwar...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “Through the LORD’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23: As the Christmas season is coming to an end and the New Year is on the horizon many people begin to think about how to better themselves, what they can do differently in the upcoming year, or how to maintain what has previou...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also MUST do.” Colossians 3:13 Christ, our Lord, is the presentation, demonstration, and yes, the substantiation of God’s love and forgiveness! Before time, as well as in the fullness of time, God determined a redemptive plan for a world of unholy and unrig...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; 8 The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; 9 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.”  Psalm 19:7-9 Father, we once again open you...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: "For I am the Lord, I do not change; therefore, you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob." Malachi 3:6 In a world where new challenges face us every day, can we really trust that God will be the same today and tomorrow? Perhaps one’s response will weigh heavy on their spiritual foundation. According to (Isaiah 40:8) “God does not change. The writer of Hebrews, states “Jesus is the same ye...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:  “For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable. [He never withdraws them when once they are given, and He does not change His mind about those to whom He gives His grace or to whom He sends His call.]” Romans 11:29 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) The wise men following Jesus’ star, traveled for a great while to worship the almost two-year-old King of the Jews. You can imagine th...  Read More