Our GBFC Youth and Young Adults take over our Devotionals for the Month of June and we look forward to the exhortation they will share. Please make sure to leave a word of encouragement in the comment section-it only takes a minute. SCRIPTURE:  "Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm."  Proverbs 13:20 (NIV) Think about your closest friends. Do they encourage you?...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? 15 And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: ‘How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, Who bring glad tidings of good things!’ 16 But they have not all obeyed the gos...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.” Psalm 20:7 Truly trusting God is harder than it seems. Believers are told in Proverbs 3:5-6 to trust God with all our hearts and lean NOT on our own understanding. We should also acknowledge God in ALL of our ways and He will direct our path. Do you really trust God like that? Some trust chairs mo...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell in it forever. The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of justice. The law of his God is in his heart; None of his steps shall slide. The wicked watches the righteous,  and seeks to slay him. The Lord will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.” Psalm 37:29-33 Something we may all struggle wit...  Read More

SCRIPTURES: “Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies.” Proverbs 31:10“the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things” Titus 2:3 As mom was cooking dinner, young Susie came in and ask, “Mom, what type of woman are you?” This random question from Susie perplexed mom. Seeing the perplexed look on mom...  Read More

SCRIPTURES: “Jesus calls his followers to deny themselves, take up their cross daily, and follow him.” Matthew 16:24-26“Then He said to them, ‘Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.’” Matthew 4:19“Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.” 1 Corinthians 11:1“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.” Colossians 2:8 Years ago a wise theologian commented that we Christ followers must beware of “checking our brains at the door.” Our Lord never requires us to stop thinking as we live out the Christian life. Rat...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:  “Give and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.” Luke 6:38 I have no excuse. Since early in my life with Christ, I have been grounded with financial wisdom, at least from Peter and John Radio, where I was exposed to countless of God or C...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “as you know how we exhorted, and comforted, and charged every one of you, as a father does his own children, 12 that you would walk worthy of God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory. 13 For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of ...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; 15 but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 because it is written, ‘Be holy, for I am holy.’ 17 And if y...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning me.” Luke 24:44 Believers identify with the risen Savior throughout the year. Every day, believers remember what Jesus has done and is doing for them. During my encounters with others, mentioning the ris...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it."  Hebrews 4:1 Many people are relying on all the wrong things to affirm the reality of their relationship to the God of the Bible. Despite the clear and simple truth of Ephesians 2:8,9—"that it is by grace we have been saved through faith, and THAT not of ourselves; it is...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “…just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” Matthew 11:28 The realities of ministry are not foreseen when our hearts are burning with passion by our calling from the Lord. Yet, it is through human weakness and emptiness that the power of God is seen in its greatest strength working through a servant of Christ. II Corinthians...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “I will bless the Lord at all times, His praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2 My soul shall make its boast in the Lord; the humble shall hear of it and be glad. 3 Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.” Psalm 34: 1-3 It is Sunday morning testimony time! The ladies are in their hats, the men in their suits, and the young people are giggling in the back of...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:  “Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him.” II Corinthians 5:9 Abraham was on the brink of idolatry in his love for Isaac, God’s son of promise and he did not even know it. God had to test Abraham (Genesis 22) to reveal the depth and  integrity of his commitment to God. However, Abraham had many years in which his faith would continue to be te...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, 16 do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, 18 the eyes of your [f]understanding being enlightened; that you may know...  Read More

SCRIPTURES:"Jesus answered and said to them, 'Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.' 20 Then the Jews said, 'It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?' 21 But He was speaking of the temple of His body." John 2:19-21 "For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “…do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.” 1 Corinthians 6:19, 20 About three years before I retired in 2021, I began listing all the things I planned to do when that long-awaited day finally ...  Read More