Well, have these devotionals ministered to you? Have you found yourself dipping back into the annuls and deep recesses of your mind? Don’t linger long for there is work ahead and not behind. Enjoy this last day on the topic, “Freedom from Past Failures and Offenses” and purpose to commit this scripture to memory. SCRIPTURE:  “Brothers and sisters, I do not regard myself as having taken hold of it ...  Read More

Well,  have these devotionals ministered to you? Have you found yourself dipping back into the annuls and deep recesses of your mind?  Don’t linger long for there is work ahead and not behind.  Enjoy these last two days on the topic “Freedom from Past Failures and Offenses” and purpose to commit this scripture to memory. SCRIPTURE:  “Brothers and sisters, I do not regard myself as having taken hol...  Read More

From time to time our foolish choices or the unconscionable thing/s we once did in our past, rises up to remind and torment us. Don’t stay there too long, the enemy of our souls would love to see us cast down and disquieted. So this week our scripture and the Devotional Team will bring encouragement from the topic, “Freedom from Past Failures and Offenses.” Scripture: “Brethren, I do not count mys...  Read More

From time to time our foolish choices or the unconscionable thing/s we once did in our past, rise up to remind and torment us. Don’t stay there too long, the enemy of our souls would love to see us cast down and disquieted. So this week our scripture and the Devotional Team will bring encouragement from the topic, “Freedom from Past Failures and Offenses.” SCRIPTURE: “Brethren, I do not count myse...  Read More

The fullest freedom addresses the past failures and prior offenses of our own doing, by choice or by circumstance, as well as the legacy of past failures and prior offenses inherited, even as far back as Adam. God Himself makes a way, to set us free, indeed... free even from the past failures and prior offenses yet to happen...blameless through the cross, meeting our reality at the intersection of...  Read More

From time to time our foolish choices or the unconscionable thing/s we once did in our past, rises up to remind and torment us. Don’t stay there too long, the enemy of our souls would love to see us cast down and disquieted. So this week our scripture and the Devotional Team will bring encouragement from the topic, “Freedom from Past Failures and Offenses.” SCRIPTURE: “Brethren, I do not count mys...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “Do not hide Your face from me; Do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; Do not leave me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation. 10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take care of me.” Psalm 27:9-10 Father, we thank You so very much once again for the great gift of Your Son, the Lord Jesus. We’re thankful for the many ways You have shown gra...  Read More

Thanks GBFC Devotional Team! Your devotionals on "Resistance to Anger and Hate in Conflict"  have been of great encouragement! SCRIPTURE: “Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, 27 nor give place to the devil.” Ephesians 4:26-27SCRIPTURE: “But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has b...  Read More

Our topic for this week's devotionals, "Resistance to Anger and Hate in Conflict," draws to a close. We pray that you've been encouraged by these scriptures and daily devotionals. Special thanks to our Devotional Team for penning such wonderful encouragement! SCRIPTURE: “Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, 27 nor give place to the devil.” Ephesians 4:26-27SCRIPTURE...  Read More

Conflict is never a desirable interaction, but God has deemed it necessary to produce spiritual growth in us and conformity into the image of Jesus Christ. But, LORD, is there another way? Nope! We must trust God's process! So this week, join our Devotional Team and be prepared for the challenge of the topic, "Resistance to Anger and Hate in Conflict." Purpose to commit these scriptures to memory ...  Read More

Conflict is never a desirable interaction, but God has deemed it necessary to produce spiritual growth in us and conformity into the image of Jesus Christ. But, LORD, is there another way? Nope! We must trust God's process! So this week, join our Devotional Team and be prepared for the challenge of the topic, "Resistance to Anger and Hate in Conflict." Purpose to commit these scriptures to memory ...  Read More

Conflict is never a desirable interaction, but God has deemed it necessary to produce spiritual growth in us and conformity into the image of Jesus Christ. But, LORD, is there another way? Nope! We must trust God's process! So this week, join our Devotional Team and be prepared for the challenge of the topic, "Resistance to Anger and Hate in Conflict." Purpose to commit these scriptures to memory ...  Read More

Conflict is never a desirable interaction, but God has deemed it necessary to produce spiritual growth in us and conformity into the image of Jesus Christ. But, LORD, is there another way? Nope! We must trust God's process! So this week, join our Devotional Team and be prepared for the challenge of the topic, "Resistance to Anger and Hate in Conflict."  Purpose to commit these scriptures to memory...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “You will guide me with Your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. 25 Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You. 26 My flesh and my heart fail; But God is the [g]strength of my heart and my portion forever.”  Psalm 73:24-26 Our eternal Father in heaven, we thank You once again, today, for the great gift of Your Son, the Lord Jesus Christ...  Read More

This is our last day of focusing on he topic “Victory Over Fear.”  We pray that you've gleaned wise exhortations from our devotional team, Most of all, we pray that you have committed these powerful scriptures to memory.   SCRIPTURE: “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7SCRIPTURE: “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts o...  Read More

Our week of focusing on fear draws to an end. We pray that you've committed these scriptures to memory, because we will need them the next time fear raises its ugly head. Enjoy these last two days of inspiration from our devotional writers as they wrap up the next two days with the topic “Victory Over Fear.” SCRIPTURE: “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a ...  Read More

Fear is torment and who wants to live in torment? Most of us do not yet the Apostles Paul and John address fear as a reality many of us face. This week our devotional writers tackle the topic “Victory Over Fear.” May our faith be strengthened by God’s Word and encouraged through these devotionals. SCRIPTURE: “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”...  Read More

Fear is torment and who wants to live in torment? Most of us do not yet the Apostles Paul and John address fear as a reality many of us face. This week our devotional writers tackle the topic “Victory Over Fear.” May our faith be strengthened by God’s Word and encouraged through these devotionals. SCRIPTURE: “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”...  Read More

Fear is torment and who wants to live in torment? Most of us do not yet the Apostles Paul and John address fear as a reality many of us face. This week our devotional writers tackle the topic “Victory Over Fear.” May our faith be strengthened by God’s Word and encouraged through these devotionals. SCRIPTURE: “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”...  Read More

Fear is torment and who wants to live in torment? Most of us do not yet the Apostles Paul and John address fear as a reality many of us face. This week our devotional writers tackle the topic, “Victory Over Fear.” May our faith be strengthened by God’s Word and encouraged through these devotionals. SCRIPTURE: “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind....  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “For this reason I bow my knees to the Father [f]of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to com...  Read More

Today we take a Devotional break from "Return and Rekindling of our First Love for Christ" to focus on a note from the Desk of Pastor Wayne Cockrell. Written in our January-April 2013 Genesis Bible Fellowship Newsletter, this note is sure to encourage your heart on the necessity of accountability.   SCRIPTURE: “As iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.” Proverbs 27:17...  Read More

This week our Devotional Team takes on the topic, "Return and Rekindling of our First Love for Christ"  with Revelations 2:1-7 as our focus scripture. Just ask yourself, do I love Jesus like I did when I was first saved? If we're honest, in some point of our Christian walk, that love dynamic we had with Jesus Christ may have waned since the earlier days of our walk. Be encouraged by the devotional...  Read More

This week our Devotional Team takes on the topic, "Return and Rekindling of our First Love for Christ"  with Revelations 2:1-7 as our focus scripture. Just ask yourself, do I love Jesus like I did when I was first saved? If we're honest, in some point of our Christian walk, that love dynamic we had with Jesus Christ may have waned since the earlier days of our walk. Be encouraged by the devotional...  Read More