This month the Devotions Ministry will focus on a prayer list that Pastor Wayne Cockrell created a few months ago for the Genesis Bible Fellowship Church Family. In this ministry of encouragement our writers will devote a week to one topic, and we pray that you will be blessed by their words of exhortation. SCRIPTURE: “They almost made an end of me on earth, But I did not forsake Your precepts. Re...  Read More

Starting this month the Devotions Ministry will focus on a prayer list that Pastor Wayne Cockrell created a few months ago for the Genesis Bible Fellowship Church Family. In this ministry of encouragement our writers will devote a week to one topic, and we pray that you will be blessed by their words of exhortation. SCRIPTURE: "The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul; The testimony of t...  Read More

Starting this month the Devotions Ministry will focus on a prayer list that Pastor Wayne Cockrell created a few months ago for the Genesis Bible Fellowship Church Family. In this ministry of encouragement our writers will devote a week to one topic, and we pray that you will be blessed by their words of exhortation. SCRIPTURE:  "They almost made an end of me on earth, But I did not forsake Your pr...  Read More

Starting this month the Devotions Ministry will focus on a prayer list that Pastor Wayne Cockrell created a few months ago for the Genesis Bible Fellowship Church Family. In this ministry of encouragement our writers will devote a week to one topic, and we pray that you will be blessed by their words of exhortation. SCRIPTURE: “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love an...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “Your testimonies are wonderful; therefore my soul keeps them. 130 The entrance of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple. 131 I opened my mouth and panted, for I longed for Your commandments. Look upon me and be merciful to me,As Your custom is toward those who love Your name. 133 Direct my steps by Your word, and let no iniquity have dominion over me. 134 Redeem ...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: "You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You." Isaiah 26:3 "Will the circle be unbroken, bye and bye Lord, bye and bye? There's a better home awaiting, in the sky Lord, in the sky."  That is how the refrain goes to this past popular song done by many, mostly as a folk, gospel, blues, contemporary Christian, country, and bluegrass offering. It has ...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “But Peter said, ’Man, I do not know what you are saying!’ Immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed. 61 And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had said to him, ‘Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.’ 62 So Peter went out and wept bitterly.” Luke 22:60-62 Once one has failed, how does one come back...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “My prayer is not for the world, but for those you have given me, because they belong to You. 10 All who are Mine belong to You, and You have given them to Me, so they bring Me glory. 11 Now I am departing from the world; they are staying in this world, but I am coming to You. Holy Father, You have given Me Your name; now protect them by the power of Your name so that they will be unite...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “For surely I will command, and will sift the house of Israel among all nations, as grain is sifted in a sieve; Yet not the smallest grain shall fall to the ground.” Amos 9:9“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 9 Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your br...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:  “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “And the Lord said, ‘Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. 32 But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren.’” Luke 22:3 The wonderful truth about the Bible is that the Bible tells the truth. God has not given us a Word about biblical characters, and He has not shielded us fr...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace, 17 comfort your hearts and [b]establish you in every good word and work.” 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 Prayer: Our eternal Father in Heaven, as Your children we bow in Your presence. We’re so mindful of what grace has meant to us all the days of our sa...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:  “And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you[a] are the temple of the living God. As God has said: ‘I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people.’ 17 Therefore ‘Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you.” 2 Corinthians 6:15-17 A heart idol is anything or an...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Everyone of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart, and puts before him what causes him to stumble into iniquity, and then comes to the prophet, I the Lord will answer him who comes, according to the multitude of his idols, 5 that I may seize the house of Israel by their heart, because they are all estranged from Me by their idols.” ’ 6 “Therefo...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “Now some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me. 2 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 3 “Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put before them that which causes them to stumble into iniquity. Should I let Myself be inquired of at all by them?” Ezekiel 14:1-3 Who or what is in control of your heart is your true God. Religious people c...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:  “For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and do not return there, but water the earth, and make it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, 11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.” Isaiah 55:10-1...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: " But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spiritis life because of righteousness. 11 If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the deaddwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to yourmortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you." Romans 8:10-12 (ESV) In the late 90’s, this hymn struck me and became my favorite. It ...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.” Col. 3:1-4 (NIV, 1984) My favorite news channel over the past several years has been Fox 45 here in the Baltimore region. Its reporters are focused, professional, and have become like f...  Read More