This Sunday, May 26, 2024 sermon, Pastor Cockrell compared and contrasted the Backslider to the Apostate and today’s devotional reiterates an imperative that was imposed to all of us, examine yourselves. Our Devotional Team will tackle the subject, “The Climate of Our Country and the Christian” which is sure to stir up our thinking about our walk in this world. SCRIPTURE: 9 To the Lord our God bel...  Read More

One day at the post office a puzzled man was overheard saying, “I don’t know what is going on. I’ve never seen our country like this before! Why are we doing these things?” Some of us can identify with this man’s questions and our Devotional Team will tackle the subject, “The Climate of Our Country and the Christian,” which is sure to stir up our thinking about our walk in this world. SCRIPTURE: "...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus, 6 that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Romans 15:5-6 Father, as we prepare to open Your Word, as a people we declare with certainty from our own experience, that the entrance of it does give us light.  We believe th...  Read More

Six days of reading about waiting. I can imagine that some of us are looking forward to the next topic but wait…there’s one more. (I couldn’t resist!) Thanks be to God for our Devotional Team has ministered to us out of the abundance of their hearts. Here is our last devotional on “Patience to Wait on the Lord.” Meditate on this chapter one last time and be encouraged! SCRIPTURE: “Truly my soul si...  Read More

Since we are going to have to wait anyway, wouldn't you rather wait on the Lord, Who is our salvation, glory, rock of our strength and our refuge? Our Team has done an excellent job encouraging us with a variety of devotions about “Patience to Wait on the Lord.” Meditate on this chapter this week and may your hearts be uplifted! SCRIPTURE: “Truly my soul silently waits for God; From Him comes my s...  Read More

If all problems, solutions, and lessons learned could be microwave fast, oh boy, think about how much time we would save! Sadly, this technology only works on food, so it’s back to the Bible for us. Our Team has done an excellent job encouraging us with a variety of devotions about “Patience to Wait on the Lord.” Meditate on this chapter this week and may your hearts be uplifted! SCRIPTURE: “Truly...  Read More

On the top ten list of the most dreaded Biblical Lesson to learn, forgiveness has to be number one and patience comes in a close second. This week our Team will encourage us with a variety of devotions about “Patience to Wait on the Lord.” Meditate on this chapter this week and may your hearts be uplifted! SCRIPTURE: "Truly my soul silently waits for God; From Him comes my salvation.2 He only is m...  Read More

A famous Italian tailor asked an impatient client, “Do you want it fast or do you want it good?”  While we are tempted to say “fast,” to wait is not only “good,” but all things work together for our “good.” So this week our Team will encourage us with a variety of devotions about “Patience to Wait on the Lord.” Meditate on this chapter this week and may your hearts be uplifted! SCRIPTURE: “Truly m...  Read More

God teaches His children patience by making us wait and this week our Team will encourage us with a variety of devotions about “Patience to Wait on the Lord.” Meditate on this chapter this week and may your hearts be uplifted! SCRIPTURE: “Truly my soul silently waits for God; From Him comes my salvation. 2 He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.  3 How ...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “ 12 For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day. 13 Hold fast the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. 14 That good thing which was committed to you, keep by the Holy Spirit who d...  Read More

And on this note, we say, “Praise the Lord!” These devotionals on “Repentance from Sin and Unforgiveness” have taken us to places and exposed the things we buried in the deep recesses of our minds. Isn’t it just like God to bring them back up so we can deal with them biblically, for His glory? Enjoy today’s devotional and we pray that your hearts will be encouraged! SCRIPTURE:  “And forgive us our...  Read More

Have you sinned? Sure have. Has anyone sinned against you? Yeah they have and we want to give them a serious ‘side-eye’ for that, but that would mean that God would have to give you 'A SERIOUS SIDE EYE.’ This week our Devotional Team aims to help us all see just how integral “Repentance from Sin and Unforgiveness” is to the believer so we can keep those eyes stayed on Jesus! SCRIPTURE:  “12 And fo...  Read More

Daily repentance should be a healthy spiritual practice for all believers, because, News Flash, we sin every day.  All week, our Devotional Team has been showing us just how integral “Repentance from Sin and Unforgiveness” is to the believer. Commit this scripture to memory-it will help you! SCRIPTURE: “And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, but de...  Read More

The one word that will kill all arguments about that one who wronged you is “forgive.” We all think we have a legitimate excuse not to forgive and the one word that kills every excuse is “forgive.” This week our Devotional Team aims to help us all see just how integral “Repentance from Sin and Unforgiveness” is to the believer. SCRIPTURE: "12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors... ...  Read More

Tell the truth, sometimes we just want to hold onto a little piece of unforgiveness just in case the perpetrator messes up again. Then we can say, “I knew it! You’re not worthy of my forgiveness.” Calvary’s Cross says otherwise. This week our Devotional Team aims to help us all see just how integral “Repentance from Sin and Unforgiveness” is to the believer. SCRIPTURE: “And forgive us our debts as...  Read More

Forgive us as we forgive, Jesus breaks down the Lord’s prayer so smoothly. After telling us how to pray, and specifically how to ask for forgiveness, He then tells us that we must also forgive. Surely these two concepts don’t belong in the same sentence. Yes they do and our Devotional Team aims to help us see just how integral “Repentance from Sin and Unforgiveness” are to the believer. SCRIPTURE:...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; 20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, 21 for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.”  2 Peter 1:19-...  Read More

Our Devotional Team wraps up the journey of encouragement with “Peace Among the Saints.” We pray that you have been encouraged with this week’s scriptures and devotionals! SCRIPTURE:  “If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men.” Romans 12:18SCRIPTURE: “I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord,  beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called…” Ep...  Read More