Category Archives: Devotional

Wisdom and Understanding

Devotional April 21, 2014 Leave a comment

PMT 2014-048b by Don Strickland.

Colossians 1:9 reads:

For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding.

Verse 9 begins the second half of Paul’s preface which was originally stated in verse 3. In that verse Paul said he was thankful and praying for the Colossians. Paul then outlines the reasons for his thanksgiving in verses 4-8. And now with verses 9-11, Paul ends the letter’s preface with a discussion about his prayers for those at Colossae. Continue reading →

Our Resurrection Hope

Devotional April 18, 2014 Leave a comment

PMT 2014-047b by Don Strickland.

1Pe 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

Having gone to my childhood home for a visit, I was surprised to see a patch of bare ground in the front yard where a large oak tree had stood. The tree was one of the last original trees on my parents’ property (only a hickory in the back yard remains). Though the tree looked mostly healthy on the outside, my dad was told it was diseased and needed to be removed. Now that piece of my childhood is just a memory. Continue reading →