Pastor Tom's Daily Devotional

Romans 1:16 (NKJV) For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. What would we do without the Gospel?  It is through the Gospel that we receive eternal life.  The Gospel is God’s power to us in our lives.  The word "salvation" means deliverance, safety, preservation, healing, and soundness.  In this Gospel of salvation, there is not only forgiveness of sins, but there is safety, healing, soundness of mind, life, and the promise that God preserves us unto good things.   What an amazing Father we have Who has given us so much!  As we learn His Word and His ways, we see all the good that He has set in order for us to live the victorious life in Christ Jesus.  God could have so easily said, “I have provided salvation through Jesus so you will live for eternity,” but He gave us that, plus all things that we would need to live a blessed lif...

John 14:1-4 (NKJV) Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. 4 And where I go you know, and the way you know. In this second verse, Jesus said that in our Heavenly Father’s house are many mansions, and that He is going back to prepare one for us.  Oh, the goodness of God!  He did not just make a few dwelling places, but many dwelling places!  There is a place being made today for you and for me, and He is making it special just for us! Can you imagine that?  The great architect of all times is making a special place for us to live in throughout all eternity!  It is a place where every desire or want that we would ever have for a home is fulfilled.  It is a...

John 14:1-4 (NKJV) Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. God does not want our lives to be filled with trouble, stirred up, or agitated.  He wants us to have a peaceful life; a life filled with His goodness and His presence. Our God is a God of peace, and He wants His kids to have a life of peace.  Peace is that assurance that no matter what life might throw at us, we know that God will work it all out for His good.  You see, life and the devil can bring some pretty rotten things our way, but the Father who is all love, who has no evil or bad within Him whatsoever, will always give you a way of escape. The enemy comes to steal our joy, but our Heavenly Father has come to gi...

Psalms 25:14 (TLB) Friendship with God is reserved for those who reverence Him. With them alone He shares the secrets of His promises. As children, we used to run around and say, “I know a secret, I know a secret!”  Well, God has special things that He holds for special people.  Our Father wants to reveal them to those whose hearts are right with Him. You see, a secret is shared only with close friends.  I do not go and share my inner thoughts with just anybody.  No, I share them with true friends. And you know what? Those that have a respect and love for the Father, and that give Him that special place in their hearts, are friends of God, and He shares His inner thoughts with them. Jesus said that He does not call us servants anymore, but He calls us friends.  So, as a friend of God, are we taking time each day to listen to His voice as He reveals His mysteries to us?  God’s secrets are revealed to those who reverence Him.  They are re...

Psalms 8:3 (NKJV) When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained. Yesterday, we brought out how God made all of this for His creation, humanity.  Have you ever stopped to wonder why everything God makes is so extreme?  You may ask, “What do you mean by that?”   Well, look at the sky.   God could have made enough stars to surround the earth, but no!  He made enough stars to surround the universe.  They say that there are stars that are billions and billions of light-years away!   A light-year is approximately 186,000 miles per second, so can you even imagine how far away the are, and how many stars there are?  Look at the trees.  He could have made a few varieties, but not our Heavenly Father!  He made thousands of different types of plants and trees.  He made big ones and small ones .  He made ones with lots of color , and some with one color....

Psalms 8:1-4 (NLTSE) O Lord, our Lord, Your majestic name fills the earth!  Your glory is higher than the heavens.  2 You have taught children and infants to tell of Your strength, silencing your enemies and all who oppose You.  3 When I look at the night sky and see the work of Your fingers– the moon and the stars You set in place– 4 what are mere mortals that You should think about them, human beings that You should care for them? How amazing it is to look outside on a clear night and see the wonders of God our Father!  When we think that God has made all of this for us, His people, it truly is hard for our minds to comprehend.  Our Father is a God of the amazing.  All He made is over-the-top.  How easy it would have been for Him to just make enough to fill the earth, and be done.  But not our Father!  When He does something, He does it to the max! When He created this universe, He made it so large and so ...

2 Corinthians 3:18 (NKJV) But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. Day in and day out we are being changed into the image of the Lord.  We are growing to be more like Him.  What does it mean to be more like God, to be more like Jesus, and to be more like the Holy Spirit?  It means to act like they would act.  We can always see how God would act by looking at the life of Jesus.  Jesus is God manifested in the flesh.  He said that whoever has seen Him has seen the Father. So how did Jesus act?  He went around doing good and healing those who were oppressed by the devil.  He loved people.  John could lay His head on the Creator’s chest.  He saw people who were hungry, and He went and fed them.  When a person had a problem with a demon, He cast that thing out of them. What was J...

1 Corinthians 13:12 (NLT) Now we see things imperfectly as in a cloudy mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely. While we live on this earth, we are not going to know the answer to every question.  When we think we do, it is kind of arrogant on our part.  God is the only One who knows it all.  In this life, we walk by faith and not by sight.  We put our trust in Him, believing that He will show us things we need to know, because He knows what is best for us. Faith is a big word, and a big step, for so many of us that like to know everything in advance.  It is saying, “Father, I know that you have my best interest in mind, and that everything is going to work out for my good because You love me.” In this verse, it shows us that things can be cloudy at times, and that we might no...

Philippians 4:19 (NKJV) And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. I love this verse!  It is right to the point.  Our God shall supply all of our needs.  Now, everyone that lives on this earth has needs for clothes, food, and drink, and our God supplies it so faithfully each and every day.  Think of it: He not only supplies for us, but also for the six-plus billion people on earth.  And He does not stop there.  He also supplies for all the animals, birds, fish, bugs, and on, and on. Think for just a few minutes of what it takes to do that, and He does it 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.  He does not take one day off.  He has been doing it ever since He created everything that has life.  What a great God we serve! When Jesus saw that the people were hungry, He provided tons of fish and bread.  When He needed money for taxes, He had a fish with a coin in it.  When Jo...