Pastor Tom's Daily Devotional

Psalms 16:11 (NKJV) You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. God, our Father, has shown us the path to true life.  True life can only come through a relationship with the Father, through Jesus.  This life is so full and so rich, yet so many born-again Christians lose out on it by getting so caught up in the lower life of this world.  This verse says that in God’s presence is fullness of joy.  As we take time to hang out in His presence, it brings such joy and fullness to our being.  God is the One who created us, and He knows what makes us tick. I have found out that what makes me tick is knowing Him, and the only way I can get to know Him is by spending time with Him. Our Heavenly Father yearns for that.  As He came down in the cool of the day to hang out with Adam and Eve, so He wants to come down and spend time with us.  Jesus showed us that the Father now li...

Psalms 34:4 (NKJV) I sought the LORD, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. As we take time to seek the Lord and look to His face, our Father delivers us from our fears.  There are so many fears in this life, and without the Lord’s goodness and His being true to His Word, we would live in torment in our lives.  As we look at this verse today, we see that God did not deliver us out of some of our fears, but He wants to free us from all of our fears.  There are some who would say that this is not possible.  Well, why would God put it in His Word if it were not possible?   For those who say that it is not possible to live without fear, it is not possible for them, because Jesus said that all things are possible to them that believe .  It says in 1 John 4:18, “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment.  But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.”  A...