Read Genesis 32, Esther 8, Psalm 31. This devotional is about Psalm 31. During the Gulf War (the one in the early 1990s), U.S. Army General Norman Schwarzkopf held a famous press conference that made him into a celebrity. In that press conference, he showed a video of a car in Iraq crossing a bridge. […]
Genesis 15, Nehemiah 4, Psalm 14
Read Genesis 15, Nehemiah 4, and Psalm 14. This devotional is about Nehemiah 4. Nehemiah lived and led Jerusalem as a civic leader at the same time that Ezra was leading the people spiritually. As we read the book of Ezra, we saw how the temple was rebuilt, worship was reinstated, and God’s word was […]
Your First Instinct
What is your first instinct when you face a problem in your life? Do you: Get really anxious? Go into denial that the problem even exists? Enter problem-solving mode and start to develop a plan? Call your mother? Or father? Or someone else whose advice you trust? As a Christian, your first instinct should be […]



