Daily Devotion

COLOSSIANS 1:15-23 The Son is the beginning of creation, and the end of creation, and the power who holds creation together, the Creator, the Sustainer, and the Final Goal of the world. It is Paul's teaching that God's agent in creation is His Son...

Philippians 4:10-13 In his writing to the Philippian saints, Paul had one more topic to treat. He used the immediate occasion, which was his sincere expression of appreciation for their financial support, to teach them an extremely important...

PHILIPPIANS 4:2 - 3 Three times in the first four verses of this fourth chapter the words " in the Lord" are found. There are three great commands that Paul gives "in the Lord." (1) The Philippians are to stand fast in the Lord. Only with Jesus can...

ACTS 26:1-11 The final hearing before Agrippa was not an official trial since its purpose was to gain additional information for the benefit of Festus. King Agrippa turned to Paul and told him he was permitted to speak for himself. Paul did not...

ACTS 25:1-12 Festus was a different type from Felix; we know very little about him but what we do know proves that he was a just and upright man. He died after only two years in office, but he died with an untainted name. The Jew tried to take...

ACTS 23:25-35 The seat of the Roman government was not in Jerusalem but in Caesarea. The praetorium is the residence of a governor. The praetorium Caesarea was a palace that had been built by Herod the Great. Lysia wrote his letter absolutely fair...