Faith Food Daily Devotion:  Thursday 31^st October, 2013

Famous Last Words

Bible Verse: Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” (Luke 23:42 N.I.V)

When John Owen, the great Puritan, lay on his deathbed, he had his secretary write to a friend,” I am still in the land of the Living.” Then Owen cried, “Stop! Change that to say “I am yet in the hand of the dying, but I soon hope to be in the land of the living.” Read More

Faith Food Daily Devotion:  Wednesday 30^th October, 2013

Restored and Sanctified

Bible Verse: “But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away”. (Mark 16:4 N.I.V)

“The stone had been rolled away... That fact alone demands a response.” Charles Martin  Read More

Faith Food Daily Devotion:  Tuesday 29^th October, 2013

Ecclesiastes in Full Bloom By Jaz Poet

"Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind. (Ecclesiastes 12:13 N.I.V)

I can no longer find validation in my toil under the sun.  Read More

Faith Food Daily Devotion:  Monday 28^th October, 2013

Tightrope By Rosemary Williams

Bible Verse: "And the rain fell and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house, and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the Rock" (Matthew 7:25 N.I.V)

“An honest religious thinker is like a tightrope walker. He almost looks as though he were walking on nothing but air. His support is the slenderest imaginable. And yet it really is possible to walk on it.”  Ludwig Wittgenstein Read More

Faith Food Daily Devotion:  Sunday 27^th October, 2013

I thought Inge needed my services. But she wanted to remind me of an important duty I had forgotten. Read More

Faith Food Daily Devotion:  Saturday 26^th October, 2013

Super Absorbency By Pam Ford Davis
Bible Verse: "I will meditate on Your precepts and think about Your ways. I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word" (Psalm 119:15-16 H.C.S).

Be super absorbent. Allow God to absorb your whole nature, your whole soul. “Wisdom is a blessing only to those prepared to absorb it.” Read More

Faith Food Daily Devotion:  Friday 25^th October, 2013

DANGEROUS COMPARISONS by Jeff Ferris

Bible Verse: "For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise". (II Corinthians 10:12 K.J.V)

Are you prone to either self commendation or self condemnation? How true is your measuring rod?  “How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.”  Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Read More

Faith Food Daily Devotion:  Thursday 24^th October, 2013

Valued Sorrow by Jeff Ferris

Bible Verse: “Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing. For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death”.(II Corinthians 7:9, 10 N.K.J.V)

“The heavens will not be filled with those who never made mistakes but with those who recognized that they were off course and who corrected their ways to get back in the light of gospel truth.” ― Dieter F. Uchtdorf   Read More

Faith Food Daily Devotion:  Wednesday 23^rd October, 2013

ALLOWING GOD TO BUILD ON YOUR SITE
Bible Verse: "But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me." (2 Corinthians 12:9 N.I.V)

“We are absolutely nothing. We have nothing to be proud of. We have no abilities and nothing to offer God. The fact that he chooses to use us is only due to his grace. It has nothing to do with us. If God should raise others up for his purpose and never use us again, we should have nothing to complain about." --- Brother Yun   Read More

Faith Food Daily Devotion:Tuesday 22^nd October, 2013

A Purpose In The Time

Bible Verse: "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven" (Ecclesiastics 3:1 K.J.V)

If we belong to God, everything we encounter has meaning, all that we endure has substance, and every season of our life has a purpose! Read More

Faith Food Daily Devotion:  Friday 18^th October, 2013

Be ready and Willing for Miracles to Happen in Your Life

Bible Verse: “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father”. John 14:12 ESV

Pray, believing it will happen. Read this inspiring story. Read More

Faith Food Daily Devotion:  Thursday 17^th October, 2013

Does God Cause Generations of Family Sin?
Bible Verse: “…for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me. (Exodus 20:5 N.I.V)

The process by which a particular sin is passed down to the descendants of any family: Read More

Faith Food Daily Devotion:  Wednesday 16^th October, 2013

Gathering Strength from Distress

Bible Verse: ‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’ (Jeremiah 33:3 N.I.V.)

Faith Food Daily Devotion:  Tuesday 15^th October, 2013

What the Lord Requires of You

Bible Verse: “Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause.” (Isaiah 1:17 E.S.V)

Do you deal justly with others, especially the less fortunate? Read More

Faith Food Daily Devotion:  Monday 14^th October, 2013

Bible Verse: “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven". (Matthew 5:1 N.I.V)

Give but not seek to be remembered. Read More

Watching for the Fulfillment of God’s Word

Bible Verse: "The LORD said to me, "You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled."(Jeremiah 1:12 N.I.V)

One of the most painful things is to see a young person brought up in the church fall away as he or she tries to find their place in the world. Read More

Faith Food Daily Devotion:  Saturday 12^th October, 2013

Mental Medicine

Bible Verse: “For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds”. (Heb 12:3 K.J.V)
Endurance is not as much physicality as it is mentality. The Hebrew writer says mental rest and relaxation immediately occurs when we consider Him. Read More

Faith Food Daily Devotion:  Friday 11^th October, 2013

The “Righteous” Are Not Innocent Of the Deeds of the Wicked

Bible Verse: “When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her." (John 8:7 N.I.V)

"If any of you would bring judgment the unfaithful wife, let him also weight the heart of her husband in scales, and measure his soul with measurements. And let him who would lash the offender look unto the spirit of the offended... " Read More

Faith Food Daily Devotion:  Thursday 10^th October, 2013

Impossible!

Bible Verse: “I will make rivers flow on bare hilltops. I will make springs flow through valleys. I will turn deserts into lakes. I will turn dry land into springs”. (Isaiah 41:18, GOD’S WORD)

It is not easy to let go of our own preconceived ideas and knowledge of how this world operates, but to truly achieve peace in our hearts we must rely on God's power. Read More

Faith Food Daily Devotion:  Wednesday 9^th October, 2013

Guard Your Heart
Bible Verse: “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” (Proverbs 4:23 NIV)
King Solomon's life is full of valuable truths that we can apply to our lives. Read More

Faith Food Daily Devotion:  Tuesday 8^th October, 2013

When We Don't Know We Can Still Have God's Peace
Bible Verse: "His peace will keep your thoughts and your hearts quiet and at rest as you trust in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:7 Living Bible)

God's peace does not come in the knowing. It comes in our belief He knows and has the ability to provide. Read More

Faith Food Daily Devotion:  Monday 7^th October, 2013

From Suspension to Resolve

Bible Verse: “Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations “(1Peter 1:6)

It is human nature to evade avoidable suffering; and rightly so I should say. Yet it remains a fool's quest to avoid what is inevitable, and folly to not prepare as much as possible. Jesus insists that suffering is in the pathway of every Christian. Read More

Faith Food Daily Devotion:  Sunday 6^th October, 2013

HE MAKES ALL THINGS WELL

Bible Verse:  “For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; 'he will lead them to springs of living water.' 'And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.'" (Revelation 7:17 N.I.V)

Despite being blind almost from birth, Frances J. Crosby wrote over 8,000 hymns and gospel songs and was also a mission worker, poet and preacher among other achievements. In one of her songs she says, “Jesus doeth all things well”. Read More

Faith Food Daily Devotion:  Saturday 5^th October, 2013

MAKING NEW PATHS

Bible Verse: “For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland”.  (Isaiah 43:19 N.L.T)

Do something new.  Meet new people. It will energize and elevate your spirits. You do not want the saddest memory of life to describe you: “could have, might have, and should have.” Read More

Faith Food Daily Devotion:  Friday, 4^th October 2013

NOTHING YOU UNDERGO IS BEYOND THE COURSE OF WHAT OTHERS HAVE HAD TO FACE

Bible Verse: “No test or temptation that comes your way is beyond the course of what others have had to face. All you need to remember is that God will never let you down; he’ll never let you be pushed past your limit; he’ll always be there to help you come through it.” (1 Corinthians 10:13 MSG)

What darkness assails you? Let the life experiences of men and women of faith in the Bible light your way ahead. Read More

Faith Food Daily Devotion:  Thursday, 3^rd October 2013

HE WHO HOARDS WEALTH STARVES THE SOUL

Bible Verse: Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery. Ecclesiastes 5:13 (Net Bible)

What are you doing with the wealth God has given you? Let your money work as an adjunct of your faith: to help you enjoy the life God has given you and as an instrument of God’s grace to others. Read More

Faith Food Daily Devotion:  Wednesday, 2^nd October 2013

ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR ME

Bible Verse: “How precious it is, Lord, to realize that you are thinking about me constantly!  I can’t even count how many thoughts turn towards me.”  Psalm 139: 17.

Faith Food Daily Devotion:  Tuesday, 1st October 2013

DRIVE THE CHANGE YOU WISH TO SEE IN THE WORLD

Bible Verse: “For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do”. Ephesians 2:10