Kingdom Moments Devotion

Luke 4 : 3 – 4, And the devil said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread." But Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.'" - NKJV Acts 1 : 9 - 11, Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, who also said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven." - NKJV Was Jesus really the Son of God? Is Christianity more than just another religion? I want to give you some truths to think about while you consider the questions I’ve written.   Unlike man’s religions, the God of the Bible doesn’t expect us to believe in Him without any proof that His...

Ephesians 4 : 11 – 13, And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ… - NKJV Psalm 133 : 1, Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! - NKJV It is God’s will that Christians learn to live in unity with one another. The Lord has directed me to share two scriptures that speak about unity in the church. Through these, we can see the importance that God places on us coming into the unity of the faith.   If it is God’s will that all believers in Christ come into the unity of the faith, why is it so difficult for us to accomplish it? We must remember that we have an adversary, the devil, which seeks to stir up strife and division ...

John 18 : 37 – 38, Pilate therefore said to Him, "Are You a king then?" Jesus answered, "You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice." Pilate said to Him, "What is truth?" - NKJV Have you taken time to ask yourself, “Where did I originate?” Every human understands that they are the offspring of their parents, but where did our soul/consciousness originate? According to Psalm 139 and Jeremiah 1, God knew us before our bodies were formed within the womb.   There are many people in the world who believe that life simply came into existence without the aid of a Creator. Think about that theory for a moment. Man can make anything they can imagine, but we can’t create life. We can’t create animals. We can’t create plant-life. Men can only plant seeds. It is God who causes the seeds to produce living things. S...

Acts 9 : 1 – 2, Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. - NKJV 2 Corinthians 7 : 2, Open your hearts to us. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have cheated no one. - NKJV Before the Lord saved Saul of Tarsus, he persecuted and imprisoned believers who were of the Way. The Way was the name of those who were a part of the early church. It was Saul who held the coats of those who stoned Stephen. His crime: He preached the truth that struck deeply into their hearts and for this, he died. Saul had done so many horrible things to Christians, and they greatly feared him. He was passionate about his belief in Judaism.  He viewed the spread of Christianity as a threat to his religion; however, all that changed while he was riding to D...

Hosea 4 : 6, My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. - NKJV 2 Corinthians 10 : 3 – 5, For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ… - NKJV If you are a believer in Christ, it is imperative that you become a disciple of His teachings. As we learn from the verses above, the enemy will try to pull us away from the life that is contained in God’s word that he might destroy our lives. Jesus tells us in John 17 : 3, eternal life is to know the true God and Jesus Christ, whom God sent into the world. The only we can know God, and Jesus is through His written word. One of the functions of the Holy Spirit is to reveal and confirm the truth to us from scripture. As we come to know the truth, we will be able ...

James 4 : 1 – 3, Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members? You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. -NKJV Isaiah 55 : 2, Why do you spend money for what is not bread, and your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in abundance. -NKJV The Apostle Peter writes in his letter that Satan goes about as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. Jesus teaches in John 10 that He has come that we might have life and enjoy it to the full. You will notice that God wants us to have life and to be satisfied. On the other hand, Satan wants to devour our lives as a lion consumes its prey. The way that we can allow Satan to consume our lives is through evil desire. ...

Romans 7 : 18 – 20, For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find. For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice. Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. - NKJV After we accept Jesus as our Savior, there is a process that we undergo where the Lord begins a work in our hearts. Our Father wants us to grow beyond “being saved”. He wants us to become Christ-like. In our natural understanding and strength this process will seem impossible.   Nevertheless, God knows what He’s doing and how to get us to the place in our life so that He can perform His good pleasure in our hearts. Paul teaches in Philippians that God will see to completion the work that He has begun in us. He also writes in the same letter that it is God who works in us both to will and to do His good pleasure. It is at thi...