Topic:Not Ashamed For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed — a righteousness that is by faith from …
Read More »Devotional by Ray Stedman for September 1- Regarding His Son
Topic:Regarding His Son Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God — the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life was a descendant of David, and …
Read More »Devotional by Ray Stedman for August 31- Babylon!
Topic:Babylon! This is the word the Lord spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Babylonians: “Announce and proclaim among the nations, lift up a banner and proclaim it; keep nothing back, but say, “Babylon will be captured; Bel will be put to shame, Marduk filled …
Read More »Devotional by Ray Stedman for August 30- Defeating Worldliness
Topic:Defeating Worldliness This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations: Concerning Egypt: This is the message against the army of Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth …
Read More »Devotional by Ray Stedman for August 29- Overthrow the Flesh
Topic:Overthrow the Flesh But the Lord has told me to say to you, “This is what the Lord says: I will overthrow what I have built and uproot what I have planted, throughout the earth. Should you then seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them. For I will …
Read More »Devotional by Ray Stedman for August 28- Heal Our Land
Topic:Heal Our Land In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army and laid siege to it. And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city wall was broken …
Read More »Devotional by Ray Stedman for August 27- The Fear of the Lord
The Fear of the Lord So Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and as Jeremiah dictated, Baruch wrote on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added …
Read More »Devotional by Ray Stedman for August 26- Profaning His name
Topic:Profaning His name Recently you repented and did what is right in my sight: Each of you proclaimed freedom to your own people. You even made a covenant before me in the house that bears my Name. But now you have turned around and profaned my name; each of you …
Read More »Devotional by Ray Stedman for August 25- Faith and Doubt
Topic:Faith and Doubt I took the deed of purchase — the sealed copy containing the terms and conditions, as well as the unsealed copy — and I gave this deed to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of my cousin Hanamel and of the witnesses …
Read More »Devotional by Ray Stedman for August 24- Qualities of Genuine Faith
Topic:Qualities of Genuine Faith Jeremiah said, “The word of the Lord came to me: Hanamel son of Shallum your uncle is going to come to you and say, “Buy my field at Anathoth, because as nearest relative it is your right and duty to buy it.” Then, just as the …
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