Reveration: First Cause Weekly Devotional

Around 2010, David was having his quiet time on his outside patio when the Lord said, “I want you to give me everything.” He responded, “Lord, You have everything . . . we served You on the mission field . . . ” Visit us at First Cause!

The old Mary would have freaked out but not the new Mary. The old Mary was extremely insecure with finances and struggled with worry. The new Mary was all about trusting God, and now she faced one of the biggest tests in her life. One of her clients owed her over $60,000 and had missed several deadlines in paying their debt. She had leveraged her credit card to keep her business afloat, and if eve...

Schlep naches is a Yiddish phrase that means “deriving pleasure from the achievement of others.”  In her book, The Myths of Happiness, Sonja Lyubomirsky wrote . . .  Visit Us at First Cause.

Grief is a day shrouded in fog and icy rain fed by a howling wind. It is spoiled fruit no longer fit to be savored. Grief makes its exhausted bed in a hidden cave on a barren mountain ridge called Sorrow. It rests in rare moments of silence and grows weary amidst mindless laughter. Its tears leave furrows unfilled by platitudes. When its memories are roused, new rivers flow, and expectation is upr...

First Sergeant Eric Johnson was tired of spending Saturdays inspecting the 98 dorm rooms occupied by his airmen. Most of the rooms were a mess, and it did not seem like inspecting was making a difference in improving standards. So the innovative senior master sergeant went out and bought coins. After the next inspection, he arranged with a warrant officer to have a female airman show up at the com...

“The signature of mediocrity is not an unwillingness to change. The signature of mediocrity is chronic inconsistency.”—Jim Collins Visit us at First Cause!

“I am safer in the middle of a battlefield when I’m in the will of God than I am in my own bedroom when I’m outside the will of God.”—Michael Youssef in The Barbarians Are Here Visit us at First Cause .

“It is altogether doubtful whether any man can be saved who comes to Christ for His help, but with no intention to obey Him.”—A.W. Tozer Visit us at First Cause .

“No enemy is worse than bad advice.”—Sophocles Visit us at First Cause .

Perhaps one of the more challenging aspects of parenting is knowing when to speak into the lives of our children and when to refrain from doing so. Talking to closed ears is like pouring water on the sidewalk and not on the soil—it does no good. Or consider the coworker who, when corrected, is appreciative—to be silent on this occasion could be harmful. Some people, when frustrated, cannot hold ba...

In 336 B.C., Alexander III of Macedon succeeded his father, Philip II, in becoming king of Greece at the age of twenty. [1] Alexander was not content to rule Greece. By age thirty, he had conquered so many nations that his rule extended from Greece to northwestern India. Alexander was undefeated in battle and is considered one of the greatest military commanders in history. No wonder he was called...

Suzanne Simard is the tree professor at the University of British Columbia. [1] She discovered through her research that yew trees communicate chemically through fungi with their neighboring trees for mutual defense. Trees are connected below ground through a fungi network that resembles the human brain’s neural networks. For example, Simard observed a Douglas fir injured by insects that seemingly...

Hurricane Ian unleashed its rain and winds upon Florida, and conservative estimates think the cost of damages could exceed $55 billion. [1] That is a horrific blow to the lives of all affected. Ian did not catch Florida by surprise because sophisticated satellite tracking and imaging allowed meteorologists to be pretty accurate in tracking the storm’s course and speed. That is a good thing because...

Gerry got back from Afghanistan, and he is not in good shape. Half his squad was on a mounted patrol when their vehicles were hit by an improvised explosive device (IED), killing four and badly wounding two. Unfortunately, he had to identify the bodies and could not get the images out of his head. Now between alcohol and too many medications, his life has lost meaning, and he has frequent thoughts...

News flash—there was an attack by a Demon Assault Team (DAT) in heaven today, which wiped out an entire wing of the Central Automation Records Division (CARD) that contained the Book of Life (BoL) and the computerized records of those who are to receive a heavenly inheritance. Visit us at First Cause .

Pastor Brad at Impact Church asks, “Does your view of God determine your view of life, or does your view of life determine your view of God?” How one answers that question is profoundly revealing. Visit us at First Cause .

"No time is more profitably spent than that used to heighten the quality of an intimate walk with God."—Dallas Willard in The Great Omission Visit us at First Cause!

"The counsel of Jesus is to abstain from judging."--Oswald Chambers in Studies in the Sermon on the Mount Visit us at First Cause .

Beware of sensible requests. Lurking beneath what seems natural is often unnatural. Visit us at First Cause!

We teach what we believe, but we reproduce what we are.—Unknown Visit us at First Cause!

Mary Geegh is one of my heroes. Visit us to learn why at First Cause.

Vines and thorns represent worries, misplaced priorities, and unhealthy desires that kill the word of God, leaving people spiritually unfruitful. Visit us at First Cause!

People of grace leave others better off than how they found them, even when they were getting nothing in return.—Dr. Henry Cloud in integrity Visit us at First Cause!

Ron and Joyce, shortly after getting married, hosted a prayer breakfast at their home. A British Major General visiting Fort Benning was to be the speaker at the prayer breakfast. Joyce baked a coffee cake for breakfast that morning. While cleaning up the kitchen, she realized the spatula handle was missing. After looking everywhere, she concluded it must have fallen into the coffee cake. Visit us...

Spiritual blindness causes people to pick up stones instead of seeing the Rock. Visit us at First Cause .