Devotion Archive

Watching a weaver working at the loom is quite an interesting thing. The empty plain fabric lies open before him and he sets about working on it. He carefully chooses the different colored threads….

They had moved into the new house and four months had so quickly passed by. It’s about time to set the house in order, they thought. So the plans were made, after much discussions they hired a carpenter to make some furnishings....

The tiny little ant was busy working. Somehow it had found its way on top the kitchen sill. Running around briskly, searching for food, it found a grain of rice.

The Midianites had ruined their crops, destroyed all livestock; their sheep, cattle and donkeys, they did not spare a living thing for Israel, they invaded the land and ravaged it. But Gideon did some smart thinking.

There’s a song that goes like this… ‘Are you tired of chasing pretty rainbows?

Are you tired of spinning round and round?...

David was going through a rough patch. He was surrounded by false accusations, words of hatred, and curses. Those whom he trusted had let him down. They repaid him evil for good, and hatred for friendship. They spoke evil of...

It is said that man speaks about twenty thousand words in a day, while a woman speaks about thirty thousand words in a day. And that with the number of words we speak in a year, sixty-six books can be written...

The Israelites had become slaves to the Egyptians. They were used to build treasure cities for Pharaoh. But Moses had been adopted by the Pharaoh’s daughter and had grown up within the palace. One day, Moses went out to where…

Security! Something we all want and desire in life. Some consult the soothsayer; some go by their zodiac signs; some migrate to metropolitan cities and some do everything they can to settle abroad – just to ensure security in...

Joseph was a young handsome man doing well in life. He held a very influential position. He was the manager of Potiphar’s household. The entire household was committed to his care and governance. Everything was done at his...

It wasn’t easy for Hannah to keep waiting and hoping. Elkanah and Hannah had been married a few years now, but had no children. She spent many nights and days weeping over this. It was as though this chapter of her life was...

Some of the greatest battles are fought in the mind. The unseen war of thoughts goes on silently amidst thoughts that conflict, discourage, impinge and sometimes even pull us down. Thoughts are powerful…

Eyes can capture images, pictures, colors, forms, shapes, textures etc. Eyes also have an amazing capacity to contribute to the making of perspectives. Perspectives are shaped to a large extent by what we see; what we focus on.

"But sir," Gideon replied, "if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonders that our fathers told us about when they said, 'Did not the LORD bring us up out of Egypt?' But now the LORD has...

One morning I was taking a peek into the garden. The tiny green clovers caught my attention. My thoughts went back to my school days. During the library hour I would get to read my favorite story books. Somewhere I had read…...

Aunt Stella is a happy old lady who is about 72 years old. She has 8 children, 16 grandchildren and some great grandchildren too. It is quite a large family. She really loves and cares…

Nobody likes spoilt brats. They do whatever they feel and expect others to tow their line at all times. Parents of such kids are always on their toes trying to find some way to handle them or to pacify them. There is no peace.....

It is possible for a man to die for another; there are many instances where people chose to die in place of their loved ones. It is only love that can make that decision and execute it. In John 15:13...

He will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. Psalm 121:3-4

"Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come”. Matthew 24:42

Rumana was full of regrets for a decision she had made as a child. She remembers the time when she was throwing tantrums saying that she didn’t want to go to school. She was just 9 years old…

If you want to travel to a place somewhere you have a choice of going there by foot, taking a cart ride, riding a cycle, going by an auto-rickshaw, car or motorbike…

What do you stand for? Everything we embrace and practice in our lives says something about us. In the same way, everything that we keep away from and be separate from too makes a statement about who we are.

"Being fully assured that what God had promised, He was able also to perform." Romans 4:21

God had a unique calling for Jonah – to preach God’s message of repentance to the people of Nineveh so that they would repent and receive God’s forgiveness and avert destruction. But Jonah thought otherwise…

The potter sits down at the wheel, takes a lump of clay, looks at it, conceives a picture in his mind and begins to work at it. His hands shape the clay as he thinks of how the pot will be used in the future.

Ruth was a widow from the country of Moab. She chose to stay with Naomi, her widowed mother-in-law in order to help her. She made it her aim to serve Naomi and take care of her. Ruth could have started life afresh…