For the wages of sin is death,
but the gift of God is eternal life
in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Devotionals

Moments in God’s Word to encourage and strengthen your faith throughout the week. Each devotional is written to help you pause, reflect, and keep Christ first in the middle of everyday life.
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The Matthew Principle

A group of young women bow their heads and pray with bibles.

Have you ever heard of the Matthew Principle?

For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.

Matthew 25:29

At first glance, this verse can seem confusing – almost unfair. It might even sound out of character for a loving and compassionate God. Why would He take away from someone who already has so little?

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

John 10:10

This verse helps to shift the understanding. The enemy wants to steal something precious: God’s Word.

In today’s world, it’s easy to replace time in Scripture with podcasts, devotionals, or online teachings. While these tools can be helpful, nothing can truly replace the living, breathing Word of God.

The real question is: Do we still have a deep hunger for His Word? That hunger is at the heart of the Matthew Principle.

Those who earnestly seek God, who crave His truth and presence, will be filled.
They will receive more understanding, more intimacy, more spiritual abundance.

But those who lose that hunger, who become distracted or indifferent, will slowly drift away.  What little spiritual spark they had may eventually fade.

You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

Jeremiah 29:13

God wants us to abide in Him so that He can abide in us! (Read John 15:4-11)

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1 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the [a]ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he [b]meditates day and night. 3 He shall be like a tree Planted by the [c]rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper. 4 The ungodly are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind drives away. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6 For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Psalm 1 - NKJV