Dewayne Smith · Help My Unbelief! Immediately the father of the boy cried out, “I do believe! Help my unbelief.”—Mark 9:24 Faith does not come from ignorance. Faith is based on what we know. Before we will trust others with something precious to us, we first try to find outRead More …

  Dewayne Smith · Why Are You Weeping? They said to her, “Woman, why are you crying?” “Because they’ve taken away my Lord,” she told them, “and I don’t know where they’ve put Him.”—John 20:13 Mary Magdalene could vividly remember the day Jesus delivered her from her demonic bondage. She became HisRead More …

  Dewayne Smith ·  Calling Down Fire When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”—Luke 9:54 James and John were called the “Sons of Thunder.” When they discovered a Samaritan village that would not receiveRead More …

  Dewayne Smith · God’s Thinking Is Not Man’s Thinking Be careful that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit based on human tradition, based on the elemental forces of the world, and not based on Christ.—Colossians 2:8 There is a subtle temptation that encourages Christians to beRead More …

  Dewayne Smith · Truth Is a Person They came and woke Him up, saying, “Master, Master, we’re going to die!” Then He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waves. So they ceased, and there was a calm. He said to them, “Where is your faith?” They wereRead More …

  Dewayne Smith · Choices When the young man heard that command, he went away grieving, because he had many possessions.—Matthew 19:22 Your life is the sum of the responses you have made toward God. Once God makes Himself known to you, what you do next is your decision. Your reactionRead More …

  Dewayne Smith · Where Is Death’s Sting? O Death, where is your victory? O Death, where is your sting?—1 Corinthians 15:55 Over the centuries, death has been our relentless and unyielding enemy. No one, regardless of worldly rank, strength, or wealth has been able to escape death. As soon as weRead More …

  Dewayne Smith · Infinite Treasure Now we have this treasure in clay jars, so that this extraordinary power may be from God and not from us.—2 Corinthians 4:7 Knowing God and having Him reside within you is a treasure of infinite value. Jesus likened this value to that of aRead More …

  Dewayne Smith · Changed through Meditation Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction, and he meditates on it day and night.—Psalm 1:2 Meditation means “to think deeply and continuously about something.” For a Christian, this means remaining in the presence of God and pondering each truth He reveals aboutRead More …

 Dewayne Smith ·  He Made Him to Be Sin He made the One who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.—2 Corinthians 5:21 This verse should startle us and cause us to tremble. It is not aRead More …