Revcort's Ramblings

  • Walking As You Began

    Walking As You Began

    Scripture Focus “Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.” – Colossians 2:6–7 (ESV) Devotional Thought Paul gives us a simple but powerful truth: the Christian life…

  • Godliness with Contentment

    Godliness with Contentment

    Scripture Focus “But godliness with contentment is great gain.” – 1 Timothy 6:6 (ESV) Devotional Thought Paul reminds us that true gain is not measured by what fills our wallets, but by what fills our hearts. Godliness—living in reverence, obedience, and love for God—produces the richest kind of blessing when…

  • The Safety of Sound Doctrine

    The Safety of Sound Doctrine

    Scripture Focus “If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness, he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which…

  • Empowered Through Prayer

    Empowered Through Prayer

    Scripture Focus “Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ… that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.”…

  • Put Off… and Put On

    Put Off… and Put On

    Scripture Focus “Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry… Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against…

  • A Friend Who Stays

    A Friend Who Stays

    Scripture Focus “A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” – Proverbs 18:24 (ESV) Devotional Thought Proverbs 18:24 gives us a powerful contrast between two kinds of relationships: many shallow companions and one faithful friend. Interestingly, different translations…

  • Don’t Walk Alone

    Don’t Walk Alone

    Scripture Focus “Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment.” – Proverbs 18:1 (ESV) Devotional Thought Proverbs often gives us short, powerful statements that carry wisdom for a lifetime—and Proverbs 18:1 is one of those verses. It paints a picture of someone who chooses…

  • The Wealth of Knowing Christ

    The Wealth of Knowing Christ

    Scripture Focus “For I want you to know how great a struggle I have on your behalf… that their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and attaining to all the wealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true knowledge of God’s…

  • The Marks of God’s Grace

    The Marks of God’s Grace

    Scripture Focus “We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven…” – Colossians…

  • Daily Loaded with Grace

    Daily Loaded with Grace

    Scripture Focus “Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation. Selah.” – Psalm 68:19 (ESV) “Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.” – Psalm 68:19 (KJV) “Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there…