Revcort's Ramblings

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Scripture Focus “In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor…

Scripture Focus “May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, Selah” – Psalm 67:1 (ESV) Devotional Thought Psalm 67 opens with a request that echoes throughout Scripture: that God would be gracious, that He would bless, and that His face would…

Scripture Focus “Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and…

Scripture Focus“Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own… and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you. Only let us hold true to what…