Strength for the Week is a weekly devotional written by the Flood Church teaching team, designed to strengthen you for the week ahead.
STRENGTH FOR THE WEEK Day and night they never stop saying: ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty,’ who was, and is, and is to come.” Revelation 4:8 There is a temptation that we fight with on a daily basis to build a name for ourselves. We feel good when people applaud us for…
STRENGTH FOR THE WEEK But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin – 1 John 1:7 Through Jesus Christ believers have a fellowship with one another and this fellowship has its own…
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Hebrews 4:12 Over the last 18 months that I have been married I have caught myself saying phrases…
Strength for the Week “The Lord said to him, ‘Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel. For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.’” – Acts 9:15 “Chosen” by Jesus? That’s…
STRENGTH FOR THE WEEK. “However, the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says: “‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me? says the Lord. Or where will my resting place be? Has not my…
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And…
Jesus said to her, “Mary. “She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (Which means “Teacher”). Jesus said “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God…
“When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, “Truly this was the Son of God!” ~ Matthew 27:54 There are dark nights in life. These are times in which we find ourselves standing face to…
Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor questioned him saying, “Are you the King of the Jews?” And Jesus said to him, “It is as you say.” Matthew 27:11 Pilate was surrounded by people who were interested in making sure that Jesus served a final sentence for all of his outspoken words, his…
STRENGTH FOR THE WEEK: Meeting Jesus Seeing Pride Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” And he took the children in his arms, placed his hands on them and blessed them.” Mark 10:13-16 NIV PRIDE makes us: Think ourselves as…