Philip Bryant
Executive Director, Grace Fellowship Canada
Devotionals
Our hearts are heavy, and we are broken.
As we began to understand the holiness of God and the lostness of those who have rejected God. When we start to grasp the judgment that awaits, what is our heart's response? God is showing Ezekiel the judgment He is about to bring under no uncertain terms. He...
Each person stands before God alone.
Ezekiel 18:20 The soul who sins is the one who will die. The son will not share the guilt of the father, nor will the father share the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous man will be credited to him, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged...
Do we want to be like everyone else, or do we want to be like God?
The prophet Ezekiel is given an incredible vision of what God is doing. God shows him the judgement that is happening to Israel and even tells him of how God will protect a remnant and return them to restore Israel. But why the judgment? What had the people done? We...
When we give our allegiance to everything but God, why do we think He will listen to us?
I was struck by God taking the prophet Ezekiel through Jerusalem to one place after another where the elders, the priest, the women, and the men were all giving worship to other gods. Ezekiel 8:17 He said to me, “Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a trivial matter...
Overwhelmed by God and His glory.
In this broken world, we only see glimpses of Him. In the Bible, we find a few moments when people come into the awesome presence of God. We find one of those instances here in Ezekiel 1:28 This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. When I saw...
Is God trying to get our attention?
Is he withholding His mercy? Are we reaping what we sow? I wonder how much of my life is spent unaware of all the mercy God continually pours into my life. He was keeping me from the thousands of consequences I fully deserve. Yet, what is my response when some of them...