Philip Bryant
Executive Director, Grace Fellowship Canada
Devotionals
Psyops. Intimidation. Threats. Fear.
Sometimes, our situations seem impossible. The enemy can try to intimidate us and threaten us. And by all known factors, we have every plausible right to give up or give in. But God! We see this in Isaiah 36 - 38. 36 - 38 Assyria had just wiped out Samaria and...
What guides our lives?
What are our plans guided by? Are we living those out? We see that godly motivations and doing what is right have real and good rewards. Isaiah 32:8, 17 8 But the noble man makes noble plans, and by noble deeds he stands. 17 The fruit of righteousness will...
Why do we run from the truth? Why do we push away what may seem challenging, but we know it is right?
Speaking through the prophet Isaiah, God tells how the people of Israel are towards His prophets and His words to them. Isaiah 30:10-11 They say to the seers, “See no more visions!” and to the prophets, “Give us no more visions of what is...
Incredible – we think we are so clever that we can even fool God!
We think we can appease God with our words, but God knows and sees our hearts. Isaiah 29:13 The Lord says: “These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me ...
Who is wise? Who is discerning?
We see that most people want to live life their way on their terms. Not realizing all along it is the love of God and His grace that has sustained them. We see pride keep us from God, from submitting ourselves to Him. Though God allows us to make these choices,...
God allows challenges in our lives so we can depend on Him and not on ourselves or our ways.
He is working to gain our attention so we will turn to Him. We see this illustrated in Hosea's life. God has him marry a prostitute and have illegitimate children. This all illustrates how Israel has treated God, both in giving their worship to idols and...