Posts by Riley Pippen

Be Careful With Your Faith “Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.” 1 Corinthians 10:12, NKJV Never be fooled in thinking that you are above a fall in your long-time commitment to Christ. I’ve seen it happen to the best of Christians. Remember this; the nearer you get to the Cross greater the battle becomes. Satan aims high. He went amongst the twelve, and singled out the treasurer, Judas Iscariot, and the...

Look Up, Not Down! “……..weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.” Psalm 30:5, NKJV There is much to be said about having a positive outlook on life. There is no doubt that life will have its ups and its downs. And that means we will have our ups and downs as well. One day we may look at life’s events in a positive way and the next we may look at them in a negative way. A positive outlook has to do a lot with...

What A Friend We Have In Jesus! “No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends…..” John 15:15, NKJV There are many privileges that we have a Christians; too numerous to mention in this devotional. However, there is one great privilege that is found in our scripture for today that I would like to mention. “I have called you friends”. It is a privilege to be a...

Are You A Worrywart? “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” Matthew 6:34, NKJV. The word “Worrywart” is actually in the Webster Dictionary. It is defined as; “a person who worries too much or who worries about things that are not important”. Would you consider yourself a Worrywart? Do you find yourself worrying un-necessarily about things that...

How Is Your Faith? “But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.” 2 Peter 1:5-7, NKJV These verses encourage us to add some things to our faith as we “grow” along in our spiritual walk with the Lord. Though the emphasis of these...