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09/09/2026

His Image

Acts 11:26
“And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.”

Did you catch that the Bible says “the disciples were called Christians”?
This is quite different from the disciples stating to others that they are Christians. Does your life, the way you talk, and look, and live resemble the life of Jesus Christ? The Bible teaches us in Romans 8:28, 29 that God works all things together in our life to accomplish His purpose and I believe that purpose is the predestined will of God for the Christian to be conformed to the image of His Son Jesus. God can take all that happens in our life, the good and the bad, and use it to help mold us into the image and likeness of His Son. Our life as a believer ought to grow more and more into the image and likeness of Jesus Christ. Those disciples in Antioch were called Christians. What was it about them that made others outside the church call them Christians? What is it about us that would cause someone to say he or she is a Christian, they are like Christ?
Written by Chuck Perkins

09/08/2026

The Way We Communicate

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09/08/2026

Forgiving Even As God

Ephesians 4:32
“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.”

Matthew 18:21, 32-33
“Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?… Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?”

It is amazing to be born again and have the assurance that God for Christ sake has forgiven me of such a great debt of sinful action. Do you feel the same?
How then can we not forgive others “even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven” us? Peter asked Jesus how often shall I forgive my brother who has sinned against me? Jesus told him a story of a servant who owed a debt in which he could never pay, but the lord of that servant had mercy and forgave him of the debt. Rather than being grateful for the forgiven debt and showing mercy to others, that same servant went out and cast into prison a man that owed him a small debt. He did not forgive “even as” he had been forgiven. His lord called him a “wicked servant… was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him”.
I wonder what it means that he “delivered him… to the tormentors”? Do you forgive others “even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgive you”?
Written by Chuck Perkins

09/07/2026

The Self-Righteous & Sinner

Luke 18:9-14
“And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.”

Jesus is telling a story of two opposite people, a Pharisee and a publican (tax collector). Both are in the temple praying. At the end of their prayer one is truly justified before God and the other left the same as he was before he prayed, a self-righteous sinner. The difference was one saw himself a sinner and unworthy to even look in God’s direction. The other saw himself righteous by his good deeds of clean living, fasting, and giving of tithes. The sobering truth is Jesus knew the difference in the heart between the two. And, believe me when I say He knows the same today. He knows who is self-righteous and who is truly honest before God about their sin.
Have you been honest with God?
Written by Chuck Perkins

09/06/2026

Your Own Self

Romans 7:18
“For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.”

In Romans 7 Paul admits the frustration he has with his own self. He labels self “my flesh”. He admits that in and of his self dwells nothing good. The will to do good is there, but the performing of the good is not always there. Sometimes, he admits, he does the very thing he knows is wrong and evil (Romans 7:19). This is an incredibly honest analysis of one’s own self, especially when we consider who is saying it. Some have called Paul the greatest Christian ever. It does not seem he felt that way about himself. In Ephesians 3:8 he says, “Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints…” and in 1 Corinthians 15:9 “For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.” Perhaps the church would be a better place if its pastors, leaders, and all who sat regularly on the pews thought of their self the way Paul does. Perhaps the church would be better if we stopped giving celebrity status to preachers and pastors. Here’s one more verse from Paul’s writings, Romans 12:3 “For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.” Mom used to say when she caught me in a wrong, “Now Chuck, what do you have to say for yourself?”
Written by Chuck Perkins

09/05/2026

Ministering To The Saints

2 Corinthians 9:1, 5-8
“For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:… Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness. But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.”

In chapter 8 of 2 Corinthians (yesterday’s devotion) we find that God introduces the believer to the truth of ministering to the saints. We need to make the connection between our giving and the work of ministry among the saints. Paul had sent some to the church ahead of this letter to “make up beforehand” their gift. Verse 7 of this chapter shows us how to make preparation for a planned offering. It was like Paul was announcing that a special offering would be taken on a certain day and he was asking them to plan now on how much you will give. One truth I have found out being in full time ministry for over 34 years is it takes money to minister to others. Let me encourage you, as Paul does here, to give not grudgingly, or of necessity, but through purpose and planning with joy. God loves a cheerful giver!
Written by Chuck Perkins

09/04/2026

Sacrificial Giving

2 Corinthians 8:1-4
“Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves; Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.”

How did these Macedonian believers give though they were in “a great trial of affliction”? I think the answer to that question is seen in the phrase “they were willing of themselves”. Though they were in deep poverty they sacrificially gave in order to help others. Selfish people think only of themselves. These believers took from their own needs to help meet the needs of others. Their gifts were a way they could fellowship in ministry to the saints. As a pastor of 25 plus years I always found it difficult to understand how a widow lady on fixed income would place money in a missionary’s hand, while the much more wealthy person would pass them by and gave nothing.
Is your heart open to give to help others?
Have you ever sacrificially gave to help meet the needs of another?
Written by Chuck Perkins

09/03/2026

Babe OR Full Age

Hebrews 13:11-14
“Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.”

In my almost 36 years of ministry I have met a lot of Christians. Some of these Christians are mature Christians and some are, we would say immature Christians. The immature have not grown much. They still have need of “milk” when they should be on “strong meat”. They are in need of one teaching them and they should be teaching others. They are “unskillful in the Word of righteousness” and should be “studying to shew thyself approved unto God… rightly dividing the Word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15). By using their spiritual senses they should be able “to discern both good and evil”, choosing the good over the evil. How much have you grown since you were born again (John 3:7)? As a Christian would you consider yourself a babe or full age?
Written by Chuck Perkins

09/02/2026

Fear No Evil

Psalms 23:4
“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”

Some would say this world we live in today is like a valley of the shadow of death. Death is all around us. So is evil and darkness and they precede death. But, I think this verse means more than just that. For the Christian who is near death there is no reason for him or her to fear the enemy called death. Why? Because “Thou (the LORD) art with me”! He has promised, “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee” (Hebrews 13:5).
That is a promise that we can rest our faith in that can help us to live with no fear of evil, even at a time of death.
This promise is personal. We must understand our personal faith in the LORD does not carry another through their fear. There is no such thing as proxy faith in the LORD. The insurance company I use used to have a once a year meeting in which the members can attend and vote on certain issues. If you could not attend you had the option of sending in a card giving someone else the right to vote by proxy. Faith in the LORD must be personal. Can you say, “The LORD is my shepherd…”, and “though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me”?
What a wonderful promise.
Written by Chuck Perkins

09/01/2026

Soft Heart and Calloused Hands

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