White Plains Baptist Church

09/06/2026

09/06/2026

Morning Devotional

Perfect Peace

September 6, 2026

You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. Isaiah 26:3 NKJV

You will notice that God has given us a promise, but we must meet His condition. The promise is: He will keep you in perfect peace. The condition is: IF your mind is stayed on Him. The mind plays a vital part in you walking in perfect peace no matter your circumstances.

I’m not talking about mind power. I am talking about the power of God’s Word working in a faith-filled heart and a renewed mind.

As you renew your mind to God’s Word and fill your heart with faith, you will begin to approach every situation in your life without worry or fear.

“And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it. But seek His kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well” (Luke 12:29 & 31, NIV).

Your mind can not be full of negative voices, worry, or fear when you keep your mind on God. It is a choice you have to make, regardless of your feelings. Put God first place in all you do and think, and you will walk in perfect peace.

Confession: I will keep my mind on God and full of His Word. I refuse to allow worry or fear to be a part of my life. I trust You Lord and follow after You above anything else.

09/05/2026

Afternoon Devotional

How to Guard Your Heart

September 5, 2026

The God-kind of love is in your heart because Jesus lives in you. It is one of the fruit of the Spirit. The love of God that is shed abroad in your heart will be a guard and protection when Satan tries to gain a foothold.

When you walk in love, you are walking in victory. You are also planting seeds for future success in all you do. Let’s look at what God’s Word says about love and meditate on it today.

Love endures long and is patient and kind;
Love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy; is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily.
It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride);

It is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly
Love (God’s love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking;

It is not touchy or fretful or resentful;
It takes no account of the evil done to it (pays no attention to a suffered wrong).
It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail.

Love bears up under anything and everything that comes,
Is ever ready to believe the best of every person,
Its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances and
It endures everything (without weakening)
Love never fails, (never fades out or becomes obsolete or comes to an end).
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 AMP

Confession: Father, I receive Your grace to love others like You want me to.

09/04/2026

Afternoon Devotional

Confident Faith

September 4, 2026

Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise. Hebrews 10:35-36 NKJV

Did you know your ability to stand on God’s Word and stay focused on what you cannot yet see with your eyes will determine how much of God’s goodness manifests in your life?

Every promised victory we achieve in life is made up of these three components:

The initial assurance and confidence that God is going to come through
The season where it appears as though nothing is happening
The manifestation of the promise
I’ve learned it is the second component that usually offers the greatest challenge to our faith. So, how do you remain confident and exercise patience when nothing appears to be happening?

You do what Moses did. The Bible says, “For he looked forward and away to the reward (recompense) … he never flinched but held staunchly to his purpose and endured steadfastly as one who gazed on Him Who is invisible” (Hebrews 11:26-27 AMPC).

Moses kept his eyes on the reality of the invisible, not on the visible natural circumstances. This ability to stay focused on the reward ahead enabled Moses to be faithful and fulfill God’s calling on his life.

Every challenge you will ever face is an opportunity for you to build strength of character to endure the “nothing is happening” seasons of life. Determine to remain confident and endure these seasons with patience, and you will most certainly see the manifestation of God’s promise.

Confession: I hold fast to my confident faith as I choose to continue in the will of God for my life. I fix my eyes on Him, fully assured that in due season I will receive the promised victory.

09/03/2026

Morning Devotional

Resist Oppression

September 3, 2026

You will be established in righteousness. You will be far from oppression, so you will not be afraid. You will be far from destruction, so it won’t come near you. Isaiah 54:14 GW

Don’t ever allow yourself to fall for the devil’s trap of yielding to discouragement. Once he has you trapped, his plan is to then take you to a place of feeling hopeless and oppressed.

The moment you recognize a spirit of heaviness coming upon you, take immediate action against it. The Bible says God has given “the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness” (Isaiah 61:3 NKJV). What can you praise God for? Regardless of how you may feel, you can praise Him for who He is:

He is the God of love
He is the faithful and merciful God
He is the God who delivers
He is the God who never fails

He is the God who will never forsake you
Thank God for everything you can think of. For the specific times He’s come through for you in the past; for sending His Son, Jesus, to die for you; for His favor and blessing on your life.

Praise and thanksgiving will change your perspective of your circumstances; they will change how you feel. Praise and thanksgiving will move your focus from the seeming impossibility of your problem to the overwhelming sufficiency of your God.

As you praise and thank God for who He is, oppression will flee as courage, strength, and hope rise up within you.

Confession: I refuse to yield to a spirit of heaviness, discouragement, or oppression. I choose instead to thank You, Lord, for who You are and all You’ve done for me. You are more than enough. You are faithful, and You are at all times good to me.

08/29/2026

Afternoon Devotional

Deception Protection

August 29, 2026

And Jesus, answering them, began to say “Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and will deceive many.”Mark 13:5-6 NKJV

The devil knows you have authority over him; therefore, he has no real power to harm or destroy you. That’s why he must rely so heavily on deception; it’s the only tool he can use against you. If he can deceive you, then you will likely bring destruction upon yourself.

That’s what he did in the garden when he deceived the woman – by getting her to doubt what God had said:

Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of the very tree of the garden’?” (Genesis 3:1 NKJV).

Pride is a tool the enemy uses to open the door to deception. That’s why the Bible says, “Your fierceness has deceived you, the pride of your heart” (Jeremiah 49:16 NKJV), and “The pride of your heart has deceived you” (Obadiah 3 NKJV).

It is your responsibility to watch for pride, and to make sure you are not deceived. You do this by choosing to walk in humility—it’s the only thing that will protect you from deception. Humility can be described as simply choosing to agree with what God’s Word says about everything, whereas pride is the act of exalting your opinion or feelings above what God’s Word says is true.

So how do we choose to walk in humility? By doing what the Bible says:

‘God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.’ Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. 1 Peter 5:5-7

As you cast down your own thoughts, reasoning, and worries, and instead take up the Word of God, you will see with fresh vision what God has to say about each area of your life.

So humble yourself, agree with God, and receive the “deception protection” that He has already provided for you in His Word.

Confession: I choose today to turn away from all pride and any exaltation of my own ideas and feelings above the Word of God. I choose instead to walk in humility, agreeing with what the Word of God says about every aspect of my life as I receive God’s protection from the enemy’s deception