Dr. Roger D. Duke

Are You For God? If So, God Is For You! “What then shall we say . . . If God is for us, who can be against us”! There Is No Security In This World, There Is Only Security In Christ And His Gospel... A Devotional Reading for Friday September 4, 2026 From the pen of John Bunyan, author of The Pilgrim's Progress In God’s Presence is Safety “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us”? Romans 8: 31. God’s presence is the safety of a man. If Go

The Waters of Satisfaction Scattered By Oswald Chambers A Devotional for Thursday September 3, 2026 Would You Drink the Water, Three Friends Have Risked Their Lives To Bring You, When You Asked A Drink From Your Home Town Well? Or Would You Wordship? Ponder This . . . ! The three mighty warriors . . . drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem and carried it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out before the Lord. — 2 Samuel 23:16 Have yo

Bust of Janus, the Roman God for which January is named. He looked forward to the new year while also looking back to the last year. Retrospect and Prospect SUPREME RULER OF THE VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE WORLDS, My heart is drawn out to thee for thy amazing grace and condescension. Thou hast kept my conversion fresh before me, that season of my first spiritual comfort when I passed through the Red Sea by a way I did not expect. I rejoiced then for that unthought-of passage, that

What Do You Truly "Lust After" or Desire? No Lust In This Life Lasts! A Desire For God Will Be Fulfilled In This Life and Rewarded In The Next! What Motivates You? Take a "DESIRE" Inventory Today! A Devotional for Tuesday September 1, 2026 From the pen of John Bunyan, author of The Pilgrim's Progress Desire for God “My soul yearns for you in the night, my spirit withinme earnestly seeks you. For when your judgments are in the earth the inhabitants of the world learn righteous

This Is Not a Funeral Psalm Only! It Is a Living Psalm: A Prayer of Praise, of Thanks, of Blessing: Because THE LORD Loves-Leads-Feeds-Protects-By His Very Presence! Read and Meditate On This . . . Psalm 23 King James Version 1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the va

Today in Christian History - Friday, August 28 Bill and Vonette Bright Brought Faith to Campuses Bill and Vonette Bright Brought Faith to Campuses (ABOVE: Bill Bright—Courtesy of Bill Bright Media Center) ON THIS DAY, 28 August 1953, Campus Crusade for Christ was incorporated in Los Angeles. The founders of the organization were Bill and Vonette Bright. The concept behind their campus ministry was to “win the campus today and change the world tomorrow.” Today, Campus Crusade

How Long Since You Turned The LORD'S PRAYER Over in Your Mind? Are You Willing for "His Will [To] Be Done" in Your Life? If Not, Why Not? This is Telling of Your Soul's Condition! Ponder That . . . ! The LORD's [Disciples] Prayer Found in the New Testament Book of Matthew 6:9-13 King James Version 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day

How Long Since You Recited "THE APOSTLES CREED"? Or Thought About Its Words? Do You Believe It? Then You May Be A Christian? Are You? Then Ponder That . . . ! The Apostles' Creed I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and [I believe] in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and was buried; he descended into hades; on the third day he r

Have You Prayed This Morning? Why? Why Not? Turn This Prayer Over Slowly In Your Mind And Ponder The Words As They Soak Down Into Your Mind And Heart! How Might They Might Change Your Direction! Morning Trinitarian Prayer Good morning heavenly Father, good morning Lord Jesus, good morning Holy Spirit. Heavenly Father, I worship you as the creator and sustainer of the universe.Lord Jesus, I worship you, Savior and Lord of the world.Holy Spirit, I worship you, sanctifier of t

How Long Since You Took Inventory? "Spiritual Inventory," That Is? Have You Looked Deeply Into You Heart To See What Is Really There? It May Scare You To Death? Ponder That My Friend . . . The Spiritual Inventory By Oswald Chambers Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Matthew 7:9 The illustration of prayer Jesus uses here is of a good child asking for a good thing. We talk about prayer as if the state of our relationship to God makes no difference

How Long Since You Worshipped? Have You Ever? Definition: "The Act of Giving Yourself To God"! Have You Ever Given Yourself To God? Better Now Before It Is Too Late? Eternally! Ponder That . . . . Worship: How Long Since You Participated? GLORIOUS GOD, It is the flame of my life to worship thee, the crown and glory of my soul to adore thee, heavenly pleasure to approach thee. Give me power by thy Spirit to help me worship now, that I may forget the world, be brought into full

A Devotional for The Twentieth Day of the August, 2026 “Hallowed Be Thy Name”[1] Do You "Hallow" God's Name? Do You Take God's Name in Vain? Do You Even Know the Difference? Have You Ever Thought About It? Think About It Before It Is Eternally Too Late? A Deep Thought to Ponder! From the pen of John Albert Broadus Co-Founder of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Scripture Portion "Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name." Matthew 6:9 "Hallowed be thy name.

Has God's Love Been Shed Abroad in Your Heart (Romans 5:5)? If Not, It Can Be, By Your Repentance Towards God and Placing Your Faith in the LORD JESUS CHRIST! An Eternal Thought To Ponder . . . !? Love Shed Abroad GRACIOUS GOD, My heart praises thee for the wonder of thy love in Jesus; He is heaven’s darling, but is for me the incarnate, despised, rejected, crucified sin-bearer; In him thy grace has almost out-graced itself, In him thy love to rebels has reached its height; O

Peter being crucified upsidedown because he submitted himself to God! A Devotional for Tuesday August 18, 2026 From the pen of John Bunyan, author of The Pilgrim's Progress Submission to God’s Righteousness “For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness” Romans 10: 3. The want of understanding of . . . [justification by faith] is that which keeps so many in a mist of darkness about the way of

Are You Discouraged in Devotion? By Oswald Chambers Do You Ask “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Are You Discouraged in [Christian] Devotion? Chambers Comments May Help, Please Read to See! . . . I Am Praying for You! A certain ruler asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” — Luke 18:18 When the rich young ruler asked Jesus how to win eternal life, Jesus didn’t respond with anxiousness or concern; he made no attempt to keep the

Are You Involved in Spiritual Work? Whatever a Man Sews That Shall He Also Reap? Rebirth Reaps Eternal Life? What Are You Sewing? What Will You Reap? An Eternal Point to Ponder . . . ! A Devotional for The Fourteenth Day of the August 24, 2026 From the pen of John A. Broadus Co-founder of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary “Spiritual Work has Rich Rewards”[1] Scripture Portion "And he that reapeth receiveth wages," saith Jesus, "and gathereth fruit unto life eterna

A Devotional for Thursday August 13, 2026 From the Pen of English Baptist Pastor John Bunyan, Author of The Pilgrim's Progress A Tree is Known by Its Fruit “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit” Matthew 12: 33. An Evil Root Heart Produces Evil Fruits of Mind and Life! Think About It!? What Is In Your Heart Comes Out Of Your Mouth! Is That an "OH ME!" Or Is That An AMEN? Ponder That . . . ! Thu

There is a "Theology Of Rest." Oswald Chambers Quotes Jesus, "Why Are Ye Fearful"? In Today's Language Jesus Would Say, "I Got This!" For He Is Our Place of Rest! Ponder That . . . ! The Theology Of Rest By Oswald Chambers Why are ye fearful, 0 ye of little faith? — Matthew 8:26 When we are in fear we can do nothing less than pray to God, but Our Lord has a right to expect that those who name His Name should have an understanding confidence in Him. God expects His children to

A Devotional for Tuesday August 11, 2024 From the pen of John Bunyan, author of The Pilgrim's Progress Description of the Righteous Are You Righteous? You Must Be To Go To Heaven! Read This To See If You Measure Up. Here, This Righteousness Described! Do You Live Up To These Standards? This Is A Hard Saying? “[The LORD] . . . has clothed me with garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautif

The LORD God is the Giver of All Life. He Gives Life as Creator and As Well as Redeemer. We All Have Created Life; But Do You Have Eternal Life by Redemption by Our Christ Jesus the LORD? Second Day Morning: The Giver We cannot escape from thy presence and control, nor do we desire to do so. Our privilege is to be under the agency of thy omnipotence, righteousness, wisdom, patience, mercy and grace; For thou art Love with more than parental affection. We admire thy goodness,