Devotionals

Devotional messages written by Peter for Seeds of the Kingdom from Ellel Ministries

The Lord’s Benefits

Psalm 103:1-5, NLT
“Let all that I am praise the Lord; with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name. Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget all the good things he does for me. He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases. He re…

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Are You Wearing the Right Glasses?

Psalm 105:4, NIV
“Look to the Lord and His strength; seek His face always.”

There comes a time when most of us need to wear glasses. I’ve needed them for many years, but this past year I’ve had to start wearing them for driving, and I’ve needed stron…

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Not Trying to Please People, but God

1 Thessalonians 2:3-4, NIV
“For the appeal we make does not spring from error or impure motives … On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please people but God, who tests our hearts.”

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Waiting on the Lord

Genesis 21:1-3, NKJV
“And the LORD visited Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah as He had spoken. For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. And Abraham called the name of his …

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Hallowed Be Your Name

Matthew 6:9-10, NIV
“Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”

The other day I watched a documentary film about medical and pharmacological research to find new treatments for can…

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ALWAYS!

“Blessed is the man who always fears the Lord, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.”Proverbs 28:14, NIVThere are many scriptures which encourage people to live with a holy fear of the Lord, but there is one word in our verse for today which…

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The Old and the New

Isaiah 43:18-19
“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.”

The old year – 2017 – has come and gone, a…

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Get Rid of the Moles!

Song of Songs 2:15, NIV
“Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, the vineyards that are in full bloom.”

The normally beautiful green lawns around the property at Pierrepont have recently been pockmarked by lots of small brow…

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Words of Blessing

Deuteronomy 33:12, NIV
“Let the beloved of the Lord rest secure in Him, for He shields him all day long, and the one the Lord loves rests between His shoulders.”

How great it is to hear words of blessing from people in authority. Moses, the leader of…

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Facing Shock in Everyday Life

Matthew 28:20, NLT
“And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

There are times in life where we are jolted with a shock. I don’t mean the kind of shock where you have a sudden fright when someone jumps out from behind a d…

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