Dr. John C. Reddy

Home  “ I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”   [Romans 12:1-2]  "If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for him"  P aul mentions here that we should present our bodies as a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God. Our bodies stand for all our members and, by extension, our entire lives.  Total commitment is our reasonable service. It is our reasonable service in this sense: if the Son of God has died for me, then the least I can do is live for Him. “If Jesus Christ be God and died for me,” said the great British cricketer and missionary C. T. Studd ,  “then no sacrifice can be too ...

Home  If you want to receive an email alert when a new message is posted, contact us at  Contact@MyDailyDevotion.ORG               Follow us :      “ Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.  The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.  But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.  The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”   [Matthew 7:24-27]  The Wise and Foolish Builders  J esus closes His sermon with a parable that drives home the importance of obedience. It is not enough to hear these sayings; we must...

Home  “ Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.  For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.  Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. ”   [Ephesians 5:21-24]  The head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man  P aul cites three specific areas in the Christian household where submission is the will of God: Wives should submit to their own husbands. Children should submit to their parents. Servants should submit to their masters. The fact that all believers are one in Christ Jesus does not mean that earthly relationships are abolished. We must still respect the various forms of authority and government which God has instituted. Every well-ordered society rests on two supporting pillars—authority and submission. There mus...

Home  “ For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light  (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth)  and find out what pleases the Lord.  Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.  It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.”   [Ephesians 5:8-12]  Living as People of Light  B elievers are solemnly warned to have no part in such ungodly behavior.  To do so is to dishonor the name of Christ, to wreck other lives, to ruin one’s one testimony, and to invite a torrent of retribution. The apostle now gives a pithy discourse on darkness and light. The Ephesians were once darkness, but now they are light in the Lord. Paul does not say they were in the darkness, but that they themselves were the personification of darkness.  Now through union with the Lord, they have become light. Paul conti...

Home  “ Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life , what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?..Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?”   [Matthew 6:25,27]  Do Not Worry  T he problem is not so much what we eat and wear today, but what we shall eat and wear ten, twenty, or thirty years from now. Such worry about the future is sin because it denies the love, wisdom, and power of God. It denies the love of God by implying that He doesn’t care for us.  It denies His wisdom by implying that He doesn’t know what He is doing. And it denies His power by implying that He isn’t able to provide for our needs. This type of worry causes us to devote our finest energies to making sure we will have enough to live on.  Then before we know it, our lives have passed, and we have missed the central purpose for which we were made. God did not ...

Home  “ A rich man's farm produced a big crop, and he said to himself, "What can I do? I don't have a place large enough to store everything." Later, he said, "Now I know what I'll do. I'll tear down my barns and build bigger ones, where I can store all my grain and other goods. Then I'll say to myself, `You have stored up enough good things to last for years to come. Live it up! Eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.' "  But God said to him, " You fool! Tonight you will die. Then who will get what you have stored up? This is what happens to people who store up everything for themselves, but are poor in the sight of God.”   [Luke 12:16-21]    “ You fool! Tonight you will die. Then who will get what you have stored up?”  T he parable of the rich fool illustrates the fact that possession are not the principal thing in life. Because of an exceptionally good crop, this wealthy farmer was faced with what seemed to him a very d...

Home  “ While Jesus was still speaking, someone came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” he said. “Don’t bother the teacher anymore.”  Hearing this, Jesus said to Jairus, “Don’t be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.”   [Luke 8:49-50]    “Stop wailing,” Jesus said. “She is not dead but asleep.”  J airus, a ruler of the synagogue, was especially anxious to see Jesus because he had a twelve year old daughter who was dying.  He urgently begged Jesus to go with him quickly. But the multitudes thronged Him, hindering His progress. Meanwhile a messenger arrived with the news that Jairus’ daughter was dead, and that therefore the Teacher’s services would no longer be needed. There was faith that He could heal, but none that He could raise the dead. Jesus answered with words of comfort, encouragement, and promise. “Do not be afraid; only believe and she will be made well. ” As soon as He arrived at ...