Sermons & Devotionals by Derek Melton

Romans 1:22-23 (KJV) 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. Often times I have wondered how people could claim to be in fellowship wit... Read More

Psalms 51:3 (KJV) 3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. A necessary element that acts as a forerunner to regeneration is strangely absent in modern Christianity. This essential element has been labeled as politically incorrect in modern evangelical circles and thus ste... Read More

Nehemiah 9:2 (KJV) And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers. In the fifth chapter of Ephesians the Apostle Paul gave a brief description of the Church Jesus is returning to take away. Paul used words like:... Read More

Romans 3:18 (KJV) There is no fear of God before their eyes. We are all familiar with the wisdom of the Psalmist declaring that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom as well as the Proverb that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of understanding. Yet, in the day to day lifestyles that w... Read More

Colossians 2:8 (KJV) 8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. One of the most powerful warnings our English language can produce is the word "beware". This word is only used to place an emp... Read More

Proverbs 16:6 (KJV) 6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil. Within the last week a national news source unveiled an investigative report entitled "Teens & Sex". In this investigation the news agency interviewed twenty-five teens, most of which were ... Read More

John 11:43-44 "And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go." The hallmark of the Christian faith is t... Read More

Matthew 6:9b (KJV) "...Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name." It is said that in ancient Jewish culture the name of God "YHWH" - later pronounced as "Yahweh", was so revered, reverenced and admired that the Jewish people would not even speak His name. In this passage of scripture we ... Read More

Lamentations 4:1 (KJV) How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. Here in this passage of scripture we read of gold that has become dim and the most fine gold being changed. Now the second verse tells us that ... Read More

Hebrews 11:24- 25 24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; 25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; Renowned missionary C.T. Studd once said: "A lost reputation is the bes... Read More

1st Timothy 4:1 (KJV) Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; We will be very hard pressed to find scriptural inference whereby the Holy Spirit is equally warning the church of the Lord Je... Read More

Proverbs 8:13 (KJV) The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. The Prophets foretold of a spirit of lawlessness that would manifest in the last times that would be greater than anything experienced hitherto. There is in this hour a... Read More

Romans 6:1-2 (KJV) 1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Living in a Christian nation, not to mention the Bible belt, it seems to be a challenge to find someone who doesn't think they are ... Read More

Hebrews 11:13 (KJV) 13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. One of the distinctions that marked the patriarchs of the faith was their ... Read More

1st Peter 4:12-13 (KJV) "Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed." It is a deplorable thing that ... Read More

Lamentations 5:21 "Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old." Oh how we need a sovereign move of God in this wicked day that we are living in. Our hearts are evil continually and darkness is covering the earth and the light is growing dim. The Church that once... Read More

Mark 5:26 (KJV) "...and {she} had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse..." This story of the woman with the issue of blood is one of the favorites for many Christians, especially those suffering from physical ailments. Its message gives hope to those suffering thro... Read More

Acts 22:15 (KJV) 15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard. A common thread is intricately woven throughout the testimonies of the great men of God in the Bible who have shut the mouths of lions, subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, and obtained promises. So ... Read More

Matthew 23:24 (KJV) 24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. An eerie enemy has slipped into our modern church panorama leaving a trail of horrific spiritual devastation wherever it goes. This enemy is not new to the Christian faith but it seems that the effects of its wrath ... Read More

Romans 8:22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. With every passing day we are witnessing a society that is writhing in absolute chaos and moral anarchy. It seems that even nature has become intertwined in spasmodic revolt against the pandemonium th... Read More