Devotion
Four Myths About Spiritual Maturity
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-026 (Sermon/notes) by John Rallison God’s goal for my life is that I grow to a spiritually mature person. Why be spiritually mature? Isn’t it boring? Not at all! Spiritual maturity brings all sorts of wonderful things into our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness and self-control. The Bible tells […]
“Teach Me”
January 25 Tuesday Read: Psalm 119:1-16 You are good, and do good; teach me Your statutes. -Psalm 119:68 As the son of a schoolteacher, the father of a schoolteacher, and a former schoolteacher myself, I’ve never had trouble with the idea that learning is a rewarding experience. I’m a “fact friend” who is always eager […]
“When Trouble Works For Us”
February 17 Thursday Read: 2 Corinthians 4:7-18 Our light affliction…is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. -2 Corinthians 4:17 Is there something that seems to be working against you today – time, health, money, opportunity, people? Sometimes it’s easy to feel that everything and everyone is against us. We […]
“Start Counting!”
January 26 Wednesday Read: Psalm 92 It is good to give thanks to the Lord. -Psalm 92:1 I have a friend in England who is in her mid-eighties. Although she’s housebound and frail, she has an attitude of gratitude every time we talk on the telephone. One of her favorite hymns has always been, “Count […]
Be Helpful
This is an inspiring story. One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. I thought to myself, “Why would anyone bring home all his books on a […]
Aim High
“Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment.” A.W. Tozer, The Root of the Righteous
“One Of A Kind”
February 18 Friday Read: Psalm 139:13-18 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. -Psalm 139:14 While visiting Flint, Michigan, several years ago, I noticed some huge stamping machines in a field next to a sprawling automobile factory. They had been previously used to make auto parts. I was told that they […]
Now You Are God’s People
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-015 Rowland Croucher ———————— ———————— Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; 1 Peter 2:10. No wonder sophisticated pagans were astonished at the claims the early Christians made about themselves. One of these ‘pagans’ – Celsus – said ‘You Christians are like frogs croaking round a pond […]
“The Gloom Index”
February 2 Wednesday Read: Acts 16:16-25 At midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God. -Acts 16:25 Gray skies and blue moods – the two seem to go together. In fact, some weather forecasters describe the amount of cloudy days a region can expect during its winter season as “the gloom index.” […]
Holiness
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-019 Rowland Croucher ———————– YOU HAVE RECEIVED MERCY ———————– Once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 1 Peter 2:10. These are certainly elitist phrases Peter uses. He obviously wanted these oppressed and ostracized people to realise their uniqueness. His key word to describe these ‘saints’? They are, […]
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