Devotion
A Mind To Work
Read: Nehemiah 4 So we built the wall…, for the people had a mind to work. -Nehemiah 4:6 Some people, like the comic-strip character Beetle Bailey, work hard to avoid working. In real life, we know that work, "makes the world go round." God placed Adam in the Garden of Eden" to tend and keep […]
‘Hostile Heart’
Read: Proverbs 4:20-27 Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life. -Proverbs 4:23 Beware the hostile heart. That’s the warning of Dr. Redford Williams from Duke University’s Behavioral Medicine Research Center. He has been saying for years that having a hostile personality can kill us – most often […]
Loving Others
If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them (Luke 6:32). For many people, loving others is a nebulous concept. Fortunately, agape love is very clearly defined in the Scriptures. When love is used as a noun in Scripture, it is referring to […]
‘A Jesus Nut’
Read: Hebrews 1:1-9 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. -John 1:3 A Navy pilot was describing his complex helicopter to his parents one day. He told them that a small hexagonal nut held the main rotor to the mast of the helicopter. "Guess what we call […]
‘Hold Your Tongue’
Read: James 3:1-12 Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips. -Psalm 141:1 When Bernard Baruch was an ambitious young businessman, he asked the wealthy J.P. Morgan to partner with him in a Texas sulfur mining venture. Geologists had given the project a favorable report, but there […]
God Says, …
You say: "It’s impossible." God says: All things are possible. (Luke 18:27) You say: "I’m too tired." God says: I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28-30) You say: "Nobody really loves me." God says: I love you. (John 3:16 & John 13:34) You say: "I can’t go on." God says: My grace is sufficient. (2 […]
Demons
SATAN’S DEFEAT He [Christ] disarmed the rulers and authorities [and] made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him (Colossians 2:15). In Colossians 2:15, Paul identifies something very important that happened at the death, resurrection and ascension of Christ. Not only were we made alive in Christ, but Satan was also disarmed […]
Bad Language
Subject: Re: Bad Language (was Re: Time to stop the rot.) Date: 13 Sep 1999 11:07:01 +1000 From: (Andrew Bromage) Organization: Monash University Newsgroups: aus.religion,aus.religion.christian G’day all. Peter writes: >Well the ‘so called’ bad words have legitimate equivalents. It’s because >people wish to be offensive that they have constructed the ‘so called’ >bad words. Consider […]
‘A Kitten For The Asking’
Read: Matthew 6:5-13 Pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your your Father…will reward you openly. -Matthew 6:6 A kitten belonging to a Romanian pastor became stranded in a tree. To get it down, the pastor threw a rope over the branch and tied it to his car’s bumper. Driving slowly […]
Troubles And Turns
Read: 1 Peter 5:6-11 May the God of all grace… perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. -1 Peter 5:10 I once heard Warren Wiersbe say that where you turn when you’re in trouble reveals your character. Think about it. What does it tell us about young kids whose trouble turns them toward gangs or guns […]
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