Devotion
Reprogramming The Mind
Gird your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ (1 Peter 1:13). Since we came into this world physically alive but spiritually dead, we had neither the presence of God in our lives nor the knowledge of […]
God Shares Our Suffering
In the Old Testament, we find the idea that God enters into the sufferings of His people. “In all their afflictions, He was afflicted.” The relation of God to the woes of the world is not that of a mere spectator. The New Testament goes further, and says that God is love. But that is […]
God’s Grace Is Sufficient
by John Woodward (Vol 1 # 19) Sometimes God uses bereavement to bring us to the end of our own resources. When a loved one dies or we grieve a different kind of loss, we discover our need for support and comfort. God designed us to experience abundant life by having our ultimate needs met […]
“God Has No Big Shots”
Read: Proverbs 8:1-14 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; pride and arrogance…I hate. -Proverbs 8:13 I was one of the speakers at a family camp in Canada. One afternoon as my wife and I were visiting a couple who directed the children’s ministry, their teenage son came in and sat down. During […]
How Long Is He Angry?
Read: Psalm 30 His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life. -Psalm 30:5 When Jean Brandt was 13, she was arrested, handcuffed, and taken to jail for shoplifting a 75-cent button. She was terrified when it came time to make the phone call to her parents. She explained to her dad […]
The Truth
Read: Proverbs 12:17-22 You have redeemed me, O Lord God of truth. -Psalm 31:5 Henry David Thoreau said, “Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.” Imagine the difference it would make in our world if that theme were heard as often as those catchy and memorable advertising jingles by Coca-Cola or McDonald’s. […]
Guidance
LIVING ABOVE LIFE’S CIRCUMSTANCES I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am (Philippians 4:11). Some of us tend to assume that it is God’s will if the circumstances are favorable and it isn’t God’s will if the circumstances are unfavorable. Next to the Bible, I would guess that more Christians are "guided" […]
Discernment
Give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong (1 Kings 3:9 NIV). Discernment is an overlooked spiritual discipline in many churches. But in reality, spiritual discernment should be our first line of defense against deception. It’s that “buzzer” inside, warning you that something is wrong. For […]
The Will Of God
My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to accomplish His work (John 4:34). I’m sometimes impressed by how much people can accomplish when they believe in themselves. When I worked on the Apollo space program in the 1960s, we bid on a contract for the space shuttle. The technology […]
‘Undercover Christians’
Read: Matthew 5:13-16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. -Matthew 5:16 Evangelist Billy Sunday used to tell a story about a Christian who got a job in a lumber camp whose workers had a reputation for being ungodly. A friend, hearing […]
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