Devotion
Be A Good Samaritan
A Samaritan… was moved with pity. He went to him… and took care of him. Luke 10:33,34. Thomas Carlyle told a story of an Irish tenant farmer who died a hundred years ago and left a widow and three little children. This was before the days of social security. The man who owned the farm […]
‘Is Life Fair?’
by Douglas F. Parsons When Rabbi Kushner wrote When Bad Things Happen to Good People, a few years ago, many wrote to tell him they had a great idea for a sequel. Why not write a book about "Why Good Things Happen to Bad People?" The sufferings of the righteous are not the only theological […]
“The Little Enemy”
Read: Proverbs 24:30-34 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest; so shall your poverty come like a prowler. -Proverbs 24:33-34 In the late 1980s, I witnessed a carefully planned bombing raid. I remember watching as the planes methodically worked the Florida skies in a attempt to wipe out […]
Truth And Lies
A LIBERATING FRIEND Surely You desire truth in the inner parts; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place (Psalm 51:6 NIV). Absolute truth is the revelation of God’s Word, and we must live that truth in the inner self. When David lived a lie he suffered greatly. When he finally found freedom by acknowledging […]
“God’s Opportunity”
Read: 2 Corinthians 1:3-11 We should not trust in ourselves but in God. -2 Corinthians 1:9 We usually think of “opportunity” as our own chance to take a significant step ahead in life. We love the idea of an open door or a favorable moment to seize the chance of a lifetime. But do we […]
God’s Will
God’s will deals with today, not just the future, speaker says By Tony Imms GLORIETA, NM (BP)–God has a plan for spiritual growth every day of a Christian’s life, a seminary professor told a group of college students during Student Week, Aug. 7-13, at Glorieta, a LifeWay Conference Center. "It takes the Lord a second […]
Reality And Fidelity In ‘Following Jesus’
From Christian Quotation of the Day When the Bible speaks of “following Jesus”, it is proclaiming a discipleship which will liberate mankind from all man-made dogma, from every burden and oppression, from every anxiety and torture which afflicts the conscience. If they follow Jesus, men escape from the hard yoke of their own laws, and […]
Demons
I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by the power of Your name (John 17:11 NIV). The Christian worldview perceives life through the grid of Scripture, not through culture or experience. And Scripture clearly teaches that supernatural, […]
Lordship
NEIL ANDERSON DAILY DEVOTIONAL from Freedom in Christ Ministries April 21 YOUR LIFE APART FROM GOD If by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God (Romans 8:13, 14). Why do you […]
Keep Your Fork
(Anonymous) There was a woman who had been diagnosed with a terminal illness and had been given three months to live. So as she was getting her things “in order”, she contacted her pastor to come to her house to discuss certain aspects of her final wishes. She told him which songs she wanted sung […]
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