Devotion
Wings Versus Willpower
Read: Romans 8:1-13 The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. -Romans 8:2 On a flight from London to New York, I was seated next to a nervous passenger. He admitted to me that he felt he was keeping our plane airborne […]
True Goodness
Feast of Justin, Martyr at Rome, c.165 Commemoration of Angela de’Merici, Founder of the Institute of St. Ursula, 1540 To make the improving of our own character our central aim is hardly the highest kind of goodness. True goodness forgets itself and goes out to do the right thing for no other reason than that […]
Alcohol
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes? Those who linger over wine, who go to sample bowls of mixed wine. Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly! In the […]
Preserving Unity
Being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace (Ephesians 4:3). I really don’t mind taking a stand on biblical grounds and living with the conflict that comes from those who oppose the gospel. I think that is part of our calling. What grieves God is when our ministry and […]
“Learning To Cooperate”
Read: Luke 22:39-53 Not My will, but Yours be done. -Luke 22:42 The following story was told by A.W. Tozer: “A simplehearted man was asked how he managed to live in such a state of tranquility even though he was surrounded by adverse circumstances. His reply was profound, yet simple: `I have learned to cooperate […]
Guidance
NEIL ANDERSON DAILY DEVOTIONAL from Freedom in Christ Ministries June 26 God Gently Guides And your ears will hear a word behind you, “This is the way, walk in it,” whenever you turn to the right or to the left (Isaiah 30:21). In a telephone conversation a lady asked, “Dr. Anderson, my pastor says my […]
He Is In Control
Read: Jonah 1 The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord. -Prov. 16:33 Flipping a coin, drawing straws, or taking a number out of a hat have long been ways of resolving disputes. I once read of an election in an Oklahoma town where the two leading candidates […]
A Cure For Criticism
Read: Matthew 7:1-5 In whatever you judge another you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things. -Romans 2:1 A church bulletin had a clever poem about criticism that began: A little seed lay in the ground And soon began to sprout; “Now, which of all the flowers around, Shall I,” it mused, […]
Hope
Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we shall be. We know that, when He appears, we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him just as He is. And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure (1 […]
Satan’s Counterfeits
When you enter the land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not learn to imitate the detestable things of those nations (Deuteronomy 18:9). The lure of the occult is almost always on the basis of acquiring knowledge or power. We desire the power that comes from unusual insight and a knowledge of […]
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