Devotion
Rebelling Against The System
If you consent and obey, you will eat the best of the land; but if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword (Isaiah 1:19, 20). The third way people respond to rejection is to rebel against the system. They accurately sense the injustice of the world system. Since the 1960s, this […]
The Mutual Friend
Read: John 16:19-28 The Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me, and have believed that I came forth from God. -John 16:27 I met my wife through a mutual acquaintance. I probably wouldn’t have had the courage to approach her on my own. But a person we both knew made it easy by […]
Achieving Happiness
1. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully. 2. Memorise your favourite poem. 3. Don’t believe all you hear, don’t spend all you have, or don’t sleep all you want. 4. When you say, “I love you”, mean it. 5. When you say, “I’m sorry”, look the person in the eye. 6. […]
Sins: The Big Ones And The Little Ones
NEIL ANDERSON DAILY DEVOTIONAL from Freedom in Christ Ministries February 19 Keeping An Honest Account If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us (1 John 1:8). We deceive ourselves when we say we have no sin. The Scripture doesn’t say that we are sin; […]
Two Babies: A [True] Christmas Story
In 1994, two Americans answered an invitation from the Russian Department of Education to teach morals and ethics (based on biblical principles) in a large orphanage. About 100 boys and girls who had been abandoned, abused, and left in the care of a government-run program were in the orphanage. They related the following story in […]
How Is Your Vision?
Read: Numbers 13:26-14:10 By faith [Moses] forsook Egypt, …for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible. -Heb. 11:27 Several months ago, I visited two professing Christians who were terminally ill. I was struck by their contrasting attitudes. One man was glum and quite listless even when I read Scripture and prayed and spoke about […]
Be Part Of The Solution
Read: Philippians 2:12-18 Do all things without complaining and disputing that you may… shine as lights in the world. -Philippians 2:14-15 Many people think that Christians are always negative and fighting against something. That’s unfortunate, because we should be known as positive people who promote what is good and right. One newspaper columnist addressed this […]
Worry And Trouble
Music Man Read: Matthew 6:25-34 Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. -Matthew 6:34 Meredith Wilson’s musical comedy The Music Man is known for its memorable toe-tappers, but it also contains a number of perceptive lines. In one serious scene, Professor Harold Hill, a fly-by-night con artist, expresses genuine […]
Make It Right
Read: Proverbs 14:8-21 Fools mock at sin, but among the upright there is favor. -Proverbs 14:9 Jim Thomas believed the man on trial was innocent, but he couldn’t convince his fellow jurors to agree. After 8 hours of deliberation, he gave in and voted with the majority. But after the guilty verdict was rendered, he […]
Running From God?
Read: Psalm 139 Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? -Psalm 139:7 Francis Thompson wrote a gripping poem that he called “The Hound of Heaven.” It reflected the torture of his life during the years he was running from God. At one time he had intended to […]
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