Devotion
Why Pray?
Read: Luke 11:1-13 Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving. -Col. 4:2 One of the great paradoxes of the Christian faith is that God wants us to talk to Him about everything that is going on in our lives, even though He already knows everything. So why pray? If you’ve ever wrestled […]
Happiness
We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren’t old enough and we’ll be more content when they are. After that, we’re frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out […]
Diana: Some Lessons For Us…
[a devotional article from a Malaysian pastor-friend]. A divorced member of the royal family of a medium-sized European nation dies in a banal car accident, and for a week the sun, moon and stars are knocked off their appointed tracks. Within days, Europe suffers a shortage of cut flowers as tens of thousands of bouquets […]
Relationship Not Religion
Read: 2 Corinthians 4:13-18 He endured as seeing Him who is invisible. -Heb. 11:27 Devotional writer Henri Nouwen wanted people to know God intimately through Jesus Christ. Once, when participating in a conference on art and the spiritual life, Nouwen was at a table when a woman complained that she had quit going to her […]
Child-Like Faith
The fields were parched and brown from lack of rain, and the crops lay wilting from thirst. People were anxious and irritable as they searched the sky for any sign of relief. Days turned into arid weeks. No rain came. The ministers of the local churches call for an hour of prayer on the town […]
Word Of God
NEIL ANDERSON DAILY DEVOTIONAL from Freedom in Christ Ministries November 29 THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT And take . . . the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God (Ephesians 6:17). The Word of God is the only offensive weapon mentioned in the list of armor. Since Paul used rhema instead of […]
You’re Not Alone
Read: 1 Kings 19:1-18 [God] has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” -Hebrews 13:5 If you’re in a situation where you feel that you’re the only one standing true to God, take heart! There’s encouragement in the story of Elijah. The prophet had experienced the Lord’s protection and miraculous provision, and he […]
A Christmas Story
It’s just a small, white envelope stuck among the branches of our Christmas tree. No name, no identification, no inscription. It has peeked through the branches of our tree for the past 10 years or so. It all began because my husband Mike hated Christmas—oh, not the true meaning of Christmas, but the commercial aspects […]
It Is Not Easy
To apologize To begin over To take advice To be unselfish To admit error To be charitable To be considerate To avoid mistakes To be broad-minded To forgive and forget To think and then act To keep out of a rut To make the best of a little To shoulder deserved blame To maintain a […]
Something To Think About This Christmas
By Gini Moreau CRESWELL, Ore. (BP)–Dewayne Tiller of New Hope Baptist Church in Creswell, Ore., began his missions adventures during the Christmas season of 1984. Tiller’s children were moved by several advertisements about hunger in the African country of Mali and asked their parents to give money to hunger relief in Mali instead of buying […]
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