Read: 1 Samuel 3:1-15 Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion. -Hebrews 3:7-8 Years ago, an annoyed senior citizen from Richmond Heights, Missouri, hung up on President Reagan, who was trying to call him. This happened not just once, but half a dozen times! He didn’t […]
NEIL ANDERSON DAILY DEVOTIONAL from Freedom in Christ Ministries January 12 With All Prayer And Petition With all prayer and petition, pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints (Ephesians 6:18). The mother of one of my seminary […]
The Alphabet A lthough things are not perfect B ecause of trial or pain C ontinue in thanksgiving D o not begin to blame E ven when the times are hard F ierce winds are bound to blow G od is forever able H old on to what you know I magine life without His […]
You formerly walked . . . according to the prince of the power of the air . . . the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience (Ephesians 2:2). The devil is alive and functioning as the god of this world, and he often disguises his operation as intriguing, harmless fun. The […]
Read: Psalm 104:23-35 What You give them they gather in; You open Your hand, they are filled with good. -Psalm 104:28 An item in the National Geographic magazine carried this caption: “New Spin on Fast Food.” The article was about the phalarope, “a wading shorebird that has a unique way of dining on creatures too […]
Read: James 1:19-27 Be doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. -James 1:22 A church had a new pastor who preached the same sermon every Sunday. When people started complaining, he told the congregation, "I’ll preach a new sermon when you act on this one." That pastor’s statement reminds me of the […]
We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ (2 Corinthians 10:5). Satan’s perpetual aim is to infiltrate your thoughts with his thoughts and to promote his lie in the face of God’s truth. If Satan can […]
God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us . . . made us alive together in Christ (Ephesians 2:4, 5). Twenty-three-year-old Jenny was a pretty Christian young woman with a seemingly pleasant personality. She had loving parents and came from a good church. But she was torn up […]
If you are a difficult person, join the ranks of others who are making the corners of our world a better place. You are creating order out of chaos, excellence out of mediocrity. You may often be the brunt of the anger of others, for you increase the ante and raise the bar. Don’t give […]
Read: Psalm 116 Because He has inclined His ear to me, therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live. -Psalm 116:2 Meet Margaret the battler. More than 90 years of memories and faith are her legacy, but she’s not ready to surrender. Her life is full of the physical pain that often […]