Devotion
Old Fashioned Love
A few years ago the singer B.J. Thomas recorded a hit song called ‘Whatever happened to old fashioned love.’ The song went on: ‘the love that lasts through the years; the kind of love that my mother and father had?’ It’s a good question – what did happen to old fashioned love – the love […]
Security
The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold (Psalm 18:2). The key to experiencing security in your life is to depend on things that are eternal, not temporal. Christians often feel insecure because […]
Gratefulness
Read: Numbers 21:1-9 They did not believe His word,but complained in their tents.-Ps. 106:24-25 Some people have turned complaining into an art form. If you say, “I don’t have anything to complain about,” they are happy to offer some suggestions. They count their many blessings and then complain that there aren’t more of them. In […]
The Value Of Suffering
Today’s Verse for Wednesday, September 23, 1998 We also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. –Romans 5:3-4 THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE… I remember the old Corrie ten Boom line, "Thank God for the fleas." The fleas kept the German soldiers out of the barracks in […]
Want To Buy A Castle?
Read: Ephesians 2:1-10 We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works. -Eph. 2:10 If you’ve ever wanted to live in a castle, this is your chance. The state of Saxony in eastern Germany has a dozen castles for sale, each priced at one German mark (which is just over half a US […]
Encourage Your Children!
Let us pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another (Romans 14:19). It is difficult to estimate the damage done by saying to a child: You’ll never amount to anything. You can’t do anything right, can you? Why can’t you be like him? You’re no son of mine! I’m […]
Lying
Perjury is an extremely heinous offence… False witness can be borne in the context of the home, the work-place or the wider community, in the form of slander or malicious gossip. The prohibition of false witness carries with it the complementary responsibility to be a true witness. Truth matters to all the followers of Jesus […]
Emergency Prayers
Read: Daniel 6:10-23 He knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was the custom. -Daniel 6:10 Many people turn to the Lord only when they are in a crisis. Of course, praying in an emergency is better than not praying at all. But whether […]
Our Emotions
Sir Max Beerbohm (1872-1956) In everyone of us the deepest emotions are constantly caused by some absurdly trivial thing, or by nothing at all. Conversely, the great things in our lives — the true occasions for wrath, anguish, rapture, what not — leave us quite calm. Henri Frederic Amiel (1821-1881) Respect in yourself the oscillations […]
Work That Is Faultless
Read: Daniel 6:1-9 The governors and satraps sought to find some charge against Daniel…but they could find no charge or fault. -Daniel 6:4 Daniel’s life revealed the reality of his faith. He conducted himself so honorably in his high office that Darius "gave thought to setting him over the whole realm" (Dan. 6:3). The other […]
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