Devotionals The Mark of a Disciple “Then Jesus said to his followers, ‘If people want to follow me, they must give up the things they want. They must be willing even to give up their lives to follow me. Those who want to save their lives will give up true life, and those who give up
Wonderfully Made "For you formed my inward parts You wove me in my mother's womb. I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made wonderful are your works, and my soul knows it." - Psalm 139:13-14 Over the last 50 years or so,
Devotionals Risen with Him “Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.... Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled." – Luke 14:21b, 23
Devotionals No One Can Understand God “The Lord says, ‘My thoughts are not like your thoughts. Your ways are not like my ways. Just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.’” – Isaiah 55:8-9 We would like to believe that
Devotionals Obediently Yoked “Come to me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
Devotionals What Good can Come from My Pain? “So that I would not become too proud of the wonderful things that were shown to me, a painful physical problem was given to me. This problem was a messenger from Satan, sent to beat me and keep me from being too proud. I begged the Lord three times to
Articles Joy! This morning, I woke up with a cup of cappuccino. I have a cup of peanut butter flavored oatmeal waiting. It has been a very long time since I had to wonder where my next meal would come from. Air conditioning maintains my comfort continually, electric lights illumine the entire
Philippians Study Gospel Living “But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account. Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith, so that in me you may have ample cause to glory in Christ Jesus, because of
Devotionals Broken “Blessed are the poor in Spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” – Matthew 5:3 “And he said unto them all, ‘If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross daily and follow me.’” – Luke 9:23 “Come to me all ye that
Philippians Study Gospel Comfort “For I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance, as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be
Devotionals The Accuser "...for the accuser of the brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night....and when the dragon saw that he was cast down unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child." - Revelation 12:10b, 13 Jesus calls
Philippians Study Gospel Motives “And most of the brothers, having become confident in the Lord by my imprisonment, are much more bold to speak the word without fear. Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will. The latter do it out of love, knowing that I am put here
Devotionals Water Pressure "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, and acceptable unto God which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove
Articles Staying Focused on the Narrow Road I heard a story about Yogi Berra, the great catcher for the New York Yankees. He used to talk a lot of noise. I can appreciate that. When I played baseball, I was a catcher. One of the jobs of the catcher is to distract the batter. Part of my
Devotionals God of Mercy and Grace “The Lord shows mercy and is kind. He does not become angry quickly, and he has great love. He will not always accuse us, and he will not be angry forever. He has not punished us as our sins should be punished; he has not repaid us for the evil
Devotionals Midnight " Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took
Bible Briefs Numbers - Bible Brief Numbers is the fourth book of the Pentateuch and covers forty years of Israelite history. The book contains many interesting and important historical accounts of Israel as well as an important shadow of Christ. Numbers include Balaam and the talking donkey (Numbers 22:1-24:25), the earth opening to swallow
Devotionals Who’s Influencing You? “Do not be fooled: ‘Bad friends will ruin good habits.’” – 1 Corinthians 15:33 Be careful who you hang out with. The Bible warns us about hanging out with people who can influence us in a negative way. We all have hung out with people who have influenced us to
Devotionals Taking Responsibility for Our Actions “The woman saw that the tree was beautiful, that its fruit was good to eat, and that it would make her wise. So, she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of the fruit to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
Seeing Others the way God Does “But the Lord said to Samuel, ‘Don’t look at how handsome Eliab is or how tall he is, because I have not chosen him. God does not see the same way people see. People look at the outside of a person, but the Lord looks at the heart.’” -