“Now behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison; and he struck Peter on the side and raised him up, saying, “Arise quickly!” And his chains fell off his hands. Then the angel said to him, “Gird yourself and tie on your […]
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 An old shoemaker’s awl is on prominent display in the French Academy of Science. That awl fell from the […]
“Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.” – Joshua 1:8 In 1977, at the height of the Cold War, […]
“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” – 1 Corinthians 13:13 Once upon a time, in a small Jewish town, there lived a very devoted rabbi who was known to spend hours praying and studying the word. He usually disappears every […]
“For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve.” […]
“Now we have this treasure in clay jars, so that this extraordinary power may be from God and not from us.” 2 Corinthians 4:7 The world loves the flashy and glamorous, it loves the spectacular. It relishes the big, bright and expensive. In fact, the bigger, the brighter, the more […]
“And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.” Revelation 1:6 One day a passerby saw a homeless man by the roadside. He stopped for a moment to hand him some loose change and casually asked […]
“Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation.” 1 Peter 2:2 When Jesus was attacked by Satan during His temptation in the wilderness, He countered every attack with the Word of God. But notice in Satan’s second attack – the […]
“For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body–whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free–and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.” – 1 Corinthians 12:13 French writer Henri Barbusse tells of a conversation overheard in a trench full of wounded men during the First World […]
“Praise the LORD! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in his commandments!” Psalm112:1 There’s nothing we can do to earn God’s love, however, if we want to experience His blessings we need to observe the qualifications that He has given us in His Word. Psalm […]
“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Matthew 11:28 Making peace with God is the most important thing you will ever do in life, and it isn’t […]
“So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall! No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide […]
“One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.” Luke 6:12 Have you heard of Armin Gesswein? This saint, a real man of God if ever there was one, for more than 50 years conducted prayer rallies for Billy Graham’s […]
“By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith”. Hebrews 11:7 By faith, you obey even when […]
“Be careful, however, that the exercise of your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.” – 1 Corinthians 8:9 In 1992, German artist Gunter Demnig wanted to commemorate World War II individuals at exactly the last place of residency or sometimes, work, which was freely chosen by […]