“In this, you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.” 1 Peter 1:6 In his book “Winning the Values War”, Leith Anderson tells the following story: “At the 100th anniversary of the arrival of missionaries in Zaire, […]
“You, O LORD, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation.” Lamentations 5:19 Hassanal Bolkiah is the Sultan of Brunei since 1967 and the prime minister of Brunei since its independence from the United Kingdom in 1984. He is one of the few absolute monarchs in the world. The […]
“Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23 Keri Wyatt Kent, in her book “Deeply Loved”, writes: “Patti and Bruce, feeling a tug from Jesus, welcomed a four-year-old foster child into their […]
“The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: ‘I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness.’” Jeremiah 31:3 Amy Peterson, in her book “Where Goodness Still Grows”, wrote the following on kindness: “I started reading The Kindness of God by Catholic theologian and […]
“On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were […]
‘The Spirit Himself makes intercession for us …’ Romans 8:26 Life can wear you down. You can get to the place where your anxiety runs so deep or your stress levels increase so high that you can’t think clearly. The problem or pain you’re experiencing is so overwhelming that you […]
“Call to me, and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.” Jeremiah 33:3 John Wyatt says the following in “God’s design for our life is that we should be dependent”: “We come into this world totally dependent on the love, care, and […]
“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.’ Psalm 51:10-12 David is called […]
“So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.: Romans 10:17 There are some things in our lives that take a lot of prayer and a lot of faith to overcome. But why is it so hard sometimes to stand in faith for those things? D.L. […]
“great are your purposes, and mighty are your deeds. Your eyes are open to all the ways of men; you reward everyone according to his conduct and as his deeds deserve.” – Jeremiah 32:19 Pastor J. Mike Minnix, in his blog pastorlife.com, writes the following: “During World War II, an […]
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6 In his book, “A Spiritual Clinic,” J. Oswald Sanders wrote about the lasting family legacies of two families from New York. “Two families from the state of […]
“I thought, “These are only the poor; they are foolish, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the requirements of their God. So I will go to the leaders and speak to them; surely they know the way of the LORD, the requirements of their God.” But […]
‘…your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.’ But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”’ Matthew 6:32-33. You ask, ‘When I think about God, is that the same as praying?’ It can be. We are all […]
“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds; Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and […]
“‘Is not my word like fire,’ declares the LORD, ‘and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?’” Jeremiah 23:29 In 1931, Dietrich Bonhoeffer began teaching at the University of Berlin. His pastoral ministry continued as a chaplain and a teacher of a confirmation class for young boys in […]