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... spent how much on credit card interest and late fees in the past three months?”
“You don’t want to know. In fact, you don’t ... had broken them and had to pay the price.
I wondered how God might view avoiding financial responsibility. While the Bible doesn’t ...
... everything that has happened to me here has helped to spread the Good News. For everyone here, including the whole palace guard, knows that ... the believers here have gained confidence and boldly speak God’s message without fear. (Philippians 1:12-14)
Paul is under house ...
Read Isaiah 53:10-12
No need to prolong the story. Or complicate it. Or embellish it. Or try to explain it. Or defend it. Just declare it. The facts speak for themselves.
Jesus of Nazareth said He would be “in ...
... things Dutch, I practiced new words requiring sounds from the back of my throat, learned that bicycles always had right-of-way (no matter ... society no longer reflects deep conviction or reverence to God's Word. We have taken our eyes off Him and vaulted Tolerance in His place. ...
One of the toughest assignments in life is to communicate clearly what happened during ... to talk in a plain, believable manner so the Spirit of God can make a new Christian!
Peter advised, “Always be ready to give an ... (1 Peter 3:15 NET).
Take that as an assignment from God. Always be ready! See if you can write out in one, non-technical, ...
... designed to create a better understanding of acceptance. For the next 30 days read the questions and allow them to spark deeper personal ... choosing to let go of things we cannot control. We are not God and cannot control time, our heritage, birthplace, past mistakes and sins, ...
Read 1 Kings 16:29-17:1
God looks for special people at difficult times. God needed a special man to shine the light in the blackness of those days. But God didn’t find him in the ...
... a probing question about our experience of fellowship with God in the temporal realm, our relationship with Him in daily life. He wanted to know ...
... also been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said. He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the ... in a plain, concrete, believable manner, as the Spirit of God works to complete the task!
What is it Peter advised? "Always be ...
... and qualities for leadership must begin with Jesus, the greatest of all leaders. There are so many outstanding leadership qualities ... him authority over everything and that he had come from God and would return to God. So he got up from the table, took off his robe, ...
In the weeks leading up to Christmas people think, speak, and sing a lot about peace. The Bible says God provided the way for us to have peace by sending the Prince of Peace and ... the angels announced “peace on earth to those with whom God is pleased” (Luke 2:14). The promised Prince of Peace had finally ...
Easter and hope are synonymous.
The special day never arrives without its refreshing reminder that there is ... after my skin is destroyed, Yet from my flesh I shall see God. (Job 19:25–26 NASB1995)
"O death, where is your victory? ...
... In fact, I didn’t hear from her for so many days following the missed encounter I wondered if I was being avoided.
As my perceived ... like this.
Jesus was matter-of-fact: “Embrace this God-life. Really embrace it, and nothing will be too much for you. This ...
... 15:52-58
It will happen in a moment, in the blink of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet sounds, those who have died ...
Read Job 26:1–14
“By his power the sea grew calm. By his skill he crushed the great sea monster.
His ... me! Who can fully understand? And to think that this Creator-God pierces through all the millions of galaxies of “the heavens” and gives ...
Nothing touches the human heart deeper than music. This is never more true than when a group of ... lonely, and affirmation to the discouraged. Great music from God’s people instructs and reproves, blesses and relieves.
Who hasn’t ... “Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, Prone to leave the God I love”? Who hasn’t stood taller or felt more confident after all the ...
... facing a long and lonely all-night journey, he asked the Lord to help him stay awake and make it safely to the next place he would minister.
A few minutes later he came upon a man ...
Q. How do I gain insight from the Bible without using a commentary?
A. There are two things I would ... read with a prayerful heart. Since the Bible was given by God, it takes the Spirit of God to illuminate the truth in its pages. Start by asking the Lord for eyes to ...
... and Christian homes have passive men, but we rarely address the issue directly. Why, instead of leading, are some men disengaged, ... wife as you seek to give the loving leadership that you and God desire. Stop reacting to her and take responsibility to be what she needs ...
Read Psalm 26:4-7
King David knew the sting of unjust treatment as keenly as anyone in history. To keep mistreatment from undermining his relationship with God, he put some resolutions into a song. Having committed to remaining open ... Lord and to remembering His love, David committed to letting God be the judge of others' sin.
1. Resolved: I will refuse the ...
