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The opening story of the evening news was about a parent who forgot her child ... not happened . When we turn to our powerful and sovereign God, He opens our eyes to new and different opportunities, which creates new hope. God brings that hope by directing our lives to a meaningful purpose during the ...
... more joy in your day? Cultivate it! Joy springs from viewing the day’s events from eternity’s perspective. With this intentional focus, ... to see today differently—with more joy and conviction that God is at work in your life.
1. Rehearse with God the reasons ...
Among all the books of antiquity, none has touched the human heart more profoundly than the Psalms . The title in the Hebrew Bible is Tehillim , which means ...
... confront our equilibrium, but prosperity is perhaps the more challenging test. Today we look at another biblical person who rose to ... According to the last three verses of Psalm 78:
[God] also chose David His servant And took him from the sheepfolds; From the ...
... 12:1-2
Let's talk about some positive input on the correct mentality of a servant. Is it possible to think so much like Christ ...
Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, ...
... for action and exercise self-control. Put all your hope in the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to ... they abandon the orthodox faith or question the authority of God’s inerrant Word...it’s simply that they are weary of being told, ...
... and my sin.” (Job 13:23)
Lord, You know that the human heart is rebellious. You are fully aware that this is a fallen world. ... You completely as we walk sensitively and humbly with our God through the days before us. We ask it in Jesus' name. Amen.
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... mom or dad. After a quick search, he grabbed his daddy by the leg and yelled, “Man, that story of Moses and all those people crossing ... Are you a closet skeptic? Only believing and accepting from God what you can explain or measure or see? Or are you a believer living in ...
Read 1 Peter 1:13
The three Rs have stood the test of time as reliable criteria for a dependable education. They are ... against one of man’s greatest enemies: ignorance. The original blocks of granite, unimpressed by educational styles, unmoved by ...
Read Exodus 12:29-30; Psalm 105:26-38
The LORD brought his people out of Egypt, loaded with silver and gold; and not ... Remember when that friend gave you the Good News about God’s provision for sin and His offer of eternal life? Remember when you ...
... James 2:1-12
If I may select a well-known phrase from the cobwebs of the fourteenth century and wipe away the dust to garner your ... very next verse tells us, “Our goal is to measure up to God’s plan for us ” (TLB, emphasis added). Not for someone else, but for ...
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... to take it easy. How do I explain that my biggest fear is the overwhelming anxiety—nearly panic—filling my soul as soon as I'm alone ... from Adam. “For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God's glorious standard” (Romans 3:23). When the Holy Spirit convicts us of ...
... in our congregation who recently underwent brain surgery. The tumour in the frontal section within his cranium was pushing his brain back ... to life’s challenges with joy. Both have come to him from God through the experience of suffering. The major benefit has been the ...
The death and Resurrection of Jesus is the most important event in all human ...
Week One—Prediction and Preparation
Day 1 God’s plan for our redemption began before the world was formed (Ephesians 1:4; Revelation 13:8). What is God’s purpose in saving you?
Day 2 Christ the Lamb of God would be ...
... I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell the people everything I command him. I will personally deal with anyone who ... up the seldom-mentioned secret of a good sermon. Aside from God’s vital part in the whole thing, there are two crucial ingredients that ...
... world, and especially in capitalistic North America, the pressure to be caught up in materialism is enormous. Comedian Jeff ... I must examine my heart. Do I treasure my stuff more than God and His Word? I know what I love by what I think about, and give my time ...
A number of years ago I heard about a woman who had the most amazing way of reaching people with God's Word. She lived on a chicken farm and each morning collected up the eggs ...
... states: “If you want to know what water is, don’t ask the fish.” Why wouldn’t we ask the fish? After all, there’s nothing fish are more familiar with than ...
... have come because you have sold yourself to what is evil in the LORD’s sight. So now the LORD says, ‘I will bring disaster on you and ... partnership! They were partners in unparalleled evil, until God finally said, “That’s enough.”
Here are two sobering and solemn ...