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... Acts 8:26–40
I want to introduce you to what I call the Philip Approach to evangelism. This Christ-centred method is set ... named Philip was engaged in a citywide crusade at Samaria. God was using him mightily (see 8:5–8). Suddenly, the Lord spoke to His ...
Like the narratives of Christ's birth, the accounts of His crucifixion and resurrection are so familiar that we can miss the full intensity of the unexpected event. Though Jesus warned His disciples, ...
... direct view of Titanic lasted less than two minutes, but the stark sight of her immense black hull towering above the ocean floor will ... debris. It keeps our mind in gear, makes us press on.
God is forever on a quest too. Ever thought about that? In fact, His ...
... needed to be on earth. In a temporal sort of way, in the time of year coming up, I share his frustration.
I am hard pressed ... worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience ...
Read Job 24:1– 25
David, in Psalm 139, makes the appropriate comment, “Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is too ... he would write, “This blows my mind.” The vastness of God’s inscrutability has a way of doing that to us—and so it should.
If ...
... 30 minutes...as she was beaten and abused. As I heard the story, 38 people watched the half-hour episode in rapt fascination from ... need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him? (1 John 3:17)
True servants are merciful. They care. ...
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That’s a favourite parlour game among Christians.
The rules are easy to remember. Any number can play. But it’s especially ... in-between shades. If a person mentions the sovereignty of God too much, we label the jar Calvinist . If he seems uneasy regarding ...
... too, is that amid life’s daily grind, I get too focused on the material and earthly things around me. And when that happens, it’s easy ... spiritual truths is to be continually reminded of what God’s Word says.
It’s true that Insight for Living Canada is here to ...
... go back and visit each city where we previously preached the word of the Lord, to see how the new believers are doing.” Barnabas ... humility. That’s the full package for handling conflict God’s way. None of that comes naturally. They come to full bloom as products ...
... ago when reading about some ghost towns littered across the plains of Nevada. The writer pointed out that there was every indication ... make a perpetual impact can be frighteningly temporary. When God says, "That's it; that's curtains," it's only a matter of time. It is the ...
... but there’s nothing to be grateful about?
And at the end of a no-good rotten day where everything goes wrong and nothing will be ... habit of fussing
We complain because we are not trusting God to provide
We complain because we listen to others who are complaining ...
... warrior; he has control of his tongue; he’s handsome; and the Lord is with him.
One important thing this says to me is that you should never discount anything in your past. God can pick it up and use it in the most incredible ways. You never know when ...
... how.
My words are dedicated to all of you who have the opportunity to make an investment in a growing child so that he or she ... least for now. But nobody is better qualified to shape the thinking, to answer the questions, to assist during the struggles, to calm ...
As we begin to walk down the road to healing for those who are suffering both physically and ... best thing for us in difficult circumstances is to open up God's Word and let it act as medicine for our souls.
He was so passionate about teaching God’s Word that in November 1940, while the Germans were bombing the city of ...
Our passion at Insight for Living Canada is getting the Word into the hands and hearts of people. Everything we do is geared towards helping people understand and apply God’s Word so their lives will be transformed and they, like the Reformers ...
... didn’t tell Jethro everything at that point, but he let the man know there was something stirring in his heart. After years and years ... needs attention.”
When you have heard the voice of God calling you in a new direction—confirming that direction through His ...
... that I’m not getting any younger. I know that because the cake won’t hold all the candles. Even if it could, the frosting would ... with the breeze of impulse on the fickle wave of moods.
God, however, brings about birthdays...not as deadlines but lifelines . He ...
... 1 Kings 17:20-22
And he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this child’s life return to him.” The LORD heard Elijah’s ...
Read Exodus 25:1–9
The LORD said to Moses, “Tell the people of Israel to bring me their sacred ... dazzling and unduplicated work of original art.
Why not? God’s reputation was at stake. God’s name was on display.
Centuries later, Paul spoke of having to learn ...
... 1:1-12
There once was a man named Job who lived in the land of Uz. He was blameless—a man of complete integrity. He feared God and stayed away from evil. He had seven sons and three daughters. He owned ...
