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As one of the largest books of the Minor Prophets, Zechariah presents an encouraging word of assurance to a demoralized people. The prophet Haggai had led the way in rebuilding the temple…but the people ...
The church has always been known for its resolute spirit. Built upon the solid bedrock of Jesus Christ and reinforced by the granite pillars of the prophets and apostles, the church stands on the ...
Jeremiah wasn't the brightest among the prophets; Isaiah held that distinction. And the book of Jeremiah isn't the most difficult to understand—that award ...
Read Philippians 2:3–4
I love the story of a sea captain who, while navigating his ship through a storm, ... could very well determine if someone around you resists God’s invitation to bow before Him in repentance? Maybe it’s time to stand ... to the situation you face today. Before you make another move or say another word, bow before the Lord in prayer.
Ask Him to make ...
... me. I didn’t want to face my problem. But at age 19, the wall crumbled. The mountain of excuses I had made over the years, ... overwhelming. I welcomed self-pity and anger while I blamed God for creating me flawed. But what I truly felt was fear. I regularly found ...
... whatever makes you happy.”…“Purity? That went out with the Puritans!”
These tag lines of our pleasure-obsessed society pulse from the media like a strobe light, mesmerizing us into a state of moral apathy. ...
... keep records per se. And my journals have changed forms over the years. All the way from the mini diary with a lock my brothers would steal ... Keeping a journal is an opportunity to spend time asking God to show you areas you can improve in, or ways you can become more like Him. ...
... whatever makes you happy.”…“Purity? That went out with the Puritans!”
These tag lines of our pleasure-obsessed society pulse from the media like a strobe light, mesmerizing us into a state of moral apathy. ...
... victory: birth, faith, and truth. In order to enter into the ranks of the victorious, we must be "born of God." It occurs when I accept Jesus Christ as Saviour.
Then comes faith. I ...
... I say, each man must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. (Ephesians 5:33)
The more the grace of God is awakened in a marriage, the less husbands will attempt to control and ...
... of her surroundings.
And Esther found favor in the eyes of all who saw her. So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus to his royal palace in the tenth month which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. ...
... Mark 14:30–31
“Peter—this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny three times that you even know me.” ... his over-inflated opinion of himself. But let’s give him the benefit of the doubt here. Perhaps he was genuinely self-assured. He really ...
... from Adam. “For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God's glorious standard” (Romans 3:23 NLT). When the Holy Spirit convicts us of our sin, we become aware of our guilt and feel ...
... and I were spending a beautiful Thanksgiving weekend up in the Rockies at a ski resort in Keystone, Colorado. I was invited to speak to ... who are "pure in heart" have peeled off their masks. And God places special blessing on their lives.
Excerpted from Improving ...
Read 1 Samuel 3:1–18
The temptation of any child of vocational Christian ministers is to see the work of the ministry as just another thing, just another religious occupation. Breaking ...
... and my father’s entire family have come to me from the land of Canaan. These men are shepherds, and they raise livestock. They ... When you tell him this, he will let you live here in the region of Goshen, for the Egyptians despise shepherds.” (Genesis 46:31–34)
Joseph ...
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That's a favourite question we enjoy asking children. And the answers we get usually are "a police officer," or "a nurse," or maybe "a ... dignity.
We find it encouraging to think of ourselves as God's servants. I mean, who wouldn't want to be a servant of the King? But when ...
... be surprised. Be aware that our Adversary, Satan, is on the loose.
Since our world is fallen, we need to understand that those who ... They didn't mean to be wrong, but they were.
Since our God is sovereign, we must prepare ourselves for both blessing and adversity. ...
... feeds them and breeds them. Their numbers increase to twice the original flock. There’s plenty to eat. And there’s also plenty of land ... earned their riches or did not receive them from the hand of God. Some of God’s dearest saints are eminently wealthy. So? I say ...
In the latter half of the 20th century and continuing through today, a rather ... is something to appreciate and honour as an evidence of God working in people. As we look forward to eternal life in the new heaven and new earth, we look forward to a life of peace with God and humanity. As citizens of that world to come, our work today—whether ...
