Devotion 4/8, Speak Jesus “If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.” James 1:26 The problems of the world could be solved overnight if men could get victory over their tongues. The Bible teaches that a man who can
Read More....Devotion 4/7, Thy Will Be Done Lord! Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9 We can use our resources to sow into eternity, or we can squander them on the selfish pleasures of this life which
Read More....Devotion 4/6, In God’s Perfect Time Now a man named Lazarus was sick. . . . John 11:1 Loss brings tears and sadness and questions about “Why?” When we read this Bible passage, we think about Jesus’ friendship with Lazarus and his sisters. This wasn’t just any man who had fallen ill and died. This
Read More....Devotion 4/5, What A Day That Will Be! And Jesus said, . . . and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Mark 14:62 The world in which we live is full of pessimism. No Christian has the scriptural right to
Read More....Devotion 4/4, Make Me A Servant I thank my God every time I remember you. Philippians 1:3 We all have those people in our life that every time we think of them, a smile comes to our face, and a warm feeling comes to our hearts. Well, Paul was no different from us in that
Read More....Devotion 4/3, The Image of God in All of Us The commandments . . . are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Romans 13:9 God has made each of us like himself in some special ways. We are created in the image of God (Genesis 1:27). So, in spite of
Read More....Devotion 4/2, What a Wondrous Love! I have loved thee with an everlasting love . . . Jeremiah 31:3 Writing of the mystery of completed righteousness, Paul said, “We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory. . . . But as
Read More....Devotion 4/1, Keep My Eyes Up, Lord! . . . believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead . . .Romans 10:9 The Gospel did not come into being because men believed it. The tomb was not emptied of Christ’s body that first Easter because some faithful persons believed it. The
Read More....Devotion 3/31, He Will We love because he first loved us. —1 John 4:19 As human beings, we like to think of ourselves as the center of our universe. We determine the greatness or validity of most things around us based on their impact on us. Some of us even consider ourselves great adventurers, inventors,
Read More....Devotion 3/30, To Be Redeemed and Justified! . … unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood. Revelation 1:5 By the shedding of Jesus’ blood, He accomplished the possibility of our salvation. He paid the penalty for our sin and redeemed us. The penalty for our sin and
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