Devotionals
The Trouble with a Dutiful Life
There is a well-traveled detour on the way to heaven – a worn path that leads to a dead-end street of good works for good works sake.
Christianity is not just about what we are doing; it is first and foremost about what He has done for us. It is not just about what we are...
Lies Women Believe -Physical Beauty Is More Important Than Inner Beauty
This message is one our culture preaches in earnest to girls and women, beginning in earliest childhood. It comes at us from virtually every angle; television, movies, music, magazines, books, and advertisements. In nearly perfect unison, they...
How to Pray
With such a God waiting to hear us, and such a privilege as prayer available to us for drawing close to Him and obtaining all His good gifts, why don’t we do more asking?
The primary culprit is the enemy of our souls, who wants to keep us from developing a relationship that he...
Don’t Forget Your Lunch!
When I was a kid in elementary school heading out the door to catch the bus, my mom would almost always say, “Don’t forget your lunch!”
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Life as Kings and Priests The Missing Miracle
Ours is a supernatural faith built around three personal miracles. Our faith commences with a miracle. We come into the Kingdom by a miraculous new birth (John 3:3). Our salvation concludes with a miracle. At our Lord’s coming we will...
The Resurrection! Women’s Place in History
By the time I knew Jesus had been crucified, I also knew He had risen from the dead. Pause and meditate. Try to picture it. Hear it. Feel it. Jesus has been crucified. The event we study next means everything to us!
How the Sabbath hours must have dragged for the women. For...
Experiencing Hope
Through the power of the Holy Spirit, God will enable me to do anything He commands me to do (1 Thessalonians 5.24). God does not command us to do anything that He does not give us the grace to obey, as we depend on Him.
I am responsible before God for my...
Because He Goes Before Us Life Has Meaning
The Resurrection is the one fact that explains other facts and gives meaning to our lives in the midst of a decaying culture. Jesus Himself was subject to death, but in being raised with a new resurrection body, He has turned a floodlight on the center of our dingy existence. Here at last we...
Are You a Dreamer? You Were Born to Be
Everyone has a dream! You may not be able to describe it. You may have forgotten it. You may even no longer believe in it. But it’s there.
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Jesus Loves Me and He Likes Me
I’m convinced that God loves us – it is His very nature to love us – it is in His “job description.”
But the thought that He likes us is a foreign and difficult concept for most of us.
Our culture teaches us that...