Luke 15:29 New International Version (NIV) But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. For Meditation The young man hangs around the young lady he loves so much. … Continue reading Because You Never Asked
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It Is Time to Grow
Isaiah 54:2-3 New International Version (NIV) Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back. lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes. For you will spread out to the right and to the left. your descendants will dispossess nations. and settle in their desolate cities. … Continue reading It Is Time to Grow
A Woman Worthy of Commendation
Romans 16:1-2 New International Version (NIV) I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon of the church in Cenchreae. I ask you to receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of his people and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been the benefactor of many … Continue reading A Woman Worthy of Commendation
Confident in His Keeping
Psalm 16:7-8 New King James Version I will bless the Lord who has given me counsel;My heart also instructs me in the night seasons.I have set the Lord always before me;Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved. For EncouragementThe greatest source of joy and security in this tumultuous world is the pure and unfailing fellowship we have … Continue reading Confident in His Keeping
The Attitude of Faith
Photo by Aron Visuals on Pexels.com Daniel 3:17-18 New International Version If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand.But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your … Continue reading The Attitude of Faith
Caught in Their Trap
Mark 12:17 New International Version For Meditation It's a subtle phenomenon - the union of enemies to pursue a common enemy. Gangsters are notorious for this, after which they visciously assume their adversarial positions. In the history of the world , no one has drawn more enemies to Himself more than the Carpenter from Nazareth. … Continue reading Caught in Their Trap
A Charge to Keep
1 Chronicles 28:9 New International Version (NIV) “And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought.” For Meditation The wisdom of the Akans of Ghana resonates even in our modern world: … Continue reading A Charge to Keep
It Matters How You Choose
Daniel 1:3-4 New International Version (NIV) Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, chief of his court officials, to bring into the king’s service some of the Israelites from the royal family and the nobility—young men without any physical defect, handsome, showing aptitude for every kind of learning, well informed, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the … Continue reading It Matters How You Choose
Set Before His Mirror
2 Corinthians 4:7 New King James Version But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. For meditation Yesterday was the Lord’s Day, and many attended anointed church services. Preachers labored to bring out the pure word of God, and we loved it. … Continue reading Set Before His Mirror