Today's devotional is the last in a mini-series on Sodom and Gomorah. "Early the next morning Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD. He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, toward all the land of the plain, and he saw dense...
In the rest of the world, security blankets are the sole preserve of children. But in Japan, it has long been acceptable for adults to have them too. For many Japanese, everyday items from teacups to computer screen-savers, adorned with popular Japanese cartoon...
Is there anything we need to know in order to see miracles happen in our lives? We hear about miracles happening all the time. Why do they not yet happened in our lives? Here are some guidelines from Mark 6:35-44 that may help you: "By this time it was...
Acceptance with God has always depended upon grace. "For by grace are ye saved through faith." Salvation begins with grace and ends with grace. Adam, the first sinner was justified and accepted before God by grace and so also the last sinner who is ever to be saved...
"Get up, you officers, oil the shields!" (Isa 21:5) Haven't you ever felt sorry for the Old Testament prophets? They were often required to "act out" their prophecies. You know, like poor Hosea who was told he had to marry an adulteress (Hosea 1), or...
'Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, "Lord, save me!" (Matt. 15: 29B, 30) In the midst of a storm, Jesus comes walking on the water to the aid of His...
"'My food,' said Jesus, 'is to do the will of Him who sent me and to finish His work.'" (John 4:34-35) Jesus has just met with the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well. After telling the woman her life story, she believes that He is the Christ and runs back into her town...
“Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, ‘Go south to the road-the desert road-that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.’ So he started out . . .” (Acts 8:26-27) How do you like that? The angel says “go”, and Philip goes. He doesn’t ask questions, he...
"This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us-whatever we ask-we know that we have what we asked of him." (1 John 5:14-15) HOW TO KNOW GOD'S WILL: 1. The Good,...
Romans 8:24-25 Some people fail to realize how discouragement, dryness and frustration are related to a faulty sense of hope. A person who hopes in God cannot be overwhelmed by hurts from people because they are not looking to people for their source of satisfaction....