Second Chances Today’s Scripture: “But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.” Mark 16:7 It was small enough to overlook. Only two words. I know I’d read that passage a hundred times. But I’d never seen …
An Introduction to Christ Today’s Scripture: “John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first …
Discovering Our True Identity Today’s Scripture: “Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name …
CAST DOWN? WHY? “O my God, my soul is cast down within me.”– Psalm 42:6. THE LAMENT of the soul, its cause! Many have been brought to this condition–Jacob said “all these things are against me”; Job complained that God had refused to listen to his prayer, and had fenced up his way; Elijah prayed …
Death and Dying Today’s Scripture: “Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory” – Psalm 73:24 All of life is here summed up in one verse. While I am here on this earth, the psalmist gloats to the Lord, You will guide me. You will give me the direction I …
Youth and Old Age Today’s Scripture: “The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing”– Psalm 34:10 Why do you think the psalmist specifies “young” lions? It is for the same reason that Isaiah writes, “even the youths shall faint and be weary” (40:30). …
The Last Temptation Jesus Faced Today’s Scripture: “ Save thyself, and come down from the cross. ” Mark 15:30 The last temptation Jesus faced is the ONE temptation we face constantly: “Come down from the cross, and save yourself!” Inasmuch as the cross is the place where Self is executed, Sin’s power broken, and Satan’s …
Jesus Our Example Today’s Scripture: “Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man”– Luke 2:52 This statement is a summary of eighteen years in Jesus’ life, from the time he was twelve years old until the narrative picks back up at age thirty. This was a time of relative obscurity, …
Resisting Fleshly Appetites Today’s Scripture: “And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all …
Facing Temptation Today’s Scripture: “They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away” – Luke 8:13 In Luke 8, Jesus relates the parable of the sower. A man goes out to sow …
