“So you see, the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials, even while keeping the wicked under punishment until the day of final judgment.” (2 Peter 2:9 NLT) Are there days you think will never end? How about seasons of suffering, heartache, or temptation? How about the seeming endless prayers for lostContinue reading “A Final End”
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Does Obedience Lead to Comfort?
“Even though Jesus was God’s Son, He learned obedience from the things He suffered.” (Hebrews 5:8 NLT) My mind is being stretched as I consider the question above. My initial thought was Jesus on the Cross. His obedience led Him to suffer in ways that are incomprehensible to mere men. But you can’t think ofContinue reading “Does Obedience Lead to Comfort?”
There’s No Rescue Without Risk
“Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.” (Proverbs 24:11 ESV) Recently I read in a Ron Hutchcraft devotion about a young woman named Jenny who was walking near the ocean one night and heard someone screaming for help. As she got closer to theContinue reading “There’s No Rescue Without Risk”
Are You Lifeless?
“I am the Lord, and there is no other, besides me there is no God; I equip you, though you do not know me, that people may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none besides me; I am the Lord, and there is no other. I formContinue reading “Are You Lifeless?”
The Footprints of God
“When the waters saw you, O God, when the waters saw you, they were afraid; indeed, the deep trembled. The clouds poured out water; the skies gave forth thunder; your arrows flashed on every side. The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind; your lightnings lighted up the world; the earth trembled and shook.Continue reading “The Footprints of God”
When Words Aren’t Needed
“Through faith in the name of Jesus, this man was healed – and you know how crippled he was before. Faith in Jesus’ name has healed him before your very eyes.” (Acts 3:16 NLT) The man to whom Peter referred in the verse above was a crippled beggar who was carried to the Temple everyContinue reading “When Words Aren’t Needed”
What’s Your Choice?
“Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings, and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live!” (Deuteronomy 30:19 NLT) Researchers at Cornell University estimate we make 226.7 decisions aContinue reading “What’s Your Choice?”
What Saves Us?
“If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for My sake and for the sake of the Good News, you will save it.” (Mark 8:35 NLT) Are you saved? There are only three definitive answers to this question: yes, no, or I don’tContinue reading “What Saves Us?”
A Time to Grieve
“For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven…A time to cry and a time to laugh. A time to grieve and a time to dance.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1, 4 NLT) Rick Warren wrote: “There is this myth that Christians should be always smiling, always happy, always cheerful. But the Bible says,Continue reading “A Time to Grieve”
The Precious Link
“And the man of God had said, ‘You will see it happen with your own eyes, but you won’t be able to eat any of it!’ And so it was, for the people trampled him to death at the gate!” (2 Kings 7:19b-20 NLT) What is it that ties you to the people you love?Continue reading “The Precious Link”
Walking With Jesus 