It’s easy to look at what Jesus went through and shake our heads with disgust. How could they? Why would they? But the truth is: I did this.
Read MoreIt came in a little box, and I was so thankful and happy when I received it. I can just think of the day when my heavenly Father returns. Not with a box, but with my salvation in His hands.
Read MoreIt is clear from scripture that God not only cares that we serve others, but He cares why we serve others.
Read MoreWhom do you need to forgive today? Whom can you show you have forgiven by paying back good for evil through service?
Read MoreTherefore, salvation . . . is paramount. We don’t just serve because we want people to be better off. We serve because we want people to be saved.
Read MoreIf we look at the life of Jesus as an example, we can see His reaction to the interruptions. Jesus blessed children, resurrected the dead, healed the sick, all outside of the programmed schedule for that day. That interruption you are experiencing might be God’s chance to perform a miracle.
Read MoreThe poor are to be relieved, the sick cared for, the sorrowing and the bereaved comforted, the ignorant instructed, the inexperienced counseled.
Read MoreWe have it backwards sometimes. We use people and love things.
Read MoreHe said something very revealing: “I was afraid.” Fear paralyzed him. It can do the same to us also.
Read MoreThe four friends took a risk and opened the ceiling in a house that was not their own. Result? Healing.
. . . . I wonder what the owner of the house thought when he saw a hole in his roof.
Read MoreIt’s like walking on dry land after being in a boat. For a while you still feel like you’re at sea, though you’re really on land. It’s a very real sensation, though temporary.
Read MoreOf all the fascinating facts and incredible beauty that await our discovery throughout the earth made new and the far reaches of the universe, absolutely nothing will captivate our attention more than the indescribable love that we will behold in the face of Christ.
Read MoreThe idea of divine personal protection given by God to extend Cain’s opportunity unto repentance has been co-opted and counterfeited by the adversary for his deceptive purpose: to lead people away from God.
Read MoreIt’s fascinating to think that, from His own babyhood, Jesus was taught by His earthly parents the very words He Himself had spoken at Creation and at Mount Sinai.
Read MoreIt was directly from their Father that the children of the Most High were given instruction. Before sin, education of our first parents centered around the wonders of Creation and the loving character of the Creator. These are still the foundation of education today, along with the plan of Redemption.
Read MoreTo view our Creator as the God who knows what is best for His creatures is a solid foundation for wholeheartedly building proper recognition of His authority.
Read MoreBecause of the plan of salvation, all is not lost. The gift of choice and the equipping to choose rightly—originally provided by our Creator—are both still available.
Read MoreThe greatest privilege in our fallen world is to invite fellow humans into the soon-coming, never-ending Kingdom of God.
Read MoreOh, how he loved her! And now he couldn’t bear the thought of living without her.
Read MoreEve, in spite of the opportunity close-at-hand to check on this contradiction of what she had been taught by the Creator, chose to accept the serpent’s message without checking. Her acceptance of the “revised” message shows us just how easily we can be misled into doubting the plain precepts given to us by the LORD.
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