This Fourth of July America celebrates its 235th birthday! The Fourth of July is one of our most-celebrated holidays, a fact confirmed by a very elderly John Quincy Adams in a speech he delivered July 4, 1837—America’s 61st birthday. John Quincy Adams properly...
Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it. (Prov. 22:6) I believe that being a mother is God’s highest calling for a woman because it’s a calling to nurture the next generation. And I believe the greatest gift a...
In 1863, President Lincoln declared a national day of Thanksgiving. He wrote, “We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of heaven. We have been preserved in peace and prosperity. We have grown in numbers, wealth and power, as no other nation has...
Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them. (Deut. 1:8) Being flexible is another important factor in developing longevity as...
Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed. (John 8:36) You have been set free by Christ. Jesus gained victory and freedom for you when He was raised from the dead. The moment you received Jesus, victory and freedom became yours. Declare your...
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might. (Eccl. 9:10 NIV) You have a talent that your pastor and your local church need to help reach your city. Each church has a vision that is given to the pastor by the Holy Spirit, and the pastor should take...
Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices, which they had prepared, and certain others with them. And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. And they entered in, and found not the...
Salvation comes no other way; no other name has been or will be given to us by which we can be saved, only this one. (Acts 4:12, MSG) Andre Crouch used to sing the song, “Jesus is the answer for the world today, above Him there’s no other, Jesus is the...
January is the time of year when many people are making New Year’s resolutions. For most, these resolutions are earnest attempts to change. Unfortunately, most people don’t realize they’re setting themselves up for failure. A New Year’s...
You may have a runny nose. You may have aches all over. That is how you feel, but what are you going to say about it? Just think back to the last time you had a cold, or were sick. What was the first thing you wanted to do after you noticed the symptoms? I have...
For millions around the world, the coronavirus is bringing day-to-day routines to a halt. As we face an unpredictable future, what’s something tangible you can do in response? Many years ago, the great writer and theologian A.W. Tozer made this profound...
Peace is something that so many of us long for and look for, particularly in what our world has been through these last few months. But the truth is, the only source of true peace is Jesus. In Isaiah 53:4–5, we read: Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our...
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