Devotions
Set Your Goals High
With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation. (Ps. 91:16) In going from church to church preaching, I would try to get it over to people that it is the perfect plan of God that they live out their full length of time down here below without sickness...
Seek Healing, Not Sympathy
“Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised)” (Heb. 10:23). Notice that this verse talks about holding fast to your profession of faith. You know, if you have to hold fast to something, it usually...
Wages and Gifts
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom. 6:23 NKJ). What a study in contrasts! Wages and gifts. These two words are so opposite in meaning that we could easily overlook the full import of their...
Conquering The Waiting Game
How much time do you think you have spent in waiting rooms? If you add up all the hours that a person has spent waiting, it could probably add up to a lifetime. However, one reason people hate waiting rooms so much is because they hate to wait. But I’ve got...
Faith Food
But He (Jesus) answered and said, “It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God” (Matt. 4:4). Here, Jesus is using a natural human term to convey a spiritual thought. He is saying that what...
From Tradition to Truth
“Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; Who satisfieth thy mouth with...
The Power of Your Voice
There was a great deal involved in order to get Jesus from Heaven to the manger, into His earthly ministry, and back to the Throne again. Even though this was all part of God’s plan, it didn’t automatically happen—nothing does. For example, Matthew 18:14 says that...
A Pattern to Unbelievers
Paul said that Jesus gave you mercy so that others could see the pattern of longsuffering in you. Now, you are the pattern that unbelievers and other young believers are looking at. They are looking at the pattern you set by how you handle situations when people do...
Getting Answers
“But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory” (1 Cor. 2:7). How do we speak the wisdom of God? How do we speak answers to the mysteries? “For he who speaks in a tongue does not...
Give God All the Glory—Always
Psalm 115:1 (NLT) Not to us, O Lord, but to you goes all the glory for your unfailing love and faithfulness. During our working lives we will have triumphs and victories we celebrate. Some examples include being promoted, moving to a particular area within our...