“On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh.” – Matt 2:11 They were not content merely to worship the King, showing him homage in word […]
“Even if my father and mother abandon me–the Lord will hold me close!” – Ps 27:10 We all know how much our father and mother love us. It seems to us there never could be a stronger love than theirs. No matter how wickedly a son may act, the love in his father’s and mother’s […]
Genesis 12:7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” And there he built an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him. I don’t know about you, but I am not satisfied with just knowing that I am righteous by faith. I also want to […]
Daily Comfort: August 30 Neh 4:9 – “But we prayed to our God–and posted a guard day and night to meet this threat!” We are in danger of making prayer a substitute for duty; or of trying to roll over on God, the burden of caring for us and doing things for us–while we sit […]
Matthew 8:3 3Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.”… Do you know that it is God’s will for you to be healed? In fact, Jesus always healed the sick who came to Him. The blind, lame, maimed, mute, deaf and demon-possessed — He healed themall! (Matthew 8:16) […]
Reading 2 Corinthians 9:7 today and it said, “don’t give reluctantly or under pressure, but do it cheerfully because God loves a cheerful giver. Then, the Holy Spirit said to me:: “don’t spend time with God reluctantly or under pressure.” I had never looked at that scripture using my quiet time! It hit me like […]
“The Babylonians broke through the wall–and the city fell!” – Jer 39:2 When even the smallest breach is made in a wall–it is the beginning of the end! The breach is easily increased, until, loop where at first only one or two men could enter–now a whole army pours through. Each of us lives ‘within […]
We labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of Him. – 2 Cor 5:9 The Christian should always be a worker for his Master. “We are ambassadors therefore on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us.” The mission of every one who believes and is saved is to be […]
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