Tag Archives: God

Reflecting With God 1/18/2023

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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Daily Prayer & Praise 1/18/2023

Lord, hear our prayer: Wonderful God! We thank you for your gifts of freedom, hope, joy and mercy–gifts we simply do not deserve. We are grateful that we do not have to be in any doubt as to the reality … Continue reading

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God Is Sovereign Above All – 2

Scripture Text – Daniel 1 Abraham called God “the Judge of all the earth” (Genesis 18:25), and King Hezekiah prayed, “You are God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth.” – 2 Kings 19:15. In Daniel’s day, King Nebuchadnezzar … Continue reading

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Making Book Over WOOK

Radio station WOOK in Washington, D. C., regularly aired commercials in which listeners were told that a reading of certain Bible verses would bring “financial blessings.” A Federal Communications Commission hearing examiner, however, found that the three-digit references were designed … Continue reading

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Search The Scriptures

Tuesday January 17, 2023 Isaiah 8:20 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. I teach that all men by nature are lost … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 1/17/2023

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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Daily Prayer & Praise 1/17/2023

Lord, hear our prayer: Father, we praise you that no matter the depth of our sin, your love can reach down and lift us up; no matter the hurt and pain we feel, your love holds us and heals us; … Continue reading

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God Is Sovereign Above All – 1

Scripture Text – Daniel 1 From May to September 1787, the American Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia to develop a system of government for the new nation. By June 28, progress had been so slow that Benjamin Franklin stood and addressed … Continue reading

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Chain-Letter Racket

Members of the American clergy are being solicited to participate in the old chain-letter racket that has been declared illegal by Post Office authorities. Ministers are promised a return of $8,000 if they send $1 to the person whose name … Continue reading

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The Imperative of Meeting God

Monday January 16, 2023 Ezekiel 1:1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the River Chebar, that the heavens were … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 1/16/2023

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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Daily Prayer & Praise 1/16/2023

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, we bring our emptiness to receive from your fullness, our aloneness to be changed by your presence and our brokenness to be healed by your love. We bring the darkness of our sorrow, pain and … Continue reading

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Christ In The Midst of The Church – 4

Christ Jesus in our midst is the key to usefulness. Jesus greeted His disciples and said, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” – John 20:21. When He said that, He meant that He … Continue reading

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Look To Jesus

*Pastor’s Note: A.B. Simpson was a very well respected Canadian preacher, theologian and author who lived from December 15, 1843 to October 29, 1919. My prayer is that you will be blessed and inspired by his poetry as much as … Continue reading

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Monastic Life

IF YOU wish peace and concord with others, you must learn to break your will in many things. To live in monasteries or religious communities, to remain there without complaint, and to persevere faithfully till death is no small matter. … Continue reading

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Gideon, An Unlikely Hero – 12

Charles Henry Mackintosh (October 1820 – November 2, 1896) was a nineteenth-century Christian preacher, dispensationalist, writer of Bible commentaries, magazine editor and member of the Plymouth Brethren. In 1843, Mackintosh wrote his first tract entitled Peace with God. When he … Continue reading

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The Four Lepers

For Saturday January 14, 2023 2 Kings 7:9 We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we remain silent. The lepers in 2 Kings 7 were trapped between the Syrian army and the town … Continue reading

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The God Who Gives Wealth

THERE are two extremes today about the connection between God and wealth. One is that wealth and money are inherently evil and therefore God is opposed to them. The other is that God is just waiting to shower wealth on … Continue reading

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Piercing Heaven 1/14/2023

Robert Parker Prayer O Lord, teach me to pray, that I may call upon your name. Prepare my heart to seek, and open your ears mercifully to hear me. Almighty and eternal Lord God, you are the Creator and Continual … Continue reading

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God Makes All Things New – 5

Scripture Text – Jeremiah 30-33 These chapters describe the glory of the dawning of a new day for the people of Israel, not only for the exiles in Babylon but also for the Jewish people in the latter days before … Continue reading

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