When You Need 3 Million By Monday
Is it just preachers and missionaries who should live by faith? Jesus says “No.” We’re not just saved by faith; we should all live by faith too. […]
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April 11, 2025 — Which Way Turns Right?
Rarely are the right choice and the easy choice the same thing. God’s will is never said to be easy. At the pivot point in Ezra’s prayer, he says, “And now, O our God, what shall we say after this?” (Ezra 9:10). Have you ever been in a situation where you know something has to be done […]
April 10, 2025 — Meaning Business In Prayer
God’s door is open. He knows the whole story. His heart is toward us. He wants to restore us. Are we ready? The prayer of Ezra (Ezra 9:5-15) plumbs the depths of shame and humiliation as he views the ragged landscape of the nation’s “iniquities [that] have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt…grown up to the […]
April 9, 2025 — The Ministry Of Unscrambling
Some of God’s servants seem to have instant success. Others walk right into trouble. But God… Ezra’s task of sorting out the “holy seed” (Ezra 9:2) in the Israelite marriages—where “holy” doesn’t mean sinless, but separated from the nations for God’s purpose—was extremely difficult. It was compounded by the fact that it wasn’t just the common people who had […]
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April 8, 2025 — Marriage Mayhem
In Christian marriage, we don’t seek for our partner to meet our needs, but to share Christ’s bounty. Jesus called it “the doctrine of Balaam” (Rev 2:14). What was it, and why should it be an issue still in the Church Age? Marriage was the first divinely-ordained institution, and so the first attack-point of the enemy. The […]
The Charred Briefcase
This story about a missionary who died before arriving on the mission field is a good reminder that God is not limited by our circumstances in accomplishing His eternal purposes. […]
April 7, 2025 — Unholy Matrimony
Balaam-like, Satan can’t curse God’s people, but he can turn the blessing of marriage into a battlefield. Do you recall Ezra’s purpose in coming back to Jerusalem? “Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the Law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel” (Ezra 7:10). And do you remember […]
Directed Steps
We might think it goes without saying—”It is for freedom that Christ has set us free” (Gal 5:1, BSB)—but the Spirit thinks it needs to be said. This story about Grady, behind prison bars, reminds us that we’re no longer enslaved by our old ways; we’re freed to be God’s agents of supernatural change. […]