CHRIST the EPITOME of UNSELFISHNESS: “The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many” (Mt 20:28). ‘Easy’ Eddie O’Hare was gangster Al Capone’s lawyer. As crooked as his boss, Eddie had one son. As the boy grew, his father realized he had […]
“Now when he was in affliction, he implored the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, and prayed to Him; and He received his entreaty, heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord was God” (2 Chron 33:12-13). This […]
George Watmough hitchhiked across America, witnessing to thousands. Once leaving Tucson on his way to Phoenix, he was given a ride by a young man who stopped his witnessing by saying, “I was raised in a preacher’s home and have no time for religion.” “Isn’t that strange,” Watmoungh replied, “I don’t have much time for […]
Sow an act; you reap a habit. Sow a habit; you reap a character. Sow a character; you reap a destiny. Job concludes his final appeal with a graphic motif utilized throughout the Word. “If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together; if I have eaten its fruit without money, or caused […]
CHRIST the ONE CALLING YOU: “The Master has come and is calling for you” (Jn 11:28). What a wonder, when having no idea how to extricate yourself from the hopelessness of sin, to hear the Good Shepherd’s voice calling you “out of darkness into His marvelous light” (1 Pet 2:9). And from that very moment, […]
“Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses, saying…” (Neh 1:8). Nehemiah clearly was “instant in prayer.” His first-person narrative (one of the few in Scripture) is a running conversation with the Lord. Notice 4:1-6. When Sanballat and Tobiah started hurling mockery over the wall at his workers, Nehemiah simply included the […]
“That in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death” (Php 1:20). In the same spirit, Jim Elliot prayed: “Father, make of me a crisis man. Bring those I contact to decision. Let me not be […]
Hallmark, landmark, trademark, watermark, postmark—all are used to identify for a purpose. As I perused this last section of Job’s final appeal, I couldn’t help but think, “What a fine neighbor to have!” No wicked man could even think like this, let alone act like it. For centuries it was held that friends should be […]
The INCALCULABLE CHRIST: The gift of Christ to us is indescribable—anekdiegetos, “not able to describe or declare fully” (2 Cor 9:15) and the joy we have as a result of believing is unutterable—aneklaletos, “beyond one’s ability to divulge” (1 Pet 1:8). His ways in our lives are unsearchable—anexereunetos, with still more to know after being […]