The Risk in Love
How could God allow evil in this world? Pause to consider this… […]
Author: Bill Nicholson
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May 19, 2025 — Joy Overcoming Sorrow
“God doesn’t give us joy instead of sorrow, or in spite of sorrow, but joy in the midst of sorrow.” —W. Wiersbe Standing “on a platform of wood” (Neh 8:4), Ezra began to read the Book of the Law. Gathered before him were “the men and women and those who could understand” (v 3), meaning the younger ones. There […]
May 19
CHRIST the HOME-MAKER: “We will come to him and make Our home with him” (Jn 14:23). George Matheson writes: “In the life of the pre-Christian world, it may be said generally…that progress was sought by leaving home.…The man conquered the world by…ignoring, if not suppressing, the domestic feelings.…But the conception which Jesus formed of human […]
May 19 Petition Mission
“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear…. We love Him because He first loved us” (1 Jn 4:18-19). A Christian, having become seriously ill, was attacked by “the accuser of our brethren” and began to doubt, because of the little love in his heart for the Lord. A friend responded, […]
May 19
Edward and Anna Scott arrived in India in the fall of 1862. Settling in the northeast state of Assam, they threw themselves into the work of God. However, after seven years, Scott felt the Lord calling him to take the gospel into what is now Nagaland. The Naga were brutal head hunters. Before a man […]
May 18
CHRIST who MEETS OUR NEEDS: “But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus” (Php 4:19). Riches in glory by Christ Jesus? For me? Then what need can Christ meet in your life today and, by this, glorify Himself? An author tells of waiting in his car […]
May 18 Petition Mission
“Let Your mercies come also to me, O Lord—Your salvation according to Your word. So shall I have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in Your word” (Ps 119:41-42). How true this is! The Lord’s saving mercies become an apologetic to convince others of the truth of the Word and the […]
May 18
I had a long wait leaving Prescott, Arizona, but finally the right man came along. “I don’t know why I stopped,” he said. “You’re the first man I’ve ever picked up.” “Perhaps the Lord had something to do with it,” I replied. When I asked if he would like to be saved and know it, […]
May 17
JESUS, FRIEND of SINNERS: “The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’” (Lk 7:34). Their bitterest words turned sweet in the presence of the Lord Jesus. Clearly He is the world’s Best Friend. “Greater love has no one […]