The wealth of a nation is not found in its bank accounts but in the souls of its citizens who love God. The latter half of 2 Chronicles 17 proves the adage, “When a man’s ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him” (Prov 16:7). Imagine the Philistines showing up […]
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“Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit” (Rom 15:13). Do you recognize the household name who wrote this? “I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. […]
Just twenty years after the Cross had been lifted up, the messengers of the gospel were spoken of as those who had “turned the world upside down” (Acts 17:6), and the faith of the Thessalonian church “sounded out” as with a trumpet blast “in every place” (1 Thess 1:8). Soon after, we read that the […]
We may rise above the low spiritual state of those around us by finding our delight in the Lord. Apart from the first sentence, the account in 2 Chronicles 17 is only found here, another benefit of reading this book. It is the sterling record of a good king. Asa had died, and “Jehoshaphat his son […]
A most unusual test but one that changed a student’s life. And God speaks the same message to every heart in His “still small voice.” […]
“O Lord God, do not destroy Your people and Your inheritance whom You have redeemed through Your greatness, whom You have brought out of Egypt…Remember Your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not look on the stubbornness of this people,…lest the land from which You brought us should say, ‘Because the Lord was not able […]
“‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’ I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance” (Lk 15:6-7). Some of my happiest recollections as a young believer are the times when we […]
The Lord may use means to heal us, but He is the Healer, the secret ingredient in every medicine. One of the drawbacks of independence from God is that, when things fail—as they will—who is there to blame? Just the person I see in the mirror each morning. In Asa’s case, the Lord sent Hanani […]
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