“I have done justice and righteousness; do not leave me to my oppressors. Be surety for Your servant for good; do not let the proud oppress me” (Ps 119:121-122). David is unabashed in laying out his concerns to the Lord. (Would I like my prayers published in the world’s all-time best seller?) David is under […]
H.A. Ironside tells of open-air meetings in Albuquerque, NM. A gambler who had moved there for his tuberculosis had been convicted of sin, but was unsure there was mercy for him. When Ironside visited him, “he said, ‘I’m praying; I’ve made up my mind that if I have to go to hell, I’ll go praying.’” […]
WHAT the SON was “MADE” (ginomai) or BECAME through His CRUCIFIXION (Part 2): “We see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death” (Heb 2:9). Not only so, but “being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became (ginomai) obedient unto death, even the death […]
“Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, on the Lord!” (Ps 27:14). When circumstances seem against you, and everything within you shouts, “Do something!” that’s the time to wait on the Lord. The following is recounted in Our Daily Bread: A woman went to Andrew […]
“You have heard him and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus” (Eph 4:21). “We should always remember that God is, so to speak, his own evidence. That is to say, since he is the Creator, he is the ultimate source of everything. There is no being in the universe who […]
WHAT the SON was “MADE” (ginomai) or BECAME in His INCARNATION (Part 1): In the next three devotionals, it should be noted that when Scripture says the Lord was “made” something, it was never against His will—in fact, always with His cooperation. “And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us (and we beheld […]
“Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord” (Ps 33:12). Dr. Charles Stanley suggests ten ways to pray for government leaders. Pray: 1. that they would trust the Lord and then realize their daily need for cleansing from sin; 2. that they recognize their inadequacy, depending on God for wisdom and courage to do […]
“And they shall be all taught of God” (Jn 6:45). Harold St. John was given permission to have some Bible discussions in a post office in Somaliland. “It was a small tin shack with a floor inches deep in dust,” he wrote. One man, a recent believer, dressed only in a leopard skin, had been […]
“He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ” (Php 1:6, ESV). Once again Job responds, this time addressing charges brought by Bildad. He begins by rejecting the childhood claim, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.” No, says Job, “you […]
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