Day: August 25, 2018
God is love. —1 John 4:8
God is love. —1 John 4:8 God in Christ is no longer a consuming fire but a God of love, of peace—a reconciled God. God in Christ holds out His hand all day long to poor sinners. He receives all. He welcomes all. He rejects, He refuses, He casts out none. It is His glory to pardon a sinner. It is the glory of His power; it is the glory of His love; it is the glory of His wisdom; it is the glory of His grace to take the prey from the mighty, to deliver the lawful captive, to pluck …
“The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit” – Psalms 34:18
“The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit” – Psalms 34:18 “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” – Psalms 73:26 When we see that God demands that His people be broken, we may ask ourselves if we really want to be close to God because bad things happen around there. If we are wise, we would not run from brokenness, but instead run to it. Recognize that this is where God’s work gets done. God requires us to be contrite, humble, and …
Cultivating Character
Cultivating Character Esther 4:9-14 9 And Hathach went and told Esther what Mordecai had said. 10 Then Esther spoke to Hathach and commanded him to go to Mordecai and say, 11 “All the king’s servants and the people of the king’s provinces know that if any man or woman goes to the king inside the inner court without being called, there is but one law—to be put to death, except the one to whom the king holds out the golden scepter so that he may live. But as for me, I have not been called to come in to the …
Set Apart for God
Set Apart for God Romans 12:1-3 12 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. 3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, …
Second American Civil War – by Hal Lindsey
Second American Civil War – by Hal Lindsey America faces an uncertain time. Across the political spectrum, people are talking about a “Second American Civil War.” But what’s happening in the United States is happening everywhere. From North America to Central and South America. From Europe to the Middle East. Africa stays in a state of perpetual turmoil. India and Pakistan. Ukraine and Russia. Yemen and Saudi Arabia. North Korea and South Korea. China and all of its free neighbors. Conflict boils over. We have entered a period of worldwide political chaos. It’s exactly the situation that the Bible says …