“The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.” Deuteronomy 29:29 Deuteronomy 29:29 is one of my favorite verses. There have been and still are times in my life when I would love to…
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“One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, ‘…” Luke 11:1 Can you imagine watching Jesus pray? Jesus would often seek a solitary place so he could pray (Mark 1 :35). What did that look like, day in and day out? I don’t know, but on one of those occasions it stirred the hearts of the disciples to ask, “Lord, teach us to pray (like that, too).” This was an important opportunity for Jesus. He had been modeling a life of prayer for some time and now had won the right to speak concerning prayer. I hope you and I will have divine opportunities like this in our lives. I hope people will ask us, “How…
Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to You I entrust my life. Psalm 143:8 Read This First—Start Here You made the purchase, got it home, opened the box…now what? You say, “How do I put this…
If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. Instead they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Hebrews 11:15-16 Longing for a Better Place What do you long for? No, I mean it. What do you really long for? In the above statement, we see that Abraham left…
With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, “save yourselves from this corrupt generation.” Act 2:40-41 Defining Salavation I believe one of the greatest tragedies of the 20th and 21st centuries is the American church’s redefinition of the “gospel” or the concept of “salvation”. How many times have you asked someone, “Are you saved?”…