If I were to ask you, “What are some things a Christian ought to do?” what would be on your list? Hopefully, your answers would be Bible-based and not opinion-based (seeing as the Bible is our sole authority for faith and practice). I recently asked a group of teens this question, and these are a …
We see in I Samuel 13:13-14 how God, through Samuel the priest, rebukes Saul for having acted foolishly and having not kept His commandments. God further lets Saul know that He has sought a man after His own heart and had commanded that man to be captain over his people. That man was David whom …
In Acts 20:35 we read the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. Recently I read about a successful businessman spent the last few decades of his life doing all he could to give away his fortune. A multibillionaire, he donated cash to a variety …
God’s Word refers to the Christian life as our “walk”. Our walk would include all that we do. The thing with this is that as we “walk” we are either getting closer to God or farther away from Him. All that we do is going to result in one or the other. James 4:8a Draw …
We hear all the time that we need to be in God’s Word every day. But why? What is its purpose? What’s in it for the reader? I believe that Isaiah 55:10-13 sheds light on just this very thought. Isaiah 55:10-13 10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and …
God revealed His tremendous power to the Egyptians as well as to the Hebrews through plages against the Egyptians and by then liberating the Hebrew people from over 400 years of slavery. In a great way, God showed the Hebrews that He was their God and that He would do great things for them. When …
Proverbs 13:20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. No matter what our position in life or level of spirituality, this is good advice. Consider some other scriptures which address the same principle: Psalms 1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the …
Let me share some excerpts from Talking With My Father by Ray C. Stedman. “Real prayer is never to be addressed to the Chairman of the Committee for Welfare and Relief.” “Nor is prayer addressed to the Chief of the Bureau of Investigation. Prayer is never to be merely a confession our wrongdoings.” “Nor is it an appeal …
Ephesian 5:8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light. The truth contained here is true of every person who has come to know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Before we came to know Christ, we were in the darkness of sin. But now we are …
Psalm 24:3-4 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. The thought we read here is also found in Psalm 15:1-2. LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? …
