Monthly Archives: January 2015
Be Patient and Keep on Praying
Psalm 37:7 (NET Bible – First Edition) Wait patiently for the LORD! Wait confidently for him! Lamentations 3:26 (New Living Translation, Second Edition) So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the LORD. Luke 8:15 (New Living Translation, Second Edition) And the seeds that fell on the good … Continue reading
He is Faithful
Deuteronomy 7:9 (New King James Version) 9 Therefore know that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments; Psalm 36:5 (New International Version) 5 Your love, O LORD, reaches to … Continue reading
Encouraging Words
Proverbs 12:25 (New International Version) An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up. Matthew 25:21 (New International Version) His master replied, “Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. … Continue reading
Do you not know?
Psalm 121:1-2 (NIV) 1 I lift up my eyes to the hills– where does my help come from? 2 My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. Jeremiah 17:7 (NIV) But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. Isaiah … Continue reading
Heeding His Voice by Reading His Word
Luke 5:1 (NIV) One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, with the people crowding around him and listening to the word of God. John 3:34 (NIV) For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit. John … Continue reading
This is Our Hope
A bright young girl of fifteen was suddenly cast upon a bed of suffering, completely paralysed on one side, and nearly blind. She heard the family doctor say to her parents as they stood by the bedside—”She has seen her best days, poor child!” “No, doctor,” she exclaimed, “my best … Continue reading
Resurrection
Psalm 16:9-10 (NIV) 9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, 10 because you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay. Psalm 49:14-15 (NIV) 14 Like sheep they are destined for the grave, … Continue reading
A New Man in Old Clothes
A man got up in one of our meetings in New York some years ago, who had been pretty far down; but a wonderful change had taken place, and he said he hardly knew himself. He said the fact was, he was a new man in his old clothes. That … Continue reading
Share Your Gifts
Ephesians 4:8 (NKJV) Therefore He says: “When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, And gave gifts to men.” Romans 12:6-8 (NKJV) 6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith; … Continue reading
We All Need Christ
I read of a minister travelling in the South who obtained permission to preach in the local jail. A son of his host went with him. On the way back, the young man, who was not a Christian, said to the minister— “I hope some of the convicts were impressed. … Continue reading