Monthly Archives: January 2018

1 Chronicles 28:9 (NIV) And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but … Continue reading →

1 Timothy 6:9 (NIV) People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. If you were a jerk before, you’ll be a bigger jerk with a billion dollars. —Warren Buffet Today’s Best Illustrations … Continue reading →

Matthew 7:22-23 (NIV) 22  Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ 23  Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’ We must … Continue reading →

James 5:16 (NIV)   Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. The prayer of faith engages the heart of God, meeting God’s conditions of spiritual life and victory. –A. … Continue reading →

Matthew 22:37 (NIV)  Jesus replied: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” “When you rule your mind, you rule your world.” —Bill Provost Today’s Best Illustrations – Volume 5, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, … Continue reading →

Romans 12:1-2 (NIV) 1  Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God–this is your spiritual act of worship. 2  Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing … Continue reading →

Psalm 63:1 (NIV)  O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. I want deliberately to encourage this mighty longing after God. The lack of it has brought … Continue reading →

Psalm 24:1 (NIV) The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it. There are a hundred touches of kindness that come to us every day to tell us that we are not orphans or outcasts upon the earth. Every trace of order, … Continue reading →

2 Timothy 3:1-2 (NIV) 1  But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2  People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy. The answer [to television] is not censorship, but more citizenship in the corporate boardroom … Continue reading →

One of the old German devotional philosophers took the position that God loves to forgive big sins more than He does little sins because the bigger the sin, the more glory accrues to Him for his forgiveness. I remember the writer went on to say that not only does God … Continue reading →