Monthly Archives: February 2018

Proverbs 19:21 (NLT)  You can make many plans, but the LORD’s purpose will prevail. I have not heard recently of committee business adjourned because those present were still awaiting the arrival of the Spirit of God. I have known projects abandoned for lack of funds, but not for lack of … Continue reading →

1 John 2:6 (NLT) Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did. “God didn’t call me to find fulfillment in the quantity of my work for him but in the quality of my walk with him.”—Robert J. Morgan Elesha Hodge, comp., Today’s Best Illustrations … Continue reading →

“The world will never starve for wonders; but only for want of wonder.” —G. K. Chesterton in an inscription on the GM Building, Pastor Darvin:  Jesus Christ — the Greatest Wonder of Love. Psalm 107:9 (NASB)  For He has satisfied the thirsty soul, And the hungry soul He has filled … Continue reading →

Many years ago, A. W. Tozer had this to say about some “modern” people who claim to be tolerant of other’s views:  “But as soon as you begin to quote the words of Jesus and the Scriptures that declare there is only one mediator between God and mankind, as soon … Continue reading →

To each one it is given to occupy his own spot in history. He must, like David, do the will of God by serving his own generation. It is in his own day that he must meet God in satisfying encounter. It is in his today, not in some pensive … Continue reading →

“Although the world tells us to be assertive, the Word tells us to be gentle.” –Florence Littauer James 3:17 (NIV) But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. Elesha Hodge, comp., Today’s Best … Continue reading →

“Although the world tells us to be assertive, the Word tells us to be gentle.”—Florence Littauer 1st Timothy 3:3 (NIV)  . . . not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. Elesha Hodge, comp., Today’s Best Illustrations – Volumes 1-4, (Carol Stream, IL: … Continue reading →