To say that Christians are of God is not only a word of promise, blessing, and inclusion, but it is also a word of controversy and exclusion.
Read MoreThe devil can harm you if you let him, but he cannot take you with him when you die. Why? Because Someone much more powerful has you in His grasp.
Read MoreGod literally keeps and protects us. Praise His name! When we begin to do something we should not, God lets us know it, and we turn away from it.
Read MoreThe world is a most formidable foe. By turning our eyes upon Jesus continually we can overcome the world and all its lusts, entrapments, and schemes.
Read MoreIf living the Christian life becomes a series of dos and don'ts, a checklist, then it becomes a burden, and we lose our joy.
Read MoreIf you really love God then you will love the people of God, the church. A churchless religion is not a biblical one.
Read MoreHow powerful is belief? It is beyond powerful: it is the key to not only entering the Christian life but also living for Christ in an effective manner.
Read MoreThe word nike is mentioned four times in our biblical text for today's devotion, once as "victory" and three times as "overcome".
Read MoreJohn says that Christians have a commandment from Christ: we must love our brothers. Jesus said this explicitly in two of the Gospels.
Read MoreThe only way we can love God is because God has loved us first, and it is He who empowers us to love other people.
Read MoreLove is the powerful antidote to fear. If we fear, then God's love is not perfected in us.
Read More1 John 4:17 gives the child of God great comfort and courage. When we believe in Christ for salvation, He takes away fears and feelings of emptiness.
Read MoreJohn writes about that which overpowers all emptiness & fear: that is the love of God as seen in the life of Jesus & a love perfected in His people.
Read MoreOf all the roughly 7,400 languages that are spoken around the world, only about 800 of them have the full Bible translated into their language.
Read MoreBecause "the steadfast love of the Lord endures forever" (Psalm 136), there is nothing you can do to make God love you more or less.
Read MoreGod doesn't need us, but he delights in using us. Perhaps he used me a few years ago to water the good seed of the Gospel planted in a camper's heart.
Read MoreYou never know how any little conversation could be a divine appointment. Look for how the Lord might be opening doors to spiritual conversation.
Read MoreIt is such a blessing to see those whom you have served and poured into growing in the Lord and walking faithfully with Him.
Read MoreWhoever—anyone—can believe and be saved: from the pauper to the prince, from the servant to the sultan—whosoever!
Read MoreIs Jesus on your mind and the Gospel coming out of your mouth?
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