One man of you puts to flight a thousand, since it is the Lord your God who fights for you, just as he promised you. (Joshua 23:10) Throughout my years in working with the students, I would often tell them, … Continue reading → [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Encourage him! (Deuteronomy 1:38) These words were spoken by God to Moses. After God led His people out of bondage in Egypt and guided them through the desert for forty years, sustaining them manna from heaven and twice providing water …... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. (Ephesians 2:10) The title for today’s word of encouragement is a play on words from John Bunyan’s classic Christian … Continue... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
I will heal their waywardness and love them freely. (Hosea 14:4) Here we find all the truths of the Gospel in a single word: freely. The Lord Jesus Christ showers His limitless love upon His people, and He does it … Continue reading → [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. (Proverbs 27:1) Did you know there is one thing that no one who has lived or will live is able to do? That one thing is serve … Continue reading → [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Here I am, I have come to do your will. (Hebrews 10:9) Every day we are faced with two choices: “Thy will be done” or “My will be done.” And the will we choose makes all the difference in the … Continue reading → [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. (Psalm 90:12) I like to put this verse, which is a prayer of Moses, under the heading of “The Cosmic Countdown.” I say that because that … Continue reading → [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord will give grace and glory. (Psalm 84:11) Notice what we do not read in today’s verse: we do not read that the Lord will give His children gold, grace, and … Continue reading → [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord will give grace and glory. (Psalm 84:11) Notice what we do not read in today’s verse: we do not read that the Lord will give His children gold, grace, and … Continue reading → [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.” (1 Samuel 17:47) 1 Samuel 17 recounts … Continue reading → [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
