Confident Hope Let us hold on to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.—Hebrews 10:23 Hope in the Christian’s life is not wishful thinking. It is confident expectation. Those without Christ may wish things were different and wish they knew someone who could changeRead More …

Bitterness See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and by it, defiling many.—Hebrews 12:15 Bitterness has a tenacious way of taking root deep within the soul and resisting all efforts to weed it out.Read More …

Effective, Fervent Prayer The intense prayer of the righteous is very powerful.—James 5:16b God promises all believers that if we live righteously and pray fervently, our prayers will be effective and produce significant results. How do we treat a promise like this? We might argue, “But I do pray, andRead More …

A Highway of Holiness A road will be there and a way; it will be called the Holy Way. The unclean will not travel on it, but it will be for him who walks the path. Even the fool will not go astray.—Isaiah 35:8 The nation of Israel was designedRead More …

An Imperishable Crown Do you not know that the runners in a stadium all race, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win. Now everyone who competes exercises self-control in everything. However, they do it to receive a perishable crown, but we anRead More …

Choose to Rejoice About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.—Acts 16:25 Your joy as a Christian should not depend on your circumstances. Joy comes from God, and therefore it cannot be affected by what is outside of you.Read More …

What More Could Have Been Done? What more could I have done for My vineyard than I did? Why, when I expected a yield of good grapes, did it yield worthless grapes?—Isaiah 5:4 The prophet Isaiah told the story of a man with a vineyard on a fertile hill. TheRead More …

Strongholds “You are not to make a covenant with the people who are living in this land, and you are to tear down their altars. But you have not obeyed Me. What is this you have done? Therefore, I now say: I will not drive out these people before you.Read More …

Integrity Upheld You supported me because of my integrity and set me in Your presence forever.—Psalm 41:12 Joseph was a righteous man who had cultivated a reputation for godliness in his community. Then word spread across the community that Mary, the woman to whom he was engaged, was expecting aRead More …

Slaves of Righteousness And having been liberated from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness.—Romans 6:18 Before you were a Christian you were a slave, in bondage to sin. Even when you did not want to sin, you were unable to do otherwise (Rom. 7:15–24). When God saved you, He freedRead More …