December 12 “Enlarge Your Tent! Enlarge the site of your tent, and let your tent curtains be stretched out; do not hold back; lengthen your ropes, and drive your pegs deep.”—Isaiah 54:2 When God comes to a life in power, it is always a time of rejoicing and expectation forRead More …

December 8 Small Things Are Not Despised For who scorns the day of small things?—Zechariah 4:10 The world loves the spectacular. God has proven that He is certainly capable of the extraordinary, but He often chooses to work through the ordinary and seemingly insignificant. In this way He demonstrates HisRead More …

November 16 Judge Not “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.”—Luke 6:37 There is a significant difference between judgment and discernment. God sees people’s hearts and knows their motives (Prov. 16:2). Only GodRead More …

The Meek Blessed are the gentle, because they will inherit the earth.—Matthew 5:5 In popular thinking the term meek implies weakness. The word Jesus used had a different meaning. His picture of meekness is that of a stallion that has been brought into subjection to its master. Whereas it onceRead More …

July 21 Born Again Jesus replied, “I assure you: Unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3 Entering a saving relationship with Christ is a life-changing experience! All things become new! Not some things, but all things (2 Cor. 5:17). For the first timeRead More …

July18 The Desires of Your Heart Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you your heart’s desires.—Psalm37:4 Your relationship with God ought to bring you more joy, satisfaction, and pleasure than any other relationship, activity, or material possession you have. Scripture exhorts you to delight yourself in theRead More …

June 20 When God Says No And he killed James, John’s brother, with the sword. When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter too, during the days of Unleavened Bread.—Acts 12:2–3a Can you accept God’s will when His answer is no? If you are prayingRead More …

June 19 Praying but Not Believing She recognized Peter’s voice, and because of her joy she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter was standing at the gateway. “You’re crazy!” they told her. But she kept insisting that it was true. Then they said, “It’sRead More …

June 18 A Way That Seems Right There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it is the way of death.—Proverbs 16:25 Things are not always what they seem. Proverbs warns that we can be deceived into believing we are going down the rightRead More …

June 17 Abba, Father And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!”—Galatians 4:6 The word father conjures up different images for everyone. To some it brings the picture of love, laughter, respect, and acceptance. Unfortunately, others associate the termRead More …