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Furthering the Gospel
Furthering the Gospel Now I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has actually resulted in the advancement of the gospel. . . —Philippians 1:12 There are two ways to look at every situation: How it will affect you, and how it will affect God’s kingdom. The apostle PaulRead More …
Daily Help
First, then, here is what they are to tell. It is to be a story of personal experience. “Go home to thy friends and tell them how great things the Lord has done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.” Not what you have believed, but what you haveRead More …
Be Merciful!
Be Merciful! “‘Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow slave, as I had mercy on you?’”—Matthew 18:33 Mercy is a gift. It is undeserved. Punishment and consequences are sin’s just reward, but the merciful person does not demand justice for the guilty person. If it were not forRead More …
Daily Help
You know in a wheel there is one portion that never turns round, that stands steadfast, and that is the axle. So, in God’s Providence there is an axle which never moves. Christian, here is a sweet thought for thee! Thy state is ever changing: sometimes thou art exalted, andRead More …
Kingdom Greatness
Kingdom Greatness For who is greater, the one at the table or the one serving? Isn’t it the one at the table? But I am among you as the One who serves.—Luke 22:27 The measure of greatness in the kingdom of God differs vastly from that of the world. OurRead More …
Daily Help
What we are taught to seek or shun in prayer, we should equally pursue or avoid in action. Very earnestly, therefore, should we avoid temptation, seeking to walk guardedly in the path of obedience. We are not to enter the thicket in search of the lion. This lion may crossRead More …
Spiritual Markers
Spiritual Markers The Israelites did just as Joshua had commanded them. The 12 men took stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each of the Israelite tribes, just as the Lord had told Joshua. They carried them to the camp and set them down there.—Joshua 4:8 Spiritual memoryRead More …
Daily Help
Faithfulness to us in our faults is a certain sign of fidelity in a friend. You may depend upon that man who will tell you of your faults in a kind and considerate manner. Give me for a friend a man who will speak honestly of me before my face;Read More …
Spiritual Famine
Spiritual Famine Hear this! The days are coming— [this is] the declaration of the Lord God— when I will send a famine through the land: not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord.—Amos 8:11 One way God communicates is throughRead More …
Daily Help
Return unto thy rest, O my soul, for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.” It was at the still hour, when the gates of the day were closing, that with weary wing the dove came back to her master: O Lord, enable me this evening thus to return toRead More …
D5 Creation