In Their Image
"You shall have no other gods before Me." --Exodus 20:3 (NKJV) Pastor Chuck Smith once told a story about a Papua New Guinea tribe that had a widespread birth defect. Everyone had one leg shorter than the other.…
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Just a Little Bit Longer
They shouted to the Lord and said, "O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you judge the people who belong to this world and avenge our blood for what they have done to us?" --Revelation 6:10 (NLT) In…
Read devotionalK.I.S.S.
Someone once asked the great British preacher C.H. Spurgeon if he could put into a few words his Christian faith. "Yes," he replied, "I can give it to you in four words: Jesus died for me." That is what it all comes…
Read devotionalA Righteous Judge
The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. --Psalm 19:9 (NKJV) When it comes to God's judgment, sometimes people will say they believe in a God who is…
Read devotionalNo Joy in Judgment
"As surely as I live," says the Sovereign Lord, "I take no pleasure in the death of wicked people. I only want them to turn from their wicked ways so they can live. Turn! Turn from your wickedness, O people of Israel!…
Read devotional'Good' People
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. --Romans 3:23 (NKJV) Not long ago I was a guest on a morning television show. We were having a nice chat when, near the end of the program, the host dropped a…
Read devotionalFlawed Messengers, Perfect Message
"If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land." --2 Chronicles…
Read devotionalSent to Minister
Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation? --Hebrews 1:14 (NKJV) Do we have guardian angels? I don't know, but I will say this much: Christians have angels involved…
Read devotionalWhy Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?
If I decided how my day were to go, I would never write in "crisis." I would never write, "Get sick" here or "Have my tire go flat" there, or "Have this unexpected disaster take place." I would just write in all the…
Read devotionalThe Great Equalizer
The days of our lives are seventy years; and if by reason of strength they are eighty years, yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. --Psalm 90:10 (NKJV) Eighty-four percent of…
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