“Listen to this, Job: Stop and consider God’s wonders.” (Job 37:14) Ambitious birders do Big Days. Over a 24-hour period, they compile a long list of bird species seen as they traverse a carefully planned itinerary of birding hot spots. Other...
I always thank God for you because of His grace given you in Christ Jesus. (1 Corinthians 1:4) Paul begins his letter to the Corinthian believers by telling them that he thanks God for them, but the rest of the letter reveals how much grief...
“You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” (Acts 1:8) “ ‘Go back to your home and tell all that God has done for you.’ And off he went...
Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you … (Colossians 4:12) It is easy to promise to pray for someone and then fall into hypocrisy by failing to actually pray. I know I have done that many times!...
For who scorns the day of small things? (Zechariah 4:10)“Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much.” (Matthew 25:23) Am I humble enough to accept small assignments from God? Or am I holding out for the chance...
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is...
This is what He showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand. And the Lord asked me, “What do you see, Amos?” “A plumb line,” I replied. Then the Lord said, “Look, I am setting a...
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. (Psalm 139:23-24) You do not have, because you do not ask God. (James 4:2) Life was comfortable in...
Immediately the father of the boy cried out, “I do believe! Help my unbelief.” (Mark 9:24) We believe … but we don’t, at the same time. Why? We want to know God, and that’s good. He wants to be known! But we somehow begin to pretend that we can fully comprehend...
I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. … What a wretched man I am! (Romans 7:15,24) The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your...