| 12/31/2023 | All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them all. Cecil Frances Alexander |
| 12/30/2023 | For someone in your life right now, you are God’s Plan A. Most likely, He is prompting you to do something you have not done before, to stretch beyond what is comfortable. Jesus is counting on you to listen to His voice, to obey His prompting, and to reach out to meet the need. He created you for this moment, this good work that He ordained, to be the answer to someone’s prayer. John Hagee |
| 12/29/2023 | God’s grace, like the cherry blossom, brings beautiful new beginnings through faith in Jesus (Ephesians 2:8). The gift of salvation is a gentle reminder that our past doesn’t define our future. The Lord, in His infinite wisdom and love, invites us to release yesterday’s burdens and embrace the promise of tomorrow. Charles Stanley |
| 12/28/2023 | Now, there’s only one question that you ask after you bow the knee to Jesus Christ and receive Him as Lord, Master, and Savior of your life. It’s the question that the Apostle Paul asked on the road to Damascus, “Lord, what do You want me to do?” (Acts 9:6). The best advice anybody ever gave to another person was the advice Mary gave that day Jesus turned water into wine. Mary said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it” (John 2:5). You’ll never get better advice than that. Ask Him today, “Lord, what do You want me to do?” Adrian Rogers |
| 12/27/2023 | What is the great need in the world today? Is it information? We’re drowning in a sea of information. If it is information that we need, God would have sent us an educator. Is it technology? If technology had been the need, God would have sent a scientist or a developer. Is it money? Do you think that your problems would be solved if you had more money? If money had been the need, God would’ve sent an economist. Do you think the need is more leisure? Maybe God should have sent an entertainer. No, our greatest need is salvation. So, God sent a Savior. Adrian Rogers |
| 12/26/2023 | If we want to see change, we need to talk to the One who can change it. The only One who has the ability to change the direction of this nation is not running on a party ticket. The only One who has the ability to fix what is broken in your world is the One who created it. And the only way to speak to Him is when you pray. John Hagee |
| 12/25/2023 | Although Jesus is no longer physically on earth, He is still “God with us.” He lives in you through the Holy Spirit, and He has the power to deliver you from any bondage. No sinful habit, painful past, doubt, guilt, or struggle is too difficult for our Savior to overcome. Charles Stanley |
| 12/24/2023 | A person has to be thoroughly disgusted with the way things are to find the motivation to set out on the Christian way. . . . One has to get fed up with the ways of the world before he, before she, acquires an appetite for the world of grace. Eugene Peterson |
| 12/23/2023 | The old rabbis used to say God gave us two ears that are out, exposed, and easy to be seen, but God put our tongue behind some iron bars, guarded and inside to show that we ought to listen twice as much as we speak. Adrian Rogers |
| 12/22/2023 | What you do with Jesus determines what Jesus does with you. You can accept Him, or you can reject Him. You can crown Him, or you can crucify Him. But you cannot ignore Him. You must do something. Adrian Rogers |
| 12/21/2023 | Teach people their rights and you have a revolution. Teach people their responsibilities and you have a revival. Adrian Rogers |
| 12/20/2023 | The world needs Jesus. Jews and Gentiles need Jesus. Young and old need Jesus. Rich and poor need Jesus. Intellectual and illiterate need Jesus. People here, there, and everywhere, need Jesus. This is the Good News we have to share! Adrian Rogers |
| 12/19/2023 | Don’t be afraid of the will of God. I love that Scripture says, “Perfect love casts out fear” (1 John 4:18). That doesn’t mean you love God perfectly. None of us has ever done anything perfectly except sin. It’s not my perfect love for Him that casts out fear. It’s His perfect love for us! Adrian Rogers |
| 12/18/2023 | Community is essential for our growth and support. Don’t try to go it alone. God will develop that sense of community as you share your struggles and joys with others and draw near to Him together. Anne Cetas |
| 12/17/2023 | When we envision a harsh God, we end up devoting much time and energy trying to “earn” our salvation. But God’s sovereign authority is perfectly balanced with everlasting, unconditional love. He wants His children to relax and enjoy spending time with Him. Charles Stanley |
| 12/16/2023 | Scripture teaches that many Christians suffer so that they may fellowship with others who are in affliction. Only those who have known sorrow and suffering can have fellowship with those in affliction. Billy Graham |
| 12/15/2023 | Being equal before God also means that no matter our economic, social, or ethnic situation, we’re all born with a sin condition: “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). We’re all disobedient and equally guilty before Him, and we need Jesus. Dave Branon |
| 12/14/2023 | I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith. Paul The Apostle |
| 12/13/2023 | There are no problems too big to solve, just people too small to solve them. Adrian Rogers |
| 12/12/2023 | When God holds out hope, when God makes promises, when God says, “It can be done,” there are no exceptions. With each new dawn, there is delivered to your door a fresh, new package called “today.” God has designed us in such a way that we can handle only one package at a time . . . and He gives us all the grace we need for each day as we live out that day (Matthew 6:11, 34). Chuck Swindoll |
| 12/11/2023 | Learn to sift your wants from your needs, and realize God’s promise of provision extends only to your needs, not your wishes or your wants. Harold Sala |
| 12/10/2023 | I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. God The Father |
| 12/9/2023 | When God asks us to wait, we can be certain that He intends for a blessing to follow. Charles Stanley |
| 12/8/2023 | All good things—including physical health and the skills needed to earn a living—are blessings from the hand of our loving God. Even when we’ve worked hard, it’s He who sustains us. Oh, to hold our blessings with open hands, that we may gratefully praise God for His kindness to us! James Banks |
| 12/7/2023 | In our daily lives, believers in Christ can highlight His great gift by offering to others the sacrifice of our time, treasures, and a temperament that all speak of love. As the apostle Paul wrote, “I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God” (Romans 12:1). There’s no better gift than sacrificing for others through Jesus’ love. Patricia Raybon |
| 12/6/2023 | When we make God our refuge, we live “in the shadow of the Almighty”. No trouble can touch us except that which His infinite wisdom and love allow. This is the safety of God as our home. Karen Huang |
| 12/5/2023 | We can never be cleansed until we confess we are dirty. Max Lucado |
| 12/4/2023 | A bell, somebody said, is not a bell until you ring it; a song is not a song until you sing it; love is not love until you give it away; joy is not joy until you share it; and wealth is not really wealth until you spend it. What good is paper sitting around somewhere? Use it for God’s glory! Adrian Rogers |
| 12/3/2023 | Isn’t it great that we can be saved? Isn’t it better that we can be saved and know it? It is thrice wonderful that we can be saved and know that we’re saved and know that we can never, ever lose it. I am secured by the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. I stand amazed. I stand assured. I stand secured and strengthened by the Gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Adrian Rogers |
| 12/2/2023 | When the Holy Spirit draws us to other believers in Christ, we grow and mature as we learn from one another. Monica La Rose |
| 12/1/2023 | The best news the world ever heard came from a graveyard outside Jerusalem and it is this: “He is not here; for He is risen” (Matthew 28:6). Adrian Rogers |
| 11/30/2023 | While God may use the resources of this world to help us, ultimately, victory over our problems comes from Him. Whether He gives us a resolution or the grace to endure, we can trust that He’ll be to us all that He says He is. We don’t have to be overwhelmed by our troubles, but we can face them with His hope and peace. Karen Huang |
| 11/29/2023 | You have to worship God in spirit! And to worship God in spirit, the Holy Spirit has to be in your spirit! “You received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, ‘Abba, Father’” (Romans 8:15). If you don’t enjoy coming to church, if it’s tedious, tasteless, a bore, and a drag to you, remember the joy of your salvation, go to a gathering, and see God work in a powerful way to remind yourself of His Spirit at work! Author Unknown |
| 11/28/2023 | In a broken world, none of us escape unwounded—hurt and scars are deeply embedded in each of us. But deeper still is the love we find in Christ; love tender enough to draw out those thorns with the balm of compassion, willing to embrace both friend and enemy to find healing together. Monica La Rose |
| 11/27/2023 | If you are a child of God, He will not cast you out of His family. But if you are stubbornly refusing to obey Him, continuing to walk your own way, He will bring severe discipline upon you. He loves you too much to ignore your actions. Chuck Swindoll |
| 11/26/2023 | Mirth is God’s medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it. Grim care…anxiety, all this rust of life ought to be scoured off by the oil of mirth. Henry Ward Beecher |
| 11/25/2023 | Worrying is carrying tomorrow’s load with today’s strength—carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn’t empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength. Corrie ten Boom |
| 11/24/2023 | What is the Bible’s answer for loneliness? Fellowship within the Body of Christ. The more deeply connected we are with fellow believers, the stronger our defense against loneliness. Connect with others in the Body of Christ and defeat loneliness together. Loneliness is the first thing which God’s eye named not good. John Milton |
| 11/23/2023 | When we reach out to others, not because of what we might receive, but because of God’s love flowing through us, we receive far greater blessing and encouragement. Lisa M. Samra |
| 11/22/2023 | Many believers today suffer for following Jesus, and sometimes they even are killed. When we face persecution, we can deepen our faith when we understand that God has ways we can’t even imagine. Know that He’s with you in whatever battles you face. Amy Boucher Pye |
| 11/21/2023 | Christianity is the power of God in the soul of man. Robert B. Munger |
| 11/20/2023 | Cast out the temptation to move from loneliness to self-pity. Use your lonely feelings to push you toward someone lonelier than you are. The God who blesses you will make you a blessing! There’s no better place to discover the healthiest possible response to loneliness than the Word of God. Ruth Graham |
| 11/19/2023 | Do you know what a fanatic is? Somebody who’s lost his direction and doubled his speed. Churches today are full of these people. It’s the grace of God that we need. Adrian Rogers |
| 11/18/2023 | Discouragement is the temptation to evaluate your momentary circumstances apart from the overarching plan of God for your life. God is a God of encouragement. As soon as you become discouraged, cry out to Him in prayer and ask for His help. God wants to hear your prayers, even when discouraged. He will answer and bring encouragement to your heart. David Jeremiah |
| 11/17/2023 | Our God is all-powerful. He is with us no matter where we are or what we are experiencing. He alone makes the unfamiliar familiar and changes our fear into peace. David Jeremiah |
| 11/16/2023 | Though God’s strength is everlasting, He knows that we’ll inevitably have days when we’re physically and emotionally consumed. But when we look to God for our strength instead of trying to sprint through life’s challenges alone, He’ll restore and renew us and give us the resolve to press on in faith. Kimya Loder |
| 11/15/2023 | Suffering and success go together. If you are succeeding without suffering, it is because others before you have suffered; if you are suffering without succeeding, it is that others after you may succeed. Edward Judson |
| 11/14/2023 | The main thing to avoid being a casualty is simply this: to have a kind of intimate personal relationship with Jesus Christ whereby you’re able to hear God speak to your heart, you’re sensitive to what He’s saying to you to do, and that you’re willing to be obedient to Him. Charles Stanley |
| 11/13/2023 | Christianity isn’t a spectator religion. We all have jobs to do in God’s kingdom. The body of Christ functions best and most beautifully when all members serve God and each other to the best of their ability. Charles Stanley |
| 11/12/2023 | Calvary, from man’s viewpoint, was Earth’s greatest tragedy. From God’s viewpoint, it was Earth’s greatest triumph. Adrian Rogers |
| 11/11/2023 | We are the Bibles the world is reading; We are the creeds the world is needing; We are the sermons the world is heeding. Billy Graham |
| 11/10/2023 | In painful situations, it may be easy to feel as if God’s hand is not resting on your life. But believers have wonderful spiritual blessings at all times. So express gratitude, even in difficulty. Charles Stanley |
| 11/9/2023 | Often times God demonstrates His faithfulness in adversity by providing for us what we need to survive. He does not change our painful circumstances. He sustains us through them. Charles Stanley |
| 11/8/2023 | It is not great faith in God that you need; it is faith in a great God that you need. Adrian Rogers |
| 11/7/2023 | One of the most heartening things Jesus said to His disciples was, “Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world” (Matthew 28:20). He came to restore fellowship between man and God, and to take away human loneliness. Jesus Christ will take away loneliness from your soul. He will be your companion and friend. Billy Graham |
| 11/6/2023 | Men may live for a lie; few men will die for a lie. Men tell lies to get them out of trouble, not into trouble. Adrian Rogers |
| 11/5/2023 | The perfect church service would be one we were almost unaware of. Our attention would have been on God. C. S. Lewis |
| 11/4/2023 | You don’t find the will of God; the will of God finds you. You get your heart right with God. You present yourself to Him. You have the mind of Christ, you get in the stream, and you’ll find out that God will be guiding you. Adrian Rogers |
| 11/3/2023 | One of the greatest tests of life is not how you react when you’re punished for doing wrong, but how you react when you’re persecuted for doing right. Adrian Rogers |
| 11/2/2023 | To take this world apart looking for God would be like taking a piano apart looking for a song. Adrian Rogers |
| 11/1/2023 | The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us. C. S. Lewis |
| 10/31/2023 | Everybody who lives will accept Him or reject Him, confess Him or deny Him, crown Him or crucify Him. Nobody can be neutral. You will do something with the Lord Jesus Christ. Adrian Rogers |
| 10/30/2023 | If God didn’t discipline His children He would be a negligent father. He would be displaying cruel disinterest if He were indifferent to whether His children obeyed or not. Erwin Lutzer |
| 10/29/2023 | Jesus came not as a great philosopher, not as an educator, not as an economist, not as a social worker; Jesus came as a Savior because man’s greatest need is salvation. Adrian Rogers |
| 10/28/2023 | It is better to be divided by truth than to be united in error. It is better to speak the truth that hurts and then heals, than falsehood that comforts and then kills. Adrian Rogers |
| 10/27/2023 | If we conceal our wounds out of fear and shame, our inner darkness can neither be illuminated nor become a light for others. Brennan Manning |
| 10/26/2023 | Anything that enters our life—whether it’s blessing or trial—comes because the Lord has a use for it in His plan, which is always for our good. Charles Stanley |
| 10/25/2023 | Nothing is too small to request God’s assistance. If He has counted the hairs on your head, He is in the details that seem insignificant to others. Nothing is too big to request God’s assistance. He specializes in impossibilities. John Hagee |
| 10/24/2023 | The debate over worshiping The Lord goes on. Should we sing this way or that way, clap or not, lift our hands or not? Should we use a band like we’re at a concert? Or, should we sit in silent reflection? Do we really think that God prefers one over the other? I think what He said to Samuel still rings true today: “Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart” (1 Samuel 16:7). Regardless of the style or quality of the music, regardless of the enthusiasm, regardless of the appearance, you might not have God’s presence. It’s only when you have the heart of worship that you have the privilege of being in His presence. John Hagee |
| 10/23/2023 | Each person’s eternity is just a breath away, and no one is guaranteed tomorrow. Live each day with the urgency to share Jesus as if it were your last opportunity. Adrian Rogers |
| 10/22/2023 | No man is ever ready to live until he is no longer afraid to die. Adrian Rogers |
| 10/21/2023 | There are a lot of things about the future that you don’t know. Don’t worry about it. These things have been kept from us on purpose. Jesus said, “I still have many things to tell you, but you cannot bear them now”. Adrian Rogers |
| 10/20/2023 | He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass. George Herbert |
| 10/19/2023 | Those who have never rebelled against God or at some point in their lives shaken their fists in the face of heaven, have never encountered God at all. Catherine Marshall |
| 10/18/2023 | We sometimes try to put an overly positive spin on difficult situations, focusing on the good God brings from them without acknowledging the emotional struggle. Let’s take care not to redefine a wrong as being good simply because God redeemed it: we can look for Him to bring good from it while still recognizing the pain wrongdoing causes. Both are true. Kirsten Holmberg |
| 10/17/2023 | It is time to move on to the next stage in your faith. Dive in deep, serve God, and get into the battle. John says the Word of God has made you strong and you’ve overcome the wicked one. Well, you say, “I’m not afraid of the devil.” That’s not even the question. The question is, “Is the devil afraid of you?” Are you any threat to Satan’s kingdom? Are you living for the Lord with your life? Adrian Rogers |
| 10/16/2023 | God specializes in redeeming the worst of us. He tugs at our hearts and speaks into our guilt-drenched lives. Maybe it’s time we repent of our sins and come to Jesus. Kenneth Petersen |
| 10/15/2023 | When we face all sorts of trouble, we can consider it nothing but joy. These tests of faith lead to endurance, maturity, and wisdom – all vital to this Christian journey. When we consider the doors that He has opened, His protection when we were unaware, the profound peace that fills us in darkest times – we can celebrate. Joy is not in what surrounds us; it is in the One Who watches over us. John Hagee |
| 10/14/2023 | You may have cursed Him, you may have mocked Him, you may have ignored Him, but one day I can promise you on the authority of the Word of God that you are going to meet Jesus Christ. He cannot be deceived. He cannot be discredited. He cannot be disputed. His voice is like the sound of many waters. When He speaks, it’s like a hundred cascading waterfalls. Can you imagine somebody standing and arguing with Niagara Falls? Adrian Rogers |
| 10/13/2023 | As blood-bought, Bible-believing followers of Christ, we have one simple commission: go! God has commanded us to go into all the world and preach the Good News to all the world. When Jesus redeemed us, we were drafted into the army of the Living God. We are united under His banner and have received our marching orders. John Hagee |
| 10/12/2023 | Many have fallen into an antinomianism in which they believe intellectually and then go out and live like the devil, imagining that God will forgive them and take them to heaven. I believe there is an obedience to the Gospel, there is a self-denial and a bearing of the cross, if you are to be a follower of Christ. Being a Christian is serious business. Billy Graham |
| 10/11/2023 | If God created, but He did so by evolution, it means that there were many generations and billions of deaths before the first man appeared on the scene. Does Scripture say anything about this?Indeed it does! In fact, the whole plan of salvation rests on the fact that there was no death before the first man. This truth is found throughout Scripture, but nowhere is it more clear than in 1 Corinthians 15:22. Here we read, “For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.” This means that if death did not begin with, and because of, Adam’s sin, then by the same token no one is made alive in Christ. The way it is phrased in this passage, one depends on the other. If there were generations of death in the world before Adam, then death is not tied to Adam’s sin. And if death is not tied to Adam’s sin, then life is not tied to Christ.In other words, if there were death before Adam and therefore generations before Adam, Christ’s work turns out to be of no effect. So you see, even evolution with God added to it questions the Bible’s message about the saving work of Christ.The good news is that there is no fact that demands our rejection of God’s account of creation. No scientific fact has been established that forces us to reject what the Bible says about the first human beings or the origin of sin. There is no fact that has been established that rules out the Bible’s account of creation, the origin of sin, or death. These truths are fact and the foundation upon which the Gospel rests!Author Unknown |
| 10/10/2023 | Because of who our God is, there is always hope. Lisa M. Samra |
| 10/9/2023 | We all need to improve the craft of cultivating our friendships. To whom can you be friendly today? But remember, there’s also a divine Friend who sticks closer than a brother! When you feel no one cares about you, remember God loved you before you were born! David Jeremiah |
| 10/8/2023 | God’s love for us is unchanging and not dependent on our actions. How encouraging to know that God’s love for us remains the same, even when we make a mistake or a wrong decision—for He never does. We can trust Him during life’s battles. David Jeremiah |
| 10/7/2023 | We must choose how to live. We can choose joy by believing and trusting in God’s promises for our lives. Or we can choose to focus on the negative and difficult parts of our journeys, allowing them to rob us of joy. It will take practice and relying on the Holy Spirit for help, but we can choose joy—knowing that “in all things God works for the good of those who love him” (Romans 8:28). Katara Patton |
| 10/6/2023 | Those who have never rebelled against God or at some point in their lives shaken their fists in the face of heaven, have never encountered God at all. Catherine Marshall |
| 10/5/2023 | Our situation might seem bleak, yet Jesus is with us now, and He’s guaranteed our glorious future. Christ, who walked out of His tomb, will return to raise His followers to live with Him. As we begin this new year, may we rejoice! Mike Wittmer |
| 10/4/2023 | What God has written he has written not for our opinion but for our obedience. John Blanchard |
| 10/3/2023 | God may keep you in the dark so that you’ll keep your eyes on Him. Aren’t you glad you don’t know the future? What if you knew the demands that would be placed on you in the future? What if you knew the sorrows or challenges that might come? It might choke you down. But in Christ, we can have confidence, no matter what the day, month, or year brings. Adrian Rogers |
| 10/2/2023 | It is impossible to practice godliness without a constant, consistent, and balanced intake of the Word of God in our lives. Jerry Bridges |
| 10/1/2023 | Prayer and praise are the two wings of spiritual power. Prayer and praise demonstrate our faith in God. Prayer infuses us with the energy of God, and praise confuses the enemies of God. Adrian Rogers |
| 9/30/2023 | As we live as ambassadors for Jesus, may we be careful to let the good news ring out in all our dealings—family, business, and more. When by God’s power and grace we reveal His love to others, we honor Him and love our neighbors well. Marvin Williams |
| 9/17/2023 | The Church is not a showboat; it’s a battleship. Adrian Rogers |
| 9/16/2023 | The burden of control over our life isn’t on us—it’s on God. Karen Huang |
| 9/15/2023 | You cannot change what you will not confront or finish what you are unwilling to begin. John Hagee |
| 9/14/2023 | Weeping endures for the night, but joy comes in the morning. No matter your affliction – physical to financial – God’s Word contains 3,000 promises that apply to you. He keeps His promises from generation to generation, and He will not fail you. John Hagee |
| 9/13/2023 | Our spiritual life can become plagued by drought. When our time in God’s Word and in prayer diminishes, our life produces less fruit. But we don’t need to wait for it to rain before we see an increase in fruit. When our life seems spiritually dry, we should return to the basics. Douse our mind in God’s Word. Refresh our soul with time in prayerful solitude. Water our heart through fellowship with other believers. As we do this, we will once again bear spiritual fruit. Our words, actions, and character will reflect Christ and point others to Him. Walk worthy of the Lord, bearing spiritual fruit for Him. David Jeremiah |
| 9/12/2023 | We can rest most comfortably in the stillness of the presence of God, who renews our strength and grants us the wisdom we need to tackle the challenges we face each day. When we’re still, silencing the noise and removing distractions in our lives, He strengthens us so we can hear His gentle voice more clearly. Kimya Loder |
| 9/11/2023 | Our perspective of progress is nothing like God’s perspective. We measure success when we see what we want. God measures success when we are willing to do what He wants. John Hagee |
| 9/10/2023 | On a rescue mission designed by His Father before time began, Jesus silently slipped into our world, breathed our air, felt our pain, became acquainted with our sorrows, suffered and died for our sins . . . to show us the way out of our darkness and into His glorious light. Chuck Swindoll |
| 9/9/2023 | Taming the tongue isn’t just about training ourselves to say the right things. It’s about accepting the Holy Spirit’s guidance so that our words generate the kindness and encouragement our world needs. Jennifer Benson Schuldt |
| 9/8/2023 | God calls many people to serve Him right where they are! Whether staying or going, we can all look to Him expectantly to surprise us with wonderful experiences and opportunities to live for Him in ways we might never have dreamed possible. Amy Boucher Pye |
| 9/7/2023 | All of the garnered wisdom of the ages is only a scratch on the surface of man’s search for the knowledge of the universe. For the most part, God retains His secrets, and man standing on his intellectual tiptoes can comprehend only a small fraction of the Lord’s doings. Billy Graham |
| 9/5/2023 | Jesus worked all His life. But the greatest work that Jesus did was not in the carpenter’s shop, nor even at the marriage feast of Cana where He turned the water into wine. The greatest work that Jesus did was not when He made the blind to see, the deaf to hear, the dumb to speak, nor even the dead to rise. The greatest work that Jesus did was not when He taught as One having authority, or when He scathingly denounced the Pharisees for their hypocrisy. The greatest work that Jesus did was not in the great ethical program He presented to mankind—that program which has become the foundation for Western culture. What, then, was His greatest work? His greatest work was achieved in those three dark hours on Calvary. Christ’s greatest work was His dying for us. Billy Graham |
| 9/4/2023 | He is Jehovah Shammah – the Lord Who is there. He is there to catch our tears when our hearts are broken. He walks beside us to the grave of a loved one. His hand is on our shoulder when the doctor pronounces a dire diagnosis. He will never leave. To us, God gave His Son now and forever. John Hagee |
| 9/3/2023 | Throughout the history of humanity, there have been great discoveries. I am not sure which one we could point to and say, ‘That is the greatest discovery in the world.’ But for the hungry heart, there is but one discovery that satisfies it: the discovery of the manifest, conscious presence of God. James L. Snyder |
| 9/2/2023 | When God set His plan in motion to vanquish Satan and his evil empire, He sent a Baby – His only Son – to be born of a virgin in Bethlehem’s manger. Jesus did not come to earth to establish the commercial chaos that we call Christmas. John Hagee |
| 9/1/2023 | Do you stand in awe of the Lord Jesus Christ? Or have you become oblivious to Him? Do you get excited when you think of Jesus? If you don’t, you’ve lost the wonder. You have calluses on your soul. Jesus is wonderful. Wonderful in His birth. Wonderful in His life, in His death, in His resurrection, and in His second coming. His name is wonderful. Adrian Rogers |
| 8/31/2023 | Our Lord had three encounters with bitter myrrh. The Wise Men bought it to honor His birth. On the cross, the soldiers offered Jesus wine mingled with myrrh. And at Christ’s tomb, Nicodemus brought a hundred pounds of myrrh to wrap into His burial clothes. The gift of myrrh brought to baby Jesus points to our Lord’s suffering on the cross and to His death. For Him, it was a symbol of tragedy; for us, it is a reason for thanksgiving. Oh, how we should constantly remember to thank Christ for all He bore for us! David Jeremiah |
| 8/30/2023 | Be sensitive to the leading of the Spirit today. He may present an opportunity to tell someone the best news of a lifetime. Every believer is a witness whether he wants to be or not. Donald Barnhouse |
| 8/29/2023 | You can put your trust in Him. Either come to Him today and receive Him as Savior or someday you’ll be brought before His presence for judgment. He is either your Savior or your Judge. And He can’t be both. Dr. J. Vernon McGee |
| 8/28/2023 | When the world sees the love of Christ in action, they see the Christ of love. The world does not understand theology or dogma, but it understands love and sympathy. D. L. Moody |
| 8/27/2023 | Many Christians suffer so that they may fellowship with others who are in affliction. Only those who have known sorrow and suffering can have fellowship with those in affliction. Billy Graham |
| 8/26/2023 | When the road gets long, the Spirit comes alongside to comfort and guide. When the scorching sun parches our throats, the Living Water quenches our thirst. When our feet drag through the valley of the shadow of death, He lights up the dark and bolsters our courage. John Hagee |
| 8/25/2023 | When my eye is right, it responds to light. When my ear is right, it responds to sound. When my heart is right, it responds to God. Adrian Rogers |
| 8/24/2023 | Do you know God, or do you know about God? If you only know about God, you study and learn facts about God, but that is not enough. You can sit in a church and get all the facts about God. That is knowledge. But you need an intimate relationship with the Lord. The way to have a life where you will not fall is to have an intimate, personal knowledge of God. Adrian Rogers |
| 8/22/2023 | When we pray, God isn’t concerned with the eloquence of our words but with the attitude of our hearts. Billy Graham |
| 8/21/2023 | All around us are people who need encouragement. God will help us help them as we humble ourselves before Him and ask Him to love them through us. James Banks |
| 8/20/2023 | Every person is born a sinner worthy of eternal condemnation, and nothing we do will pay for our sin debt. Only through faith in Christ, who died in our place, can we be made acceptable to God. Consider what an amazing blessing it is that through Him, our sins are forgiven and we receive life everlasting. Charles Stanley |
| 8/19/2023 | Life is filled with reasons for lament, and we all experience them on a regular basis. But, if we allow that lament to point us to the God of hope, we can sing joyfully—even if we sing through our tears. Bill Crowder |
| 8/18/2023 | A stranger is not at home, and a pilgrim is on his way home. This world is not my home, I’m just passing through. We are not citizens of Earth trying to get to Heaven. We are already citizens of Heaven sojourning here on Earth. Adrian Rogers |
| 8/17/2023 | God’s general will for us is to give thanks in every situation, to pray without ceasing, to hide His Word in our hearts, to fast before the Father, and to live worthy of our holy calling. This is the preparation, the training ground, for the specific will of God. John Hagee |
| 8/16/2023 | When we fulfill the general will of God, He will show us the specific will He has for each of us. John Hagee |
| 8/15/2023 | We refer to Jesus as our Savior, Friend, and King—and each of these are true. However, Jesus is also our brother who has experienced every human fear and temptation, every despair or sadness. Our brother stands alongside us—always. Winn Collier |
| 8/14/2023 | God is the Master of unexpected gifts! Grace and mercy are two of His best. We can extend those same gifts to others. John Hagee |
| 8/13/2023 | God’s grace is available to all who want it—no one has sinned beyond His ability to love, forgive, and heal. Charles Stanley |
| 8/12/2023 | It is better to be divided by truth than to be united in error. It is better to speak the truth that hurts and then heals, than falsehood that comforts and then kills. It is better to be hated for telling the truth than to be loved for telling a lie. It is better to stand alone with the truth, than to be wrong with a multitude. It is better to ultimately succeed with the truth than to temporarily succeed with a lie. There is only one Gospel. Adrian Rogers |
| 8/11/2023 | Sometimes believers in Christ can get into “good trouble”—doing what honors Him but what might not make certain people happy—as they help others in need. When we do, as God guides us, we imitate Jesus and reveal that people are more important than rules and rituals. Marvin Williams |
| 8/10/2023 | God will not abandon us when we need Him the most. He can supply our needs and remind us He’s with us at every point in our lives. He’s the God of all our days. Jennifer Benson Schuldt |
| 8/9/2023 | It is usually strange answers to prayer that hide the deepest, best, and most beautiful purposes. Joni Eareckson Tada |
| 8/8/2023 | Nothing can completely extinguish the fire of salvation within believers—Jesus says, “No one will snatch them out of My hand” (John 10:28). However, it is possible for the flames to dim over time, especially when we repeatedly make choices that don’t line up with God’s Word. Sin tends to muffle the clarity of His voice in our life. It’s as if we throw cold water on our heart’s fire. Charles Stanley |
| 8/7/2023 | Just as God kept His promise two thousand years ago, so He will keep His promises today. He is still Immanuel—God with us—and we can trust Him. David Jeremiah |
| 8/6/2023 | We assume that getting what we want will make us happy. But contentment doesn’t come from having our own way. Rather, it comes from learning to accept whatever God gives us as His best. He alone sees beneath the surface and gives us what we need for our spiritual well-being. Charles Stanley |
| 8/5/2023 | A bitter response toward an enemy will yield only negativity, but a gracious response can have profound results. God has a redemptive plan in mind for every person, and we have an opportunity to participate in that plan when we display agape, the unconditional love of the Lord. Charles Stanley |
| 8/4/2023 | Closed doors are just as much God’s leading as open ones. Chuck Swindoll |
| 8/3/2023 | Often times God demonstrates His faithfulness in adversity by providing for us what we need to survive. He does not change our painful circumstances. He sustains us through them. Charles Stanley |
| 8/2/2023 | It’s almost too limiting to say that we “celebrate”… Christmas. We stare dumbstruck, lost in wonder, love, and praise… God being born into our world. Timothy Keller |
| 8/1/2023 | Young children rarely have a hidden agenda. What you see is what you get. As our heavenly Father helps us regain childlike trust, may our faith and dependence on Him be as open as a child’s. Katara Patton |
| 7/31/2023 | Any concern too small to be turned into prayer is too small to be made into a burden. Corrie Ten Boom |
| 7/30/2023 | You do not have to understand the command of God to obey that command. Don’t parade it past the judgment bar of your reasoning to see if it makes sense or not. It may not make sense. Adrian Rogers |
| 7/29/2023 | Work as though everything depends on you; pray as though everything depends on God, and you will never go wrong. Harold Sala |
| 7/28/2023 | As we submit to God moment by moment during this lifelong journey, the Holy Spirit will work to change our character so we can reflect the character of Christ. Every believer requires extra grace. But we can be grateful that God’s grace is sufficient. Xochitl Dixon |
| 7/27/2023 | Temptation is the devil looking through the keyhole. Yielding is opening the door and inviting him in. Billy Sunday |
| 7/26/2023 | When we raise our voices, God no longer hears the sinners of old; He hears the children of God who have been set free by the blood of Jesus Christ! John Hagee |
| 7/25/2023 | Jesus provided the ultimate reasons for gently appealing to those with whom we enter into conflict: extending love that reveals us to be His children and seeking reconciliation by winning them over. Instead of raising our voice or using unkind words during conflicts, may we show civility, wisdom, and love to others as God guides us by His Spirit. Tom Felten |
| 7/24/2023 | God knows which refining experiences we need in order to become fruitful in His Kingdom. What appears to us as a valley of weeping is God’s valley of preparation for godliness and service. Charles Stanley |
| 7/23/2023 | Your spirit may well be craving quiet but—even more so—it may be yearning to hear the voice of God. Find room for silence in your life so you’ll never miss God’s “gentle whisper”. Cindy Hess Kasper |
| 7/22/2023 | Every adversity that comes into our life is sifted through the Father’s permissive will. That doesn’t mean the difficulty itself is His perfect will, but He’s allowed the trial to touch us so that He can use it to accomplish His wonderful purposes for our life. Charles Stanley |
| 7/21/2023 | When sin entered the world, suffering came with it. So we might wonder why God didn’t simply make us like puppets that were unable to choose sin. But if we lacked free will, we’d be unable to choose to love Him. And love, by its very nature, must be voluntary. Charles Stanley |
| 7/20/2023 | Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation J. Elton Trueblood |
| 7/19/2023 | God does not demand a beautiful vessel for His work, but He does demand a clean one. R. A. Torrey |
| 7/18/2023 | Happy are they that mourn for the inadequacy of self, for they shall be comforted with the sufficiency of God. Billy Graham |
| 7/17/2023 | God doesn’t love us because we deserve love; He loves us because He is love. Cindy Hess Kasper |
| 7/16/2023 | The resurrection of Christ changed the midnight of bereavement into a sunrise of reunion; it changed the midnight of disappointment into a sunrise of joy; it changed the midnight of fear to a sunrise of peace. Today faith and confidence in the resurrected Christ can change your fear to hope and your disappointment to joy. Billy Graham |
| 7/15/2023 | I want people to remember me that I was faithful, faithful to the gospel, faithful to the call that God gave me. And when I get to heaven, I’m going to ask him why he called me, because I was much used to milking cows and working on the farm than I was preaching. Billy Graham |
| 7/14/2023 | When upon life’s billows you are tempest tossed, when you are discouraged, thinking all is lost, count your many blessings, name them one by one, and it will surprise you what the Lord hath done. Johnson Oatman |
| 7/13/2023 | Many times, by His grace, God allows us to have trouble that brings us to depend on Him. “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall” (Proverbs 16:18). If your trouble, your heartache, your tears, and your difficulty cause you to depend more on God, can’t you thank Him for it? In those moments, we can say, “Lord, I have to thank You because this has caused me to depend on You.” Adrian Rogers |
| 7/12/2023 | Sometimes just being alone out in God’s marvelous creation is all that’s needed for the scales to be removed from your eyes and for you to silence the harassment and the noise of your day and begin to hear from God. Chuck Swindoll |
| 7/11/2023 | The Christian life is a moment-by-moment miracle, lived by the power of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit takes the joy and peace of Christ and reproduces them in and through our lives. He takes the love of Christ and manifests it through us. Robert McQuilkin |
| 7/10/2023 | The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us. C.S. Lewis |
| 7/9/2023 | We may experience seasons of heartache, but we can trust that as we obey and follow God, He can redeem our pain. In His love and wisdom, He can make good come out of it. Karen Huang |
| 7/8/2023 | God promised with double assurance that Christ was on His way to us. Two immutable facts—God’s promise and His oath. The fulfillment is explained in Galatians 3:16: “The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. Scripture does not say ‘and to seeds,’ meaning many people, but ‘and to your seed,’ meaning one person, who is Christ”. Because of these two unchangeable things—God’s promise and His oath—we have one Savior, and in Him we have all we need to lay hold of the hope set before us! Give thanks to God for the gift of the Savior! David Jeremiah |
| 7/7/2023 | The prayer offered to God in the morning during your quiet time is the key that unlocks the door of the day. Any athlete knows that it is the start that ensures a good finish. Adrian Rogers |
| 7/6/2023 | We cannot truly face life until we face the fact that it will be taken away from us. Billy Graham |
| 7/5/2023 | We often hear, “Freedom isn’t free.” Likewise, we refer to salvation as a free gift. It was free to us, but it was not free for God. His love for us was paid for with the life of His only Son. David Jeremiah |
| 7/4/2023 | Suffering and success go together. If you are succeeding without suffering, it is because others before you have suffered; if you are suffering without succeeding, it is that others after you may succeed. Edward Judson |
| 7/3/2023 | While we prefer the easier route – the road most traveled – God understands that the struggle is where we get the strength to grasp the blessing. Building spiritual muscle helps us gain the power to hold onto the things that God has promised us. And this is not a stress-free workout!!! John Hagee |
| 7/2/2023 | God is our refuge. That’s who He was in the beginning, who He is now, and who He always will be. John Blase |
| 7/1/2023 | You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. And what one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government can’t give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody. And when half of the people get the idea they don’t have to work because the other half’s going to take care of them, and when the other half get the idea it does no good to work because somebody’s going to get what I work for. That, dear friend, is about the end of any nation. Adrian Rogers |
| 6/30/2023 | We are not told to command the Devil to do anything. The Bible says we are to “submit ourselves to God and resist the devil.” Then, on the promise and the authority of God’s Word, the devil will flee from us. Jimmy DeYoung |
| 6/29/2023 | Staying focused on the calling we have from Christ enables us to endure whatever difficulties come our way. When we know we are living in obedience to Him, He will guide us and be with us, no matter what we face. David Jeremiah |
| 6/28/2023 | There is no difficulty that enough love will not conquer; no disease that enough love will not heal; no door that enough love will not open; no gulf that enough love will not bridge; no wall that enough love will not throw down; no sin that enough love will not redeem. It makes no difference how deeply seated may be the trouble, how hopeless the outlook, how muddled the tangle, how great the mistake, a sufficient realization of love will dissolve it all. Harold Sala |
| 6/27/2023 | Whatever is happening in your life—good or bad, long-term or short—you have the opportunity to magnify the Lord through it. This not only benefits you with a greater appreciation of Him, but it also encourages others who see your witness. When a believer passes through trials peacefully and praises the Lord, even unbelievers notice. Charles Stanley |
| 6/26/2023 | If God has given you more wealth than your neighbors, dedicate it to Christ. Realize that you are only a steward of that which God has given you and some day you will have to give an account of every penny you have spent. The Internal Revenue Service wants a record of how you spend your money, but that is nothing compared to the books God is keeping. Billy Graham |
| 6/25/2023 | It’s a fact of earthly life that when God opens the windows of heaven to bless us, the devil opens the doors of hell to blast us. Adrian Rogers. |
| 6/24/2023 | It is better to be hated for telling the truth than to be loved for telling a lie. It is better to stand alone with the truth, than to be wrong with a multitude. It is better to ultimately succeed with the truth than to temporarily succeed with a lie. There is only one Gospel. Adrian Rogers |
| 6/23/2023 | As we wait for Jesus’ return, we’ll face tough times. But we’ll always have reasons to rejoice in every day God has made. Xochitl Dixon |
| 6/22/2023 | Your sin will be pardoned in Christ or punished in Hell, but it will never be overlooked unless there’s a Good Shepherd who has died for your sins. Adrian Rogers |
| 6/21/2023 | Hope is the most universal thing in the world, for hope stays with those who have nothing else. Thales – The Greek founder of philosophy |
| 6/20/2023 | True love is an act of the will—a conscious decision to do what is best for the other person instead of ourselves. Billy Graham |
| 6/19/2023 | A Jesus who never wept could never wipe away my tears. Charles H. Spurgeon |
| 6/18/2023 | If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our dead bodies. And if they perish, let them perish with our arms wrapped about their knees, imploring them to stay. If Hell must be filled, let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go unwarned and unprayed for. Charles Spurgeon |
| 6/17/2023 | Some, who doubt that the Bible is the true Word of God, doubt it because they are unwilling to ascribe to God anything they cannot themselves achieve. If you have any uncertainty about the inspiration of the Bible, go back and look at it again. Look at it in the light of a person who has been staring at a mud puddle all his life, and who is confronted for the first time by a view of the ocean! Billy Graham |
| 6/16/2023 | When we allow the light we’ve received from Jesus to shine clearly in our daily lives we glorify our Father in heaven as He helps us be salt and light in a world that desperately needs Him. Alyson Kieda |
| 6/15/2023 | God’s ways are higher than our ways because His ways are always part of a bigger plan. We see only our small piece of the puzzle; God sees the finished work. We see a portion of the jumbled back of the tapestry; God is the Weaver at the loom. Author Unknown |
| 6/14/2023 | You never so touch the ocean of God’s love as when you forgive and love your enemies. Corrie ten Boom |
| 6/13/2023 | The key to confidence is Christ. Proverbs 14:26 says, “In the fear of the Lord there is strong confidence.” Fearing God means living in awe of the Lord Jesus who represents to us the Father and resides within us by His Holy Spirit. David Jeremiah |
| 6/12/2023 | Christians are either overcome because of their unbelief or overcomers because of their faith. Warren Wiersbe |
| 6/11/2023 | It is better to be divided by truth than to be united in error. It is better to speak the truth that hurts and then heals, than falsehood that comforts and then kills. Adrian Rogers |
| 6/10/2023 | Man’s basic problem is not that he’s a sinner because of what he has done. Man’s basic problem is what he has not done by failing to give God glory. Adrian Rogers |
| 6/9/2023 | I had surveyed the danger, measured the obstacles, and counted the cost, and considered none of them sufficient to cancel the command, “Go ye into all the world.” Jacob Chamberlain |
| 6/8/2023 | God has chosen us to be the light of the world, to be the salt of the earth, right here and right now. He calls us to be blameless and harmless in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, to shine like the stars in the sky. We are the seasoning that brings out the God-flavor in this world, that points others to Him. John Hagee |
| 6/7/2023 | Outside sources can be helpful for education, but at the end of the day, we should revere God’s Word and Spirit above all else. Build your foundation of truth by spending time with the Lord, and He will not lead you astray. Charles Stanley |