Posts Tagged ‘Devotion’
Bibles are not talismans. It’s about the words.
There’s a very striking story about a man who never learned to read but who had a well-worn Bible. Someone asked him why the pages were so worn and his answer was that since he couldn’t read it, over the years he thought he might as well count the words. It’s a fantastic sermon illustration…
Read MoreThe Day after Resurrection Sunday
Jesus said unto her (Martha), I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. John 11:25 Jesus revealed that He was the resurrection, and the life, and yet those who were closest to Him assumed He was forever dead. The Roman guards understood what…
Read MoreGod Made Visible
George Stiekes Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. (I Timothy 1:17) The Spirit of God reveals a four-fold description of our God that every believer ought to understand and cherish if he is to truly know God and experience an intimate relationship…
Read MoreAbsorbed with God — CONTINUALLY
George Stiekes Seek the LORD and His strength, seek His face CONTINUALLY. (1 Chronicles 16:11) Stephen Colbert to the graduating class at the University of Virginia: “Your generation needs everything to be about you, and that’s very upsetting to us baby boomers because self-absorption is sort of our thing.” Without realizing it, he described what…
Read MoreEncouragement of the Psalms
Mike Stalnaker In the late 1800s, Rowland Prothero compiled instances of how God used the book of Psalms specifically in the lives of people. Prothero divides his book into 12 chapters covering the Psalms from the “Early Ages of Christianity” until the 1900s. His book, The Psalms in Human Life, is the result of his…
Read MoreDevotions for the Heart (3)
selections collected by John Mincy from Keeping The Heart by John Flavel (written in 1667) [Part One] [Part Two] This article concludes excerpts from Flavel’s wonderful little book (about 145 pages excluding editorial additions in the Soli Deo Gloria Publications 1998 edition). The excerpts arise, of course, from helpful contexts. They are given here to…
Read MoreDevotions for the Heart (2)
selections collected by John Mincy from Keeping The Heart by John Flavel (written in 1667) [Part One] This article continues with some excerpts from Flavel’s wonderful little book (about 145 pages excluding editorial additions in the Soli Deo Gloria Publications 1998 edition). The excerpts arise, of course, from helpful contexts. They are given here to encourage…
Read MoreDevotions for the Heart (1)
selections collected by John Mincy from Keeping The Heart by John Flavel (written in 1667) This article is simply some excerpts from this wonderful little book (about 145 pages excluding editorial additions in the Soli Deo Gloria Publications 1998 edition). The excerpts arise, of course, from helpful contexts. They are given here to encourage a…
Read MoreDeath by Lovelessness
By Matt Recker Revelation 2:4: Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Many churches die a slow, cold death. The significant and unvarnished divine diagnosis by the Lord Jesus Christ regarding the church of Ephesus is that they had left their first love. In spite of his words commending…
Read MoreThe Double-Minded Man: Wavering Faith or Wavering Dedication?
Bud Talbert In the midst of trials, Christians often lack the wisdom to think and act correctly. That is why James 1:5 says, “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.” Wisdom comes from God, who gives…
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