IN GOD WE TRUST September 19, 2019 | Psalm 25 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue The Global Positioning System (GPS) is an indispensable part of modern life. It is part of our phones, cars, airplanes, and even agricultural harvesting equipment. This technology was originally developed by the U.S. Department of Defense to assist the military. But […]
RESCUED AT LAST September 13, 2019 | Psalm 18 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue In 2010 a mine in Chile collapsed trapping thirty-three miners over two thousand feet underground. An international rescue team worked round the clock for days, drilling exploratory holes from the surface to locate the missing men. After seventeen days, when food and […]
GOD OF JUSTICE September 5, 2019 | Psalm 7 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Seventeen-year-old Shareef Cousin found himself the youngest person in the United States on death row. Shareef had been convicted of murder even though he had what seemed like an airtight alibi. Afterward it was determined that the detective on the case lied […]
NOT TOO PROUD TO BEG September 4, 2019 | Psalm 6 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Navy Seals undergo a rigorous physical and mental trial appropriately named “Hell Week.” During, this week the new recruits are constantly in motion. They are required to run, swim, do sit-ups and push-ups, endure cold water, and accomplish difficult tasks, […]
THE GIFT OF KNOWING GOD April 5, 2019 | Acts 17:16–34 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue A great number of people today consider themselves agnostic, meaning they don’t believe there is enough evidence to confirm or deny the existence of God. British philosopher Bertrand Russell explained the difference between a Christian, an atheist, and an agnostic: […]
GOD KNOWS YOU April 4, 2019 | Psalm 139:1–16 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Pregnant mothers are given a fascinating chart detailing the stages of growth of their unborn child. For example, in Month 1, circulation begins and the tiny heart beats 65 times a minute. The baby is only about a quarter-inch long. In Month […]
MATURE FAITH SUBMITS HUMBLY TO GOD March 18, 2019 | James 4:7–10 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue The narrative climax in John Milton’s Paradise Lost is the choice made first by Eve and then by Adam to give in to the serpent’s temptation and disobey God. In Milton’s Paradise Regained, the story’s climax is Jesus’ perfect […]
*RFR.* SATURDAY, 2ND FEBRUARY. TOPIC ✨PERSEVERE IN PRAYER ✨ And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint (Luke 18:1). Every Christian has a right to pray and expect answers; it’s part of our heritage in Christ. Knowing this, prayer should be for you, […]
“Two are better than one…” A story is told of 3 Alpine mountaineers who got caught in bad weather while on their adventure. As they struggled to get to safety, the weather got really bad and cold. One of the alpinist began to feel too weak to walk. “I can’t make it” he said to […]