April 25, 2022 | Jeremiah 44:7–23 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Are you wise or foolish? The book of Proverbs has a lot to say about foolish and sinful choices: “The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty” (Prov. 22:3). And these actions have consequences: “The waywardness of […]
January 21, 2022 | Jeremiah 35 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Sometimes no matter how great the teacher, we fail to learn the lesson. In today’s reading, God directed the prophet Jeremiah to use a family called the Rekabites as an object lesson (v. 13). Who were the Rekabites? During the reign of King Jehu, the […]
January 18, 2022 | Ezekiel 33: 27-33 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Christians often define success in terms of numbers: the number of people converted, churches planted, church members in attendance, money raised, etc. Would you answer a ministry posting like this one? “Wanted: Person to speak for the Lord. All content provided. Failure guaranteed—no one […]
January 15, 2022 |Genesis 4:1-16 DEVOTIONS This Month’s issue It may not surprise you that Americans are rapidly exiting the Christian faith. For every individual who becomes a believer, four leave the church. One source claims that over the next 30 years, one million people per year will choose not to be affiliated with any […]
January 14, 2022 | Ezra 17:1-10 DEVOTIONS This Month’s issue One of the most moving scenes in the Old Testament is when Ezra the priest reads the Law to the returned exiles (Nehemiah 8). He stood on a high wooden platform so all could see and hear. The Levites circulated, instructing the people about the […]
Wisdom is knowing when to react and when to ignore certain things. Not everything deserves a reaction from you. Friend, the most important thing to you on this earth is your peace of mind, and anything that will compete with it must be addressed promptly. Sometimes for your own sake and the peace of your […]
For wisdom is a protection even as money is a protection, But the [excellent] advantage of knowledge is that wisdom shields and preserves the lives of its possessors. (Ecclesiastes 7:12 AMP) My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee…. (Hosea 4:6a KJV) Dear friends, I […]