April 26, 2021 | Acts 6:1–7 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Will Graham said that his grandfather, the Rev. Billy Graham, once gave him life-changing advice: “Pray. Pray. Pray,” said Graham, then added, “Study. Study. Study.” Will said, “Whatever walk of life you are in, I hope that you can hear my grandfather’s instruction and take […]
April 25, 2021 | Acts 4:1–31 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Shortly after Jesus’ resurrection, the disciples went into the Temple courts and healed a crippled man. The authorities opposed the crowds that soon gathered and tossed Peter and John into prison. The next day, they were questioned, “By what power, or what name did you […]
April 24, 2021 | Luke 18:9–14 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue One of the easiest traps we can fall into is the Comparison Trap. We look at the lives of others and begin comparing ourselves to them. Sometimes we are jealous, sometimes we look down on others, for who they are or the way they live […]
April 23, 2021 | Luke 18:1–8 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue “Prayer is not eloquence, but earnestness,” said Hannah More, an English religious writer and philanthropist in the late 1700s. Prayer is “not the definition of helplessness, but the feeling of it; not figures of speech, but earnestness of soul.” For Hannah, prayer was not something […]
April 22, 2021 | Luke 11:5–10 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Angela Yuan was a fervent prayer warrior on behalf of her son. Christopher had made choices that led him far from God, but his mother, a strong believer, prayed day and night on his behalf. She asked: “Lord, do whatever it takes to bring this […]
April 21, 2021 | Luke 11:1–4 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue As we approach the last week of our study, we return to learn at the feet of Jesus who Himself showed us how to pray. The disciples longed to pray like Jesus and in Luke 11 we see the prayer template He gave them. Jesus […]
April 20, 2021 | Habakkuk 3:1–19 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Habakkuk’s prayer came shortly before the Babylonian invasion of Judah (605 BC). Facing His coming judgement, the prophet struggled with God’s justice. However, Habakkuk wanted the righteous remnant of Judah to keep their heads high and to remain faithful to God even during the difficult […]
April 19, 2021 | Jonah 2:1–9 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Most of us are familiar with the story of Jonah, especially the part about the whale. Jonah was a prophet who refused the Lord’s command to go to Nineveh and instead boarded a ship headed in the opposite direction. While Jonah could run, he could […]
April 18, 2021 | Psalm 5 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Before I followed God’s leading into full-time vocational ministry, I wanted to be an architect. I love design and structure. Did you know that our prayer life and our prayers need structure as well? Theologian D. A. Carson writes, “We do not drift into spiritual […]