September 6, 2020 | 1 Samuel 6:1-21 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Every child has experienced that uncomfortable moment when they realize they have crossed the line with a parent. The first clue may be their dad’s stern tone of voice or that pinched look their mom gets. The result is usually a feeling of fear […]
HOLY WAR? February 24, 2020 | Esther 8:9–17 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Just War Theory is a set of criteria that governments, philosophers, and theologians use to determine if war is justifiable. According to this theory, war is always horrible but not always the worst way forward. Some commonly agreed-upon reasons for a “just war” […]
Fear… It is described as False Experiences Appearing Real. Fear is crippling! Fear ridicules! Fear is a liar! Fear can stop you from achieving your goals, from living your dreams, from taking your place. Fear is the devil’s favourite weapon. He uses it to deceive, to weaken and to conquer. Fear controls, pulls you […]
THE TEMPLE OF PRAISE September 1, 2019 | Psalms 1–2 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue At the entrance to Solomon’s Temple stood two 28-and-a-half-foot tall bronze pillars. These pillars were elaborately decorated with capitals in the shape of lilies (1 Kings 7:15–22). Each pillar was given a name: Jachin and Boaz. They served as a grand gateway […]
AN UNEXPECTED GIFT April 6, 2019 | Genesis 17:1–8; 15–22 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue What will you be doing when you are 99? While the average life expectancy has increased to 76 for men and 81 for women, most of us cannot begin to imagine what happens in today’s passage. God appears to Abram, just […]
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 […]
THE BREATH OF LIFE April 3, 2019 | Genesis 2:4–23 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation, better known as CPR, dates to 1740 when the Paris Academy of Sciences officially recommended a mouth-to-mouth method of resuscitation for victims of drowning. But it did not gain popularity in the United States until endorsed by the […]
ASKING OUR FATHER April 2, 2019 | Luke 11:1–13 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Ricky Smith’s 14-year-old daughter Nevaeha had found the perfect dress for her school dance, but her family simply could not afford it. Ricky took on additional hours at his three jobs so he could purchase it. He hid the dress in a […]
Relevant Prayer READ THE SCRIPTURE: EPHESIANS 6:18-24 1/4/19 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests Ephesians 6:18a There is a strong and powerful relationship between putting on the armor of God and praying. These two things belong together; in fact, one grows out of the other. It […]