January 10, 2020 | Acts 2:14–39 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue We don’t know exactly what the apostle Peter’s favorite verse would have been, but a continual theme in his ministry, preaching, and writings was Jesus Christ’s resurrection. This message from Peter and the other disciples rang true from the beginning and is the foundation on […]
THE POWER OF PRAYER January 9, 2020 | Matthew 6:5–13 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Not many Christians have heard of Emma Dryer. In the late 1800s, Dryer left her successful career as an educator to join evangelist D. L. Moody in Chicago. For over a decade she helped begin a training school called the Chicago […]
January 8, 2020 | Romans 8:22–30 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Sixty-four years ago today, Nate Saint and four other American missionaries were killed by the Auca tribe (now called Waoranis) in Ecuador while trying to share the gospel. Their story inspired thousands of people to dedicate their lives to missions, particularly to minister to unreached […]
THE FLAWLESS WORD January 7, 2020 | 2 Peter 3:14–18 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue You may have never heard the name Athanasius before, but you have been impacted by his steadfast commitment to God’s truth. Athanasius was an important church leader in Alexandria, Egypt, in the fourth century AD. A pastor and a biblical scholar, […]
TURN AND LOOK January 6, 2020 | Isaiah 45:22–25 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue On a bitterly cold Sunday morning in 1850, a young man slipped into the back row of a tiny Methodist church. Since the head minister was delayed due to the storm, an uneducated deacon delivered a message. His text? “Look unto Me, […]
January 5, 2020 | Colossians 3:15–17 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Before becoming the fourth president of Moody Bible Institute, William Henry “Will” Houghton pastored several churches in Pennsylvania, Georgia, and New York. Biographer Wilbur Smith said of him, “Two primary passions possessed the soul of Will Houghton: evangelism and the study of the Word of […]
JANUARY 4, 2020 “CULTIVATE THE PRESENCE OF GOD” SCRIPTURE READINGS: Exodus 33:12-17, Joshua 1:1-8 EXPOSITION: God’s presence is a very precious thing. No Christian can afford to lose it. David noticed that there is fullness of joy in the presence of God and pleasures for evermore (Psalm 16:11). Moses also noticed that the presence of […]
Intentional reflections|| Mentiasie Main Text: Luke17:11-19 and Psalm 103:1&2 In our dispensation with so many life issues which can be pressing and sometimes make us feel defeated, we tend to forget the goodness of God. Little do we understand that God is still faithful in our mess. We somehow have tagged some miracles and blessings […]
Thursday, JANUARY 2, 2020 SCRIPTURE READINGS: Isaiah 43:18-19, Philippians 3:13- 16 EXPOSITION: God in His wisdom has divided time into days, weeks, months, years and seasons so that we can have the opportunity to evaluate our lives and have a fresh start. As a new year begins today, it is worth evaluating how you fared […]
January 1, 2020 | Hebrews 11:1–13 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Do you have a favorite Bible verse or Scripture passage? This month, we will read portions of Scripture that defined the lives of Christ followers. Some names, such as Billy Graham, Charles Spurgeon, or Dwight Lyman Moody, might be familiar to you. Others, like Haddon […]