“However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name. For it is time for judgment to begin with God’s household; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God?” – 1 Peter 4:16-17 […]

“Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all.” – 1 Chronicles 29:11 When the first Russian cosmonauts made that primitive little journey around the earth, it […]

“May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:23 London businessman Lindsay Clegg told the story of a warehouse property he was selling. The building had been empty for months […]

“The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.” – Deuteronomy 31:8 In the mid-1960s, Bill Russell was the star basketball center for the world-champion Boston Celtics. He dominated the boards, and with effortless ease, he seemed to […]

“Since my youth, God, you have taught me, and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds. Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come.” – Psalm 71:17-18 The great evangelist George Whitefield was […]

“This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.” – 1 John 3:16 The famous author Patsy Clairmont was sitting next to a young man on an airplane. She had already observed something remarkable about […]

“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.” – Colossians 3:12 Mamie Adams always went to a branch post office in her town because the postal employees there were friendly. She went there to buy stamps just before Christmas one year and the lines were particularly […]

“I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.” – Psalm 119:11 A story is told of a village church in Kalonovka, Russia, where attendance at Sunday school picked up after the priest started handing out candy to the peasant children. One of the most faithful was a pug-nosed, pugnacious […]

“I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.” – Psalm 119:15-16 The story goes that the great entrepreneur Henry Ford once hired an efficiency expert to evaluate his company. This man came into his factories and offices to assess the efficiency level of […]

“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.” – James 1:22 H.A. Ironside once said, “God forbid that we should traffic in unlived truth.” And these days, there’s nothing the world needs more than Christians who will faithfully live out what they know to be true. As politics […]