So let me ask you: When are you going to stand up, to stand alone, to answer the call of God in this hour?
From Colossians 3:2: “Set your minds on the things that are above, not on the things that are on earth.”
Charles Swindoll (born 1934) is an American pastor and Christian author.
How grateful we are that God made His message so simple: Trust Jesus for what He did on the cross and know that He left an empty tomb.
From Luke 24:45-46: “Then He opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and He said to them, ‘Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day.”
Charles Stanley (1932-2023) was an American pastor and Christian writer. He was dedicated to leading a teaching ministry.
Be united with other Christians. A wall with loose bricks is not good. The bricks must be cemented together.
“From 1 Corinthians 3:16: “Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?“
Corrie ten Boom (1892-1983) was a Dutch watchmaker and later on a Christian writer and public speaker. As part of the Dutch resistance during World War II, she and her family protected hundreds of Jewish people from Nazi persecution. Eventually she was captured and sent to a concentration camp. She and a nephew were her family’s only survivors of the Holocaust.
Plant seeds of kindness.
From Luke 6:31: “Do to others as you would have them do to you.”
God’s grace sees beyond our deepest need. He meets us where we are, talking straight to us in terms that even we can understand.
From 2 Corinthians 5:17-18: “So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; look, new things have come into being! All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation.”
Charles Swindoll (born 1934) is an American pastor and Christian author.
Reaching
Beyond shadows
Hardened heart restored
Walking in Father’s light
Salvation
Accepting
Father’s mercy
Heart’s rhythm cleansed
Each transgression blotted out
Forgiveness
Creating
Enlightened heart
Spirit refreshes thee
Father heals faith’s fabric
Peace
God’s faithfulness and grace make the impossible possible.
From 2 Thessalonians 3:3-5: “But the Lord is faithful; He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one. And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you are doing and will go on doing the things that we command. May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.”
Sheila Walsh (born 1956) is a Scottish-born, American contemporary Christian vocalist. Her journey has also taken her into writing, speaking, and evangelizing.
We are never more fulfilled than when our longing for God is met by His presence in our lives.
From Psalm 16:11: “You show me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of joy; in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.”
Billy Graham (1918-2018) was an American Christian evangelist.
From Psalm 90:1-2: “Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.”
Life’s amazing blessings
God’s Book of Life unfolds
Single timeless moment
Richer than any gold
Man and woman find love
Fragile lives share restart
Single timeless moment
Merging into one heart
Forsaken child needs home
Foster parents reach out
Single timeless moment
Love sows, ready to sprout
Student facing failure
Here comes love’s helping hand
Single timeless moment
Teacher pulls from quicksand
Family in crisis
Unemployed, dreams stand cold
Single timeless moment
Job opens, God beholds
Disaster strikes city
Many answer God’s call
Single timeless moment
Kindness stands ever tall
Sin’s temptation knocking
Christian brother steps up
Single timeless moment
Christ refills empty cup
Darkening, hopeless world
Father’s infinite grace
Single timeless moment
Love reaches out, embrace
From Genesis 9:11-13: “‘I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.’ God said, ‘This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.'”
Originally published February, 2021.
God’s end is to enable me to see that He can walk on the chaos of my life just now.
From Mark 6:49-50: “But when they saw Him walking on the sea, they thought it was a ghost and cried out, for they all saw Him and were terrified. But immediately He spoke to them and said, ‘Take heart, it is I; do not be afraid.'”
Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) was a Scottish evangelist and Christian teacher. Following his death from an illness while in Egypt during World War I, his wife took on the task of transcribing the detailed notes she had written from his lectures and sermons. Gertrude Hobbs Chambers’ efforts resulted in the publication in 1924 of MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST. I frequently read from this devotional, and it has greatly deepened my faith and understanding of God’s Word.
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