Read: Acts 16:25-26 KJV | A missionary in China was living a defeated life. Everything about him seemed to be touched with sadness. Although he prayed many months for victory over depression and discouragement, no answer came. His life remained dank and distant. He determined to leave his post and go to an interior post […]
Read: Psalm 104:35 | There was a man living in the hills of Arkansas who was brought to Christ. He was known as “Mr. Moonshine” because of the many liquor stills that he had hidden away back in the hills. After becoming a Christian, his life changed dramatically. He destroyed all of his stills and […]
Read: 2 Corinthians 1:19-22 | A story from the old west tells of a preacher, who lived near the Grand Canyon. The man of God was trying to sell his horse. One day a potential buyer came to the Church for a test drive – I mean test ride. The preacher said, “Before you start, […]
Read: Luke 6:38 | To love my neighbor as myself, do I need to forfeit my own happiness? Author, teacher John Piper [Link] notes that the first commandment – to love God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength – makes the second commandment – to love our neighbor as yourself- doable and takes […]
Read: Mark 12:30-31 NIV | Jesus memorized the Shema as a boy, according to Jewish customs. The Shema is the central prayer in the Jewish prayer-book [Hebrew for Christians]. The first part of the prayer begins with Deuteronomy 6:4-9. As a practicing Jew, Jesus would have recited the Shema at least twice daily – every […]
