Daily encouragement for Christians
Have you ever asked someone, “What’s that attitude about?” only to have them sharply reply, “I don’t have an attitude!”? I wonder why, considering that all of us carry an attitude of some sort at all times, we automatically assume that having an attitude means a bad disposition. We often give other people credit for […]
Have you ever fallen for Satan’s great lie that God loves others but not you and–for some reason you can’t quite figure out–you are not a favored child? If the enemy can make you believe that, he can cause you to live as a rebel or a victim instead of in the freedom that comes […]
“Moreover, I tell you, whoever acknowledges me in the presence of others, the Son of Man will also acknowledge in the presence of God’s angels.” ( Luke 12:8) Do you struggle to declare God’s goodness in front of other people? Perhaps it’s not difficult among like-minded Christians but what about those you are unsure of? […]
“So God created humankind in his own image; in the image of God he created him: male and female he created them.” (Genesis 1:27) He also created humankind with an emotion that, in my opinion, He does not possess: surprise. Many of our emotions were brought on through the fall of Adam and Eve, but […]
When my grandson was in second grade they studied the gods of Olympus–the Greek gods–all twelve of them. When asked what interested him the most about that culture my grandson answered, “That they had so many gods.” They had a specific god for every area of life: the sky, marriage, the sea, agriculture, war, wisdom, […]
I used to have a friend who said he might go to a church that didn’t preach hellfire and brimstone. He didn’t believe in the existence of hell; “If God is good he’d never send people to hell,” he’d say. A self-declared genius, my friend believed that the Bible is a fictional piece of work, […]
Do you remember King Yoshiyahu? That’s Hebrew for Josiah. His story lies in 2 Kings chapters 23-24. We hear much about King David. In Acts 13:22 he is even called, “a man after my own heart,” by the Lord. David is usually the first one we think of as an example of a good king. […]
If you read the Bible at all you are bound to see places where Jesus healed everyone who came to Him. Do you wish you had the ability to do the great things Jesus did? “Yes indeed! I tell you that whoever trusts in me will also do the works I do! Indeed, he will […]
What do you think of when you hear that someone has mastered something? I think practice, practice, practice. Reading Genesis 4:7 in several different versions I found it both challenging and encouraging. The NIV states: “Sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it.” The ESV says: “Sin […]
“Stop being so fearful! Remain steady, and you will see how ADONAI [the Lord] is going to save you–today you have seen the Egyptians, but you will never see them again!” (Exodus 14:13) The Israelites had been in Egypt for 430 years and were slaves for 400 of them. No one alive at that time […]
