The joy of a used car
We all like new, shiny cars. The smell of a new car is great. However, there is the joy of a used car. Granted, a used car does not have that new car smell nor is it shiny. The odometer…
Rent or Buy
Many young couples and even young adults are being counseled or encouraged by friends and family members to buy a home. They are told that renting an apartment or a home is a waste of money. They might add, “Why…
Caught in Its Current
THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014 Each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.—James 1:14 Years ago, I was at the beach with my young son Jonathan, and we decided to go swimming. We weren’t…
Intended for Choice Work
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. — Romans 8:29 I read about a traveler who was visiting a logging…
It Doesn’t Hurt to Ask
TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2014 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.—James 1:5 One of the first things that we ask when…
Children & Faith
Join Your Faith with Our Faith to Believe God for Something Big Please pray and believe with us that the Lord will provide sponsors for 2,000 children by Mother’s Day. Learn more about this goal. “Now faith is the substance of…
The Lasting Effects of Sin
SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul. — 1 Peter 2:11 I once read a strange story in the news about a plumber who was called in to…
Trials of Our Own Making
FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2014 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone.—James 1:13 Sometimes we walk into trials of our own making…
Think Before You Speak
THURSDAY, MAY 01, 2014 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked what is perverse.—Proverbs 10:32 J. Vernon McGee used to say that the only exercise some Christians get is running down others…
