The Mirror of God’s Law

WEDNESDAY. APRIL 30, 2014 If you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. But if you look carefully into…

In His Strength

TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 2014 The battle is the Lord’s, and He will give you into our hands.—1 Samuel 17:47 The Greek historian Herodotus told the story of three hundred men from Sparta who bravely defended their country against the invasion…

Our Duty to Disciple

MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2014 Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations.”—Matthew 28:18–19 After I became a Christian, I wasn’t…

Forget the Past

SATURDAY, APRIL 226, 2014 I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the…

An Evangelism Essential

FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2014 “Is not My word like a fire?” says the Lord, “And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?”—Jeremiah 23:29 Billy Graham once said, “Time and time again in my ministry, I have quoted a…

Four Things We Should Know

THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2014 He has planted eternity in the human heart.—Ecclesiastes 3:11 There are four things we should know about every person on earth. No matter how successful or unsuccessful they are, how famous or obscure they are, or…

The Key to Answered Prayer

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.—John 15:7 How often have you felt that your prayers were hitting a…

The Importance of Pacing

TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2014 Enoch walked with God three hundred years, and had sons and daughters.—Genesis 5:22 I’m glad the Bible compares the Christian life not only to running a race, but also to walking a walk. Isaiah 40:31 says,…

“Lord, I Trust You”

Monday, April 21,2014 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.— Job 13:15 Sometimes God will glorify Himself by the way you and I lean on Him and trust Him through our suffering and hardships. At other times, He…