THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2014 I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live.—Deuteronomy 30:19 When I first became a Christian, I decided that I would somehow find…
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2014 Although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.—Romans 1:21 A man who was nailing down a loose shingle…
TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2014 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook.—1 Kings 17:6 When the Bible says that ravens brought Elijah food, it doesn’t…
MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2014 People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.—1 Samuel 16:7 God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things. Many times when we’re looking for some great superstar to come on the scene,…
SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 2014 Each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.—James 1:14 We all know what it’s like to be tempted. But where does temptation come from? It does not come from…
FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2014 He who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.— Galatians 6:8 A successful building contractor called in one of his…
THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2014 Let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.—1 Corinthians 10:12 Someone once asked the great evangelist Charles Finney, “Do you really believe in a literal devil?” Finney responded, “You try opposing him for…
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2014 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; my heart shall not reproach me as long as I live.—Job 27:6 I heard the story of a pastor who boarded a bus one morning,…
TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 2014 They did not obey or incline their ear, but followed the counsels and the dictates of their evil hearts, and went backward and not forward.—Jeremiah 7:24 My dog practices selective listening. When he doesn’t like what I…
