Spreading Our Wings

FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2014 You know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.—James 1:3–4 When…

The Trap of Compromise

THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2014 We are not ignorant of his devices.—2 Corinthians 2:11 When I was a kid, I collected snakes. I don’t know why, but I thought snakes were very cool. It was my goal in life to become…

The Law That Liberates

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2014 He who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.—James 1:25 One…

His Way or Your Way?

TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2014 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; whereas you do not know what will happen…

For Such a Time as This

MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2014 Who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?—Esther 4:14 The book of Esther contains a wonderful and dramatic story of a beautiful, young Jewish girl named Esther who actually…

Not the Time to Stop

SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 2014 You, dear friends, must build each other up in your most holy faith.— Jude 1:20 A sign posted at the end of the road on an airport runway reads, “Keep moving. If you stop, you are in…

The Ostrich Syndrome

I’m sure you all have heard that the ostrich will bury its head in the sand when it senses danger. Because he cannot see any danger, he feels safe. However, little does he realize that his whole body is exposed…

An Undivided Heart

FRIDAY, MARCH 07, 2014 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.— Matthew 5:8 The apostle Paul said, “Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind…

Poor in Spirit

THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2014 He opened His mouth and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”—Matthew 5:2–3 When Jesus said, “Blessed are the poor in spirit,” the word poor that He used is…