The Prescription for Happy Living
SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 2014 “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.” This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: “You shall love…
Crowded Out
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2014 The seeds that fell among the thorns represent those who hear the message, but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the cares and riches and pleasures of this life. And so they never…
The Sovereignty of God
THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2014 Your laws endure to this day, for all things serve you.—Psalm 119:91 Luke’s gospel tells the story of ten men with leprosy who were in need of a touch from Jesus. Leprosy was incurable. They asked…
Eternally Good
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22,2014 When they had gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia.— Acts 16:6 God is wiser than I am, and what is immediately good actually…
Emergency Fund
I am sure you’ve heard the term Emergency Fund before. What is an Emergency Fund? Who should have it? When do you start it? Where should you save it? Why do you need it? How do you start it? These are the questions that…
Thankful in Everything
TUESDAY, JANUARY 21,2014 In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.— 1 Thessalonians 5:18 In her remarkable book The Hiding Place, Corrie ten Boom relates an amazing story about the importance of being thankful.…
Powered by His Spirit
MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2014 Don’t act thoughtlessly, but try to understand what the Lord wants you to do. Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit.—Ephesians 5:17–18 When we think…
Lord of All
SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2014 Whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.—Luke 14:33 It was George Bernard Shaw who said, “There are two sources of unhappiness in life. One is not getting what you…
Spiritual Slumber
FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2014 Then it happened, as they were parting from Him, that Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and…
