If He Wills
FRIDAY, MAY 23, 2014 You ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.”—James 4:15 The book of Acts tells the story of Philip and how the Lord was blessing him in Samaria as…
Category Harvest
Forgetting God
THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2014 You do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. —James 4:14 There was a time in my life…
Behind the Scenes
TUESDAY, MAY 20, 2014 The Syrians had gone out on raids, and had brought back captive a young girl from the land of Israel. She waited on Naaman’s wife. Then she said to her mistress, “If only my master were…
Under His Care
WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2014 “No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is from Me,” says…
A Foundational Truth
TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014 Can the dead live again? If so, this would give me hope through all my years of struggle, and I would eagerly await the release of death.—Job 14:14 In one of the oldest books of the…
Small but Deadly
MONDAY, MAY 12, 2014 Every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly…
At an Advantage
SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2014 He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross. In this way, he disarmed the spiritual rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by his victory…
Temptation’s Timing
FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2014 Let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.—1 Corinthians 10:12 History tells us that during World War II, Hitler had an interesting strategy for attacking the various European nations: he always did it…
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…
