Intended for Choice Work
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. — Romans 8:29 I read about a traveler who was visiting a logging…
Category Harvest
It Doesn’t Hurt to Ask
TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2014 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.—James 1:5 One of the first things that we ask when…
The Lasting Effects of Sin
SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul. — 1 Peter 2:11 I once read a strange story in the news about a plumber who was called in to…
Trials of Our Own Making
FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2014 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone.—James 1:13 Sometimes we walk into trials of our own making…
Think Before You Speak
THURSDAY, MAY 01, 2014 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked what is perverse.—Proverbs 10:32 J. Vernon McGee used to say that the only exercise some Christians get is running down others…
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…
