Sowing and Reaping
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…
Category Harvest
The Spiritual Battlefield
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…
What’s Inside?
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,…
Conditional Obedience
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…
The Master Arsonist
MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2014 God’s will is for you to be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin.—1 Thessalonians 4:3, NLT When wildfires swept through Southern California one fall a few years ago, I noticed a photograph in the…
Against All Odds
SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2014 Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. So Judah gathered together to ask help from the Lord; and from all the cities of Judah they came to…
Letting God Choose
FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2014 All glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.—Ephesians 3:20, NLT When my oldest son was a little boy, I…
A Work in Progress
THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2014 He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.—Ecclesiastes 3:11 I am an…
Prone to Wander
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2014 Be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.—Ephesians 6:10 When he was little, my son had a habit of wandering. One day, we were in a hotel and came to an elevator.…
