Nehemiah 9:2
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
Today's Thought: Before confession, there should be a complete separation.
Reverend J.C. Ryle talked much about separation. He preached:
No doubt you have had many a battle, and made many...
Sunday, December 31, 2017
Saturday, December 30, 2017
Habakkuk 3:18
Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Today's Thought: As much as you know the Lord, you should rejoice always.
There was a fellow who was about to jump from a bridge. An alert police officer slowly and methodically moved toward him, talking with him all the time. When the officer got within...
Psalm 44:20-21
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Today's Thought: God searches the heart when we forget the name of our God.
The story of the nation of Israel is filled with running away from God, worshiping other...
Friday, December 29, 2017
Psalm 60:11
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
Today's Thought: Only the Lord Jesus Christ is trustworthy to help us.
The story of George Muller always fascinates Christians. He was a man of prayer, who always depended God for the provision and direction of the ministry God entrusted him. Muller emphasized the importance...
Daniel 9:18
O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do no present our supplications before thee for our righteousness, but for thy great mercies.
Today's Thought: We pray not because of our own's sake, but because of God's nature.
Peter, as typical...
Romans 6:17
But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
Today's Thought: The life tells the doctrine that shaped it.
John MacArthur wrote: "Nothing is more wicked than for someone to claim to speak for God to the salvation of souls when in reality...
1 Peter 5:5–7
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for...
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
2 Peter 1:3-4
According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the...
Colossians 3:22-24
Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
Today's...
Monday, December 25, 2017
Luke 22:45-46
And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow, And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
Today's Thought: The people of God should be wide awake and alert all the time.
In colonial America, church services last long hours. Churches had ushers...
Saturday, December 23, 2017
1 Corinthians 12:12
For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
Today's Thought: Teamwork does the work; it divides the effort and multiplies the result.
Arturo Toscanini conducted for a performance at the Metropolitan Operate House in New York City. He offered...
Romans 8:35-37Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Today's...
Friday, December 22, 2017
Psalm 121:1-2
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.
Today's Thought: Focus on Christ and you will see the right spiritual light.
There was a woman who had difficulty with her eyes. She went to the doctor for an examination. The doctor told her that her eyes...
Thursday, December 21, 2017
John 1:1–5
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not
Today's...
Matthew 15:11
What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.
Today's Thought: Let us live our doctrine - this is real Christianity. On June 22, 2002, a young pitching star for the St. Louis Cardinals was found dead in his hotel room. He was young, athletic and in good health. But...
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Luke 21:29-31
And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
Today's Thought: The return of Christ should affect the way we...
Monday, December 18, 2017
Matthew 1:20-21
But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from...
2 Corinthians 13:11-14
Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you. Greet one another with an holy kiss. All the saints salute you. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen
Today's...
Philippians 3:8
Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ.
Today's Thought: Everything else is worthless when compared to the greatness of Christ.
Perhaps the greatest denial of self,...
Thursday, December 14, 2017
Luke 2:49
And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?
Today's Thought: The sense of purpose of a person is what drives him to do something of human meaning and spiritual impact. George Mallory was one of the best mountain climbers in the world. Together with Andrew Irvine, Mallory were...
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
Romans 5:6
For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
Today's Thought: The greatness of God's love is demonstrated in the sacrifice of Christ. In Great Expectations, a book of Charles Dickens, there was a woman named Miss Havisham. She was wealthy and she was courted by a scoundrel who only wanted her money....
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Luke 24:49
And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
Today's Thought: It is the through the Holy Spirit that we can do something for God. There was a Welsh preacher who visited the church of Dr. A.J. Gordon. He asked for time alone before the service...
Monday, December 11, 2017
Romans 8:26
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
Today's Thought: Pray and trust God for He knows what is best. In the United Nations, there are several interpreters who work for many representatives...
Sunday, December 10, 2017
1 Corinthians 2:14–16
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have...
Saturday, December 9, 2017
2 Corinthians 8:2-5
How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves; Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of...
Friday, December 8, 2017
Numbers 14:7-9
And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of...
Thursday, December 7, 2017
James 4:3
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Today's Thought: Ask wisely and the Lord will answer your prayer. With the rise of online ordering, people can easily buy things without the need to physically visit the store. However, there are instances when the ordered item does not meet the...
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Romans 12:18
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
Today's Thought: Let us allow God's justice to work and let us live in peace. In the border of Kentucky and West Virginia lived William Hatfield and Randolph McCoy. They fought over a razorback hog in the 19th century. While both men lived long lives, they also...
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Luke 24:46
And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
Today's Thought: The sacrifice of Jesus is an important ingredient of our salvation. When one substitutes one thing for the original, it may work. For instannce, when one does not like to use egg in baking, a little applesauce...
Monday, December 4, 2017
Luke 21:25–26
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Today's Thought: Trust God and...
Saturday, December 2, 2017
Philippians 2:5-8
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death,...
Friday, December 1, 2017
Luke 21:20-22
And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which...
Thursday, November 30, 2017
1 Thessalonians 5:18
In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
Today's Thought: Do not stop thanking God for least and seemingly bad things happening to you. Corrie ten Boom was a prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp. These camps were filthy and there were thousands of fleas everywhere. Corrie's sister...
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Psalm 92:1-2It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High:
To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,
Today's Thought: If you want to praise God when the sun goes down, start praising at each morn. John Stott was a British preacher who would start his morning...
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Ephesians 4:17
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
Today's Thought: We need to understand the meaning of what we do based on the standards of the Lord. An advertisement in London's Tube to lure city workers to get a vacations says: "Your work is meaningless....
Monday, November 27, 2017
Luke 21:12-13
But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake. And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
Today's Thought: The Lord can use anything and anyone to tell the good news of salvation. During the reign...
Sunday, November 26, 2017
Psalm 112:1
Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
Today's Thought: The true greatness of a man is in the fear of the Lord. Alexander III of Macedon was called as Alexander the Great for creating one of the largest empires of the ancient world at the age of 30 spanning from Greece...
Saturday, November 25, 2017
Luke 22:24-26
And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is...
Friday, November 24, 2017
Jeremiah 18:4
And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
Today's Thought: Surrender your will to God and you will have peace. Adelaide Pollard was a missionary going to Africa, but she was not able to go because she did not have enough financial...
Thursday, November 23, 2017
John 1:10–13
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man,...
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Luke 22:35-36
And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing. Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
A young woman brought her fiancee to meet her parents....
Monday, November 20, 2017
Psalm 118:23
This is the LORD'S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.
Today's Thought: There is no single flaw in the plan of the Lord for our lives. On November 17, 1558, Queen Mary died and Princess Elizabeth became the queen. Upon learning the news of her accession at Hatfield House, while under the old oak tree, the famous response of the now...
Sunday, November 19, 2017
Luke 22:10-12
And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in. And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? And he shall...
Saturday, November 18, 2017
Jeremiah 29:5-7
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished. And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused...
Friday, November 17, 2017
Luke 22:27
For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.
Today's Thought: To be like Christ, we must be willing to serve others and their needs in humility and all sincerity of the heart. When London was under siege and invasion of Germany was imminent,...
Thursday, November 16, 2017
Psalm 27:4
One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.
Today's Thought: The kind of worship you have determines the kind of person you are. Going to church on Sunday is not a popular one. Why bother...
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Matthew 1:23
Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Today's Thought: Jesus is the only solution to the loneliness and brokenness of man. Ruth Graham, daughter of evangelist Billy Graham, recalled her bouts against loneliness, depression and...
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Galatians 6:9
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Today's Thought: We should not give up in the middle of struggles for we know the reward is at the end of it. Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom when Hitler mounted his attack during World War II. Churchill spoke to...
