Acts 15:26 Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Today's Thought: Let us be willing to sacrifice for Christ - this is real discipleship.Bob Simmons had just led the Oklahoma State football team to their first victory in ten years. However, a serious kidney problem put his career at stake. To save his life, his...

1 Thessalonians 2:13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe. Today's Thought: Just live the Bible, the very Word of God. Sir Walter Scott understood...

Exodus 35:21 And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD’S offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments. Today's Thought: You should give and not lose it. A chaplain visited soldiers seriously wounded...

2 Corinthians 5:5-8 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from...

James 1:2-4 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. Today's Thought: If are grounded on the promise of Heaven, we can rejoice when trials come. The Decian Persecution...

Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint Today's Thought: Let us be on our tour of duty. When the Darius invaded Greece to expand his empire in 490 BC, Athenian army successfully routed the invaders. To...

Philippians 2:17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. Today's Thought: God deserves every sacrifice we make for Him. Missionary Hudson Taylor had been monumental in reaching China to the Lord. But a woman spent her time with the missionary - his wife. Maria taught, wrote, witnessed...

Jeremiah 4:3 For thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. Today's Thought: God's Word and grace can only grow in our hearts if we are willing and ready for its nourishment. One of the basics in farming is breaking the ground and preparing it for the sowing of seeds. A...

Philippians 4:17 For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity. Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account. Today's Thought: Our financial investments in the work of the Lord speaks of our heart for Him. The primary reason Paul wrote to the church at Philippi was to thank them for their generosity...

Lamentations 1:18 The Lord is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity. Today's Thought: Do not dig up a grave for your fall. You are digging your own grave. These are words to describe how a person is destroying himself...

1 Timothy 1: 12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry Today's Thought: Let us consider it a privilege to be part of the Lord's ministry and be counted faithful. Dr. Lee Roberson gave his life for God. He could have had a good recording contract, but he chose to preach...

1 Chronicles 29:3 Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house. Today's Thought: The way you look at the house of God reflects the way you look at God Himself. Title ...

John 3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease. Today's Thought: The glory of God is our priority and nothing else. People around us want to be at the top. There are thousands of tips on how to gain attention or how to stand out in a ground. In fact, our culture dictates how we treat those who had accomplish more in life than those who don't. There...

Deuteronomy 29:18     Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; Today's Thought: Turning away from the Lord costs too much more than one...

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 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...

Lamentations 3:39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?  Today's Thought: As much as we sinned against the Lord, let us be ready for the spanking. The greatest problem of most Christians is the inability to know when God sends His trials and when He punishes us for our sins. Even if we are already...

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...

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...

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,...