“He Will Hold Me Fast”: God’s Power to Preserve and Present
In running the Christian race, have you ever felt like quitting? Do you wonder if you’ll make it to the finish line at all? The fact is, many things stand in the way of our
First and Most
Listen to Today’s Devotion Giants. We must face them, yet we need not face them alone. Focus first, and most, on God. Read 1 Samuel 17 and list the observations David made about Goliath. I
Hymn: “Prayer Is the Soul’s Sincere Desire” by James Montgomery
Prayer is the soul’s sincere desire, Unuttered or expressed, The motion of a hidden fire That trembles in the breast. Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing
See God More
Listen to Today’s Devotion You could read David’s story in the Bible and wonder what God saw in him. He fell as often as he stood, stumbled as often as he conquered. Yet for those
The Process of Forgiveness
Listen to Today’s Devotion Ephesians 4:26-27 (ESV) says, “Do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not give the devil an opportunity.” The word “opportunity” in this verse means territory or
A Redemptive Pattern
Listen to Today’s Devotion It’s the repeated pattern in Scripture: Evil. God. Good. Evil came to Job. Tempted him, tested him. Job struggled, but God countered. He spoke truth, declared sovereignty. Job, in the end, chose
How to Show Yourself “Approved Unto God”
Among the many sayings in the book of Proverbs is one that pastor Charles Bridges called the polestar of the Christian life1—that is, the fixed point in the sky by which one is able to
The Steady Drumbeat of Faith
Listen to Today’s Devotion Life turns every person upside down. No one escapes unscathed. Not the woman who discovers her husband is in an affair. Not the teenager who discovers a night of romance has
What A Day That Will Be
Listen to Today’s Devotion You sleep alone in a double bed. You walk the hallways of a silent house. You catch yourself calling out his name or reaching for her hand. Goodbye is the challenge
Hymn: “Building Day by Day” by Fanny Crosby
We are building in sorrow And building in joy A temple the world cannot see, But we know it will stand If we found it on a rock, Thro’ the ages of eternity. We are