This morning I read about how the Jews in the time of Queen Esther were experiencing a difficult time that seemed certain to conclude in their destruction. Haman, the enemy of the Jews, had been experiencing growing favor with the king, and had succeeded in obtaining permission to try to exterminate them as a race…
Written by Walter Lanyon: YOU sent that letter this morning, didn’t you? You carefully wrote it, addressed and sealed it, and then you dropped it in the box. You didn’t have a string tied to it, did you? No, you just dropped it in the box and went on your way. You didn’t think that…
It is commonly said that “Jesus died to forgive your sin,” but why do I care? What does that mean today? In a society where Jesus increasingly seems irrelevant, what does it mean that Jesus took my sin? The Bible teaches us that death, sickness (slow death), poverty, and every kind of evil came into…
When we encounter problems in this life, most often we just need to look at Jesus, resting in His ability to complete what He has begun in us, taking our eyes off of ourselves and our own problems.
Hudson Taylor explains to his children that Jesus will take care of them moment by moment.
Today we will finish the article we began yesterday, enjoy… Jesus, too, said the answer existed before the problem, – “Before you ask, I will answer, and while you are yet speaking, I shall give it unto you”, – and again, “Thank you, Father, I knew that this was done”, – in this latter instance,…
Recently I did a Bible study with a group of kids. Present were 4 children, ages 1, 3, 8, and 10. We began with a prayer, then read aloud All My Children Shall Be Taught By Me! (God) by Jane E. Pierce. I asked the kids to listen carefully and have some questions ready at…