Daily Devotion
February 24 The Delight of Sacrifice “I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls …” (2 Corinthians 12:15). Once “the love of God has been poured out in our hearts ....
February 24 The Delight of Sacrifice “I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls …” (2 Corinthians 12:15). Once “the love of God has been poured out in our hearts ....
February 23 The Determination to Serve “The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve …” (Matthew 20:28). Jesus also said, “Yet I am among you as the One who serves” ....
February 22 The Discipline of Spiritual Perseverance “Be still, and know that I am God …” (Psalm 46:10). Perseverance is more than endurance. It is endurance combined with absolute assurance and certainty that what we ....
February 21 Do You Really Love Him? “She has done a good work for Me” (Mark 14:6). If what we call love doesn’t take us beyond ourselves, it is not really love. If we have ....
February 20 Taking the Initiative Against Daydreaming “Arise, let us go from here” (John 14:31). Daydreaming about something in order to do it properly is right, but daydreaming about it when we should be doing ....
February 19 Taking the Initiative Against Drudgery “Arise, shine …” (Isaiah 60:1). When it comes to taking the initiative against drudgery, we have to take the first step as though there were no God. There ....
February 18 Taking the Initiative Against Despair “Rise, let us be going” (Matthew 26:46). In the Garden of Gethsemane, the disciples went to sleep when they should have stayed awake, and once they ....
February 17 Taking the Initiative Against Depression “Arise and eat” (1 Kings 19:5). The angel in this passage did not give Elijah a vision, or explain the Scriptures to him, or do anything remarkable. ....
February 16 The Inspiration of Spiritual Initiative “Arise from the dead …” (Ephesians 5:14). Not all initiative, the willingness to take the first step, is inspired by God. Someone may say to you, “Get ....
February 15 “Am I My Brother’s Keeper?” “None of us lives to himself …” (Romans 14:7). Has it ever dawned on you that you are responsible spiritually to God for other people? For instance, if ....