Prayer is the pathway that leads to mercy. Look through the pages of sacred history, and you’ll see that almost every great blessing was preceded by earnest prayer. You’ve experienced this in your own life…
Perhaps, troubled soul, the Lord is allowing this to develop your graces. Some of your graces would never be revealed if it were not for trials. Do you not know that your faith never appears…
Hagar once found deliverance at that well, and Ishmael drank from the water graciously revealed by the God who lives and sees the sons of men. But her visit was only temporary—like many who turn…
These words remind us that contentment does not come naturally. Weeds grow quickly on their own. Covetousness, dissatisfaction, and complaining spring up in the human heart as easily as thorns grow in the ground. We…
Many people know how to live humbly, but have never learned how to live with abundance. When they are lifted to a high place, they grow unsteady and are in danger of falling. More often…
A Christian ought to bear a clear and unmistakable resemblance to Jesus Christ. Many biographies of Christ have been written—beautifully and powerfully—but the finest biography of all is the one written every day in the…
When David asked the Lord for guidance, he had just won a great victory over the Philistines. They had come against him in overwhelming numbers, but with God’s help, David routed them with ease. Yet…
Think of how many prayers you have offered since the very first moment you learned to pray. Your earliest prayer was for yourself—you cried out for mercy, asking God to forgive your sins. And He…
It is a precious and comforting truth that Jesus Christ did not come on His own initiative, nor without the will, authority, approval, and active support of the Father. He was sent by the Father to be…
Believer, look back over your life and consider the way the Lord your God has led you through the wilderness. Think of how He has fed you and clothed you day by day—how patiently He…