“Grow in grace”—not in just one grace, but in every grace. Grow especially in that foundational grace: faith. Believe God’s promises more firmly than you have before. Let your faith increase in strength, steadiness, and simplicity.…
THE WAY HE DESCRIBES YOUR BEAUTY “Thou art all fair, my love.” – Song of Solomon 4:7 The Lord’s admiration for His Church is astonishing, and the way He describes her beauty is strikingly rich. She is…
THE WARMTH OF WINTER “Thou hast made summer and winter.” – Psalm 74:17 My soul, begin this wintry month with your God. The cold snow and the sharp winds remind you that He keeps His covenant with…
GOD WILL NOT OWE ANY MAN ANYTHING IN THE END “And Amaziah said to the man of God, ‘But what shall we do about the hundred talents that I have given to the army of…
“You shall not go up and down as a talebearer among your people… You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.” – Leviticus 19:16–17 Tale-bearing releases a threefold poison: it harms the…
The truth was in Gaius—and Gaius walked in the truth. If the first had not been true, the second could never have followed; and if the second could not be said of him, then the…
In Joshua the high priest we see a picture of every child of God—everyone who has been brought near by the blood of Christ and taught to minister in holy things, entering into what lies…
COMPLETELY POWERLESS WITHOUT HIM From this story, we learn how necessary human effort is in God’s work. The great catch of fish was a miracle, yet the fisherman, his boat, and his nets were all…
WHY? Our heavenly Father often allows troubles to come our way to test our faith. And if our faith is genuine, it will endure the test. Fake gold fears the fire, but real gold does…
DRINK ABUNDANTLY Anyone who believes in Jesus finds in Him everything needed for true satisfaction—both now and forever. The believer is not left restless or joyless, because in Christ he discovers a spring of joy…