At the Right Time
If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it. —Daniel 3:17 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego knew that God was able to save them, but didn’t know if he would. …
We Can Only Imagine
This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. —Ezekiel 1:28 What will it be like when we see the Lord? Bart Millard wondered about that after the death of his father, and wrote a song about it: “I can only imagine what …
Self-Examination
Let us examine our ways and test them. —Lamentations 3:40 Self-examination is frequently self-deceptive because we are skillful at self-justification. When we compare ourselves with others, we lean toward comparing our virtues with their vices. We are more tolerant of our own weaknesses and sins than of the …
Your Cup of Cold Water
Wendy keeps bottled water and peanut butter crackers in her car—not for herself, but for those who stroll the medians at major intersections: Hungry — Laid Off — Will Work for Food. Wendy isn’t comfortable dishing out cash to strangers, fearful of feeding an addiction. But neither is she comfortable turning a cold shoulder to …
Nothing is too Hard for Him
Nothing is too hard for you. —Jeremiah 32:17 You believe that God hears and answers prayer because you have measured the problems that you have had by the prayers that you have prayed, and are certain that God came to the rescue. So you set prayer over against the troubles you are …
His Unfailing Love
I have loved you with an everlasting love. —Jeremiah 31:3 God in heaven doesn’t prohibit tragedy on earth, but he does promise his unfailing love: “Though the mountains be shaken … yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken … …
All You Need to Know
I know the plans I have for you … plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. –Jeremiah 29:11 Jesus didn’t …
The Great Physician
Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved. —Jeremiah 17:14 The sickness of sin takes many forms: the fever of lust; the virus of greed; the infection of gossip and slander. Whatever the form, the result is the same—without treatment you die. Your only hope …
You Are Priceless
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart. —Jeremiah 1:5 We tend to evaluate the worth of people by what they have and what they do—and our own worth by how we compare. Don’t …
Still His Child
As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you. —Isaiah 66:13 She was 18, but she had a question for her dad: “Am I still your little girl?” You know the answer; she will …