The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work. —1 John 3:8 “Jesus … died to destroy the devil” (Heb. 2:14 CEV). Satan still “prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour” (1 Pet. 5:8), but because of Jesus’ coming […]
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Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. —1 Chronicles 16:34 Does it make sense to own a watch so expensive that some thug will slit your throat to get it off your wrist? Or to lay down big bucks for a car so pricey that you have
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It had been a rough day for Jesus in the temple. First, the Pharisees tag teamed with the Herodians to snag him in a trap about paying taxes to Caesar. Then it was the Sadducees, with a cockamamie story about seven brothers dying one after another, each marrying the left-behind widow. Their “gotcha” question was,
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When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. —Proverbs 11:2 Ego Check—Step 1 “Do not think of yourself more highly than you should. Instead, be modest in your thinking” (Rom. 12:3 TEV). Ego Check—Step 2 “Don’t be selfish; don’t live to make a good impression
Prepare to meet your God. —Amos 4:12 Wealth can be a good thing. But a person who is unprepared for its use and careless of its stewardship can be destroyed by it. Stories about lottery winners seldom have happily-ever-after endings. “The rest of the story,” as Paul Harvey would tell it, has frequently dead-ended in
He must leave all he owns to someone who has not worked for it. —Ecclesiastes 2:21 It won’t be long until everything that now belongs to you will belong to someone else. When God faced off with a man whose life was absorbed in beefing up his assets he
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The cheerful heart has a continual feast. —Proverbs 15:15 Molly Picon, star of Yiddish stage and film, spent many nights crammed in jam-packed hotel rooms with her theatrical cohorts. Bellyaching about the sardine circumstances was the language of the night. But never a
Be transformed by the renewing of your mind. —Romans 12:2 TODAY I will, with God’s help, monitor and control my words, actions, and attitude. TODAY I will be intentionally aware of a blessing that I have been taking for
How can I repay the Lord for all his goodness to me? —Psalm 116:12 Warren Buffett, the world’s third richest person at this writing, is planning to give away the bulk of his $65 billion fortune before he dies. “If we’ve been blessed we should give back,” he says. Dr.
I will wait for the Lord … I will put my trust in him. —Isaiah 8:17 Why do you always seem to get in the wrong checkout line? Automated phone systems? Grrrr. A half-hour of key punches interspersed with promotional messages and elevator music as you rush toward the completion of
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