A century or so down the road, if the Lord’s coming is delayed until then, people will look back at our time on this planet with as much fascination as we look back on the time of George Washington, Thomas Edison, or the Wright Brothers. They’ll wonder what life was like for those of us […]
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[W]e too may live a new life. —Romans 6:4 Faith in the death and resurrection of Jesus may not have changed your world, but it has changed you. “[A]ll of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through
[W]e will reap a harvest if we do not give up. —Galatians 6:9 Years ago, I asked a physically fit fellow, “What’s the best exercise plan?” He answered, “Any plan will work. There are only two important rules: first, you gotta get started; two,
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Do not fear; I will help you. —Isaiah 41:13 You don’t know what you will face in the next twelve months, but whatever it is, you won’t have to face it alone. You can let your weight down on that because of a promise and because of who made it.
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You crown the year with your bounty. —Psalm 65:11 Remember the Magic Slate? Most of us got one for Christmas when we were kids. We would write or draw on the Slate’s plastic sheet. Then, by pealing the sheet back, everything we’d written or drawn
[D]o not dwell on the past. —Isaiah 43:18 Despite Israel’s repeated rebellion, God, in loving mercy, said: “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. . . . I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions . . . and remembers your sins no more” (Is 43:18,
[E]ven the very hairs of your head are all numbered. —Matthew 10:30 God is interested in the smallest details of your life. You don’t have a clue how many hairs are pushing through your scalp, do you? (The average is about 140,000.) Your Father knows your exact count. Not only does
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[A] man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions. —Luke 12:15 Years ago an American company was experiencing unacceptable turnover of employees in their assembly plant in Panama. Most of the workers had lived there all their lives, in what had always
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[G]ive him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins. —Matthew 1:21 An angel appeared to Joseph in a dream, telling him to take Mary home as his wife. “She will give birth to a son,” said the angel, “and you are to
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[T]hey . . . presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh. —Matthew 2:11 We want our gifts to be appropriate and appreciated. I knew a man whose spic-and-span housekeeping wife spent a lot of time on her knees hand-waxing their floors. He gave her
