November 23rd Read: Philippians 4:19; Psalm 132:14-15; Psalm 100; Psalm 95:1-3 LITTLE MOTHER Little Mother, a wild Mallard duck, was a wise parent. She had nested carefully among the plantain lilies at the next-door cottage. There were seven ducklings when she proudly walked them to the lake for the first time to give them their …
November 22nd Read: Jeremiah 1:3; 1 John 4:19 and 1 John 8:16 How does God proclaim His love? By coming to earth as a newborn babe named Jesus and experiencing all the ups and downs which His creatures experience, then dying on a cruel cross in judgement for their sins, our sins. By providing for …
November 21st Read: Luke 6:38; Matt. 10:8; Acts 20:35; John 15 A vessel in Scripture is a pitcher or some other container of liquids. It’s owner fills it with water, for instance, and then pours it into a drinking cup or a mixing bowl for his use. We are God’s vessels. He shapes us, fills …
November 20th Read: Jeremiah 33:3; Colossians 3:14; Proverbs 15:13; and Proverbs 17:22 Whatever I do, whatever I write or say, unless God works through me it is all vanity. Each day is a fresh page. I face that thought as I write and as I deal with people, especially strangers. When we were working in …
November 19th Read: Psalm 16; Matthew 6:33 What I do with each God-given moment adds up to the sum of a lifetime. If I seek the things of God moment by moment, I will be pleasing to Him and to those around me. If I see every moment as an important piece of my life, …
November 18th Read: 1 Corinthians 15 What is the theme of your life? Don’t answer that too quickly. Think about it. Jesus Christ is the theme of my life … Jesus and His love. In Him I have evergreen LIFE. In Him I have harmony in thought and action. In Him I have victory over …
November 17th Read: Matt. 6:12 and Matt. 22:36-40; Colossians 3:12-17 Have you ever noticed in your Christian life that in order to gain something, you are often required to yield something? Often your giving must involve forgiveness or love or mercy before those things pour into your own life, right? When we yield to God, …
November 10th Read: Psalm 86:11 The Hebrew word shalom means peace. It is often used as a greeting and its implications run deeper than `peace’. It really implies a unity of mind, body, and spirit … a unity in God which brings His peace. Today everything seems shattered … the world, the nation, the family, …
November 9th Read: John 10:14-15 When I was in my early teens, there was a painting in my room of a flock of sheep huddled around a rugged cross during a blizzard. Some of them were looking up as if they sought the Shepherd there. This picture impressed itself into my mind so that my …
November 8th Read: John 14:13; John 15:26; and John 16:24-27; James 4:13 Prayer … God has given us some precious promises concerning it as well as some warnings about abusing this wonderful privilege. We must come to the Father in Jesus’ name and with no doubts of His ability and desire to answer us if …