November 7th Read: 1 Corinthians 16:109; Colossians 4:2-4; John 7:37-39 In Christian service one is often looking for open doors, as Paul did. Just because a door is open, it does not mean I am to walk through it. When a heart opens, however, it is always an invitation to get involved. I am so …
November 6th Read: 1 John 5:4-5 and Romans 8:35-39 Life is a battle, but we have Jesus’ resurrection power to use as we fight. The Greek word used for power here is dunamos, the word from which we derive our English word dynamite! We have dynamite with which to repel Satan and fight against this …
November 5th Read: Job 14:7-9; Lamentations 3:22-26; Jeremiah 33:3 Hope is one of the sweet benefits of a relationship with God through Jesus Christ. We have not only the hope of Heaven for eternity but also hope in our present circumstances, whatever they may be. When we are knocked down by life, we have a …
November 4th Read: Matthew 13:3-23 One day my 8-year-old son asked me, “Mom, why are there so many dandelions?” He heard me out about deep roots and umbrella-like seeds, but I think he really wanted to know what their purpose is. That started me thinking about dandelions and their God-given ability to survive when other …
November 3rd Read: 1 Thessalonians 3 My childhood was spent near some of the lovely mountain lakes in New York State’s Adirondack Mountains. I learned at a young age about the ripple effect of dropping pebbles into the water from a handy pier. A loving act usually produces a ripple effect too so that the …
November 2nd Read: Psalm 107:23-30 and Matthew 8:23-27 When we lose our way, we can be sure that our Savior knows exactly where we are and that He can guide us into His way and into a peaceful harbor. STORM AT SEA I felt that I was sailing On a vast uncharted sea, Capricious winds …
November 1st Read: Psalm 37:4 “Wait on the LORD and keep His way, and He shall exalt thee to inherit the land.” Here we see the Hebrew word for wait to mean binding together with the Lord meekly with expectation. If we wait on Him, His promise has two conditions … wait on Him and …
November 16th Read: Psalm 37:1-11; Psalm 55:1-8 When David the King wrote the passage in Psalm 55, he was grieving over false friends and wishing himself out of the hard situation, a mistake many of us make. In a physical sense our immediate circumstances often push us to this same brink, but there is no …
November 15th Read: Matthew 5:45; Isaiah 55:8-10; Lev. 26:3-6; Job 5:8-10 There may have been a time in your life when abundant rain was not a blessing! I have known a couple of floods. We all would agree, however, that without abundant rain, crops fail, flowers do not bloom, wells go dry, and man must …
November 14th Read: Psalm 139:11-12; 1 Cor. 4:5; 1 Pet. 2:9-10; John 1:1-5 I had trouble when I was in science class, trouble understanding that extreme cold was the total absence of heat. Somehow, to my young mind, cold was the norm and heat abnormal. Perhaps that had to do with the cold climate in …