Two years after deadly attacks on Christians in southern Ethiopia, the church is stronger and growing.
MARK 4:35-41 – On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was…
HOSEA 11:1-3 – When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. The more they were called, the more they went away; they kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning offerings to idols. Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk; I took them up by their arms, but they did not know that…
ROMANS 8:29 – For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. THEME OF THE DAY. ASKING AND ANSWERING THE HARD QUESTION. I picked up the magazine off the coffee table. I am familiar with the publication, but normally don’t read it cover…
PSALM 18:19 – He brought me out into a broad place; he rescued me, because he delighted in me. THEME OF THE DAY. HE REALLY DOES. Go no further into today’s nugget than the scripture associated with it. Stop, ponder, muse over, meditate upon, say it aloud (maybe even shout it), and be overwhelmed by its truth. Let this sink so deep…
HOSEA 6:3 – Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.” THEME OF THE DAY. THE WORK OF KNOWING GOD. We should make a disclaimer with the theme of the day. The work of knowing…