GALATIANS 5:1, 13-14 – For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your…
MALACHI 3:16 – Then those who feared the LORD spoke with one another. The LORD paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the LORD and esteemed his name. THEME OF THE DAY. EVALUATING OUR LOVE FOR CHRIST. Our Bibles give us many evidences to confirm our love for Jesus Christ. That…
GENESIS 35:9-11 – God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him. And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name.” So he called his name Israel. And God said to him, “I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a…
MATTHEW 24:12 – And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. THEME OF THE DAY. HOW TO PREVENT A COLD HEART. Today’s scripture is taken from what is known as “The Olivet Discourse”. It was one of the last teachings Jesus gave soon before His crucifixion. In its unfolding, our Lord described what would be signs indicating…
GENESIS 21:1 – The LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as he had promised. THEME OF THE DAY. HE IS TRUSTWORTY. Today’s scripture is brief but packed with an encouraging truth; God can be trusted. Oh, we know that is true, but is it not also true we find it difficult to trust Him when…
On November 10th 2017, police in Andijan, in eastern Uzbekistan, raided the apartment of Irina Stepanova, a member of a local Baptist church. Although they claimed to be searching for illegal guns, police instead confiscated three Bibles, a Baptist song book, Christian magazines and booklets, 22 CDs and DVDs, and six personal notebooks with poems. Irina was subsequently charged with the illegal…