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…
REVELATION 22:4 – They will see His face . . . THEME OF THE DAY. FACE-TO-FACE WITH JESUS. Each of us has experienced a reunion with a loved. It might have been a short or long separation, but what was occupying our hearts was the same. We experienced the feeling inside of anticipation, expectation and excitement. I remember long deployments in the…
MATTHEW 16:21-23 – From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This shall never happen to…
Christian mother in Uganda kicked out of her house and denied custody of her daughter.