Help! God Didn’t Answer My Prayer August 19, 2023 by: Daniel J. Brendsel This article is part of the Help! series. Unopened Doors “If any of you lacks wisdom,” James 1:5 says, “let him ask God, who gives generously without reproach, and it will be given him.” According to 1 John 5:14–15, “If we know…
Soak me in your laundry and I’ll come out clean, scrub me and I’ll have a snow-white life. Tune me in to foot-tapping songs, set these once-broken bones to dancing. Don’t look too close for blemishes, give me a clean bill of health. God, make a fresh start in me, shape a Genesis week from…
On the Crushing Guilt of Failing at Quiet Time August 16, 2023 by: Kevin DeYoung Must Devotions Be Daily? I first began my habit of daily devotions when I was in high school. A couple of my friends at school were serious Christians, and they talked about spending time in their Bibles every morning before…
JESUS, THE MEDIATOR OF A NEW COVENANT \”He is the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises. He is faithful that promised.\” — Heb 8:6; Heb 10:23. THIS IS called the Better Covenant. There are no ifs; no injunctions of \”\’observe to do\”; no conditions of obedience to be fulfilled. From…
PROFIT AND LOSS \”Lo, we have left all, and have followed Thee! Jesus answered, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for My sake, and the Gospel\’s but he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time and in the…