Daily Devotional (Page 40)
Daily Devotional – The Need for Love
The Need for Love – From Billygraham.org May 5, 2016 Keep yourselves in the love of God . . . —Jude 21 A husband and wife visited an orphanage where they hoped to adopt a child. In an interview with the boy they wanted, they told him in glowing terms about the many things they could give him. To their amazement the little fellow said, “If you have nothing to offer except a good home, clothes, toys, and the other…
Daily Devotional – Everlasting Peace
Reading in Peace – From Billygraham.org May 4, 2016 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace . . . — Ephesians 2:13,14 Meaningless mouthings about peace will not bring it to the world. In Glasgow, Scotland, we watched the Communists march around St. George’s Square carrying their banners with the words, “Our motto is PEACE!” My thoughts raced back to Korea, where I…
Daily Devotional – Seeing Our Need
Seeing Our Need – From Billygraham.org May 3, 2016 Only a fool would say to himself, ‘There is no God.’ And why does he say it? Because of his wicked heart, his dark and evil deeds. His life is corroded with sin. —Psalm 53:1 (TLB) We live like a little ant on this little speck of dust out in space. We get a Ph.D. degree and we strut across the stage and say, “Well, I don’t know whether or not…
Daily Devotional – God is in Nature
God is in Nature – From BillyGraham.org When I consider thy heavens . . . —Psalm 8:3 To look into a microscope is to see another universe so small that only the electronic microscope can even find it. For instance, it is revealed that one single snowflake in a snowstorm with millions of other snowflakes is the equivalent of twenty billion electrons. Scientists are learning that the miniature world of a single living cell is as astonishing as man himself.…
Daily Devotional – God the Peacekeeper
God the Peacekeeper – From Billygraham.org He will keep in perfect peace all those who trust in him, whose thoughts turn often to the Lord! —Isaiah 26:3 (TLB) You have an ego-a consciousness of being an individual. Of course, you do. But that doesn’t mean that you are to worship yourself, to think constantly of yourself, and to live entirely for yourself. Common sense tells you that your life would be miserable if you followed that course. God is infinitely…
Daily Devotional – Questioning
Questioning – From BillyGraham.org Restore to me again the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you. —Psalm 51:12 (TLB) It is not unusual for persons in their early twenties to defect from their early teaching. The reasons are many. Perhaps their exposure to unbelief “took” better than their exposure to belief. This is often the case, for the Bible says, “The heart of man is deceitful above all things.” The human heart is as prepared by…
Daily Devotional – The Unpayable Debt
The Unpayable Debt – From BillyGraham.org Who gave himself for our sins . . . Galatians 1:4 Years ago King Charles V was loaned a large sum of money by a merchant in Antwerp. The note came due, but the king was bankrupt and unable to pay. The merchant gave a great banquet for the King. When all the guests were seated and before the food was brought in, the merchant had a large platter placed on the table and…
Daily Devotional – God, Our Helper
April 27, 2016 God, Our Helper – from Billygraham.org I am like a sheltered olive tree protected by the Lord himself. I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever. —Psalm 52:8 (TLB) Turn to your Bible and read the wonderful stories of men who were alone in godless surroundings but who, by the help and presence of the living God, made a marvelous contribution to their own times. Joseph was surrounded by sin and intrigue in Egypt. His…
Daily Devotional – The Miracle of Life
The Miracle of Life – from BillyGraham.org The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. —Psalm 19:1–3 There is a language in nature that speaks of the existence of God. It is the language of order, beauty, perfection, and intelligence. Some time ago a scientist told me that when he gave serious…
Joy in Sharing – Daily Devotional
April 25, 2016 Joy in Sharing – From BillyGraham.org We . . . offer our sacrifice of praise to God by telling others of the glory of his name. —Hebrews 13:15 (TLB) Jesus knew that one of the real tests of our yieldedness to God is our willingness to share with others. If we have no mercy toward others, that is one proof that we have never experienced God’s mercy. Emerson must have been reading the gauge of human mercy…
Daily Devotional – The Warning Against Desiring Spiritual Success
The Warning Against Desiring Spiritual Success – From Utmost.org April 24, 2016 Do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you… —Luke 10:20 Worldliness is not the trap that most endangers us as Christian workers; nor is it sin. The trap we fall into is extravagantly desiring spiritual success; that is, success measured by, and patterned after, the form set by this religious age in which we now live. Never seek after anything other than the approval…
Daily Devotional – Do You Worship the Work?
Do You Worship The Work? – From Utmost.org April 23, 2016 We are God’s fellow workers… —1 Corinthians 3:9 Beware of any work for God that causes or allows you to avoid concentrating on Him. A great number of Christian workers worship their work. The only concern of Christian workers should be their concentration on God. This will mean that all the other boundaries of life, whether they are mental, moral, or spiritual limits, are completely free with the freedom…