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God, the Support of the Saved (December 13)
"O Lord, support us all the day long, until the shadows lengthen and the evening comes and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and our work is don...
Looking Beyond Our Salvation to the Savior (December 12)
When we get to heaven, we will be completely happy. But our thoughts will not be centered on how happy we are. We will be so completely caught up in the glory of God t...
Obedience Is Not a Negative Concept (December 11)
We need to view obedience in a more kindly light. Wherever we look in the New Testament, we see Jesus recommending obedience as something to be honored and appreciated...
The Most Disturbing Message in the World (December 10)
If the seed of the kingdom is going to grow, the fields of our hearts have to be plowed up. And the harder the ground, the more painful the plowing is going to be. "If...
Jesus, the Crisis-Producer (December 9)
When we hear Jesus honestly, a crisis is produced deep within us. Is this teaching true? And if it is true, what are we going to do about it? The most tragic thing we ...
Flee! Don't Look Back! (December 8)
Repentance is hard, especially when sinful habits are deeply ingrained in us. There is not much chance of getting away from the clutches of sin if we don't flee from i...
The Deadliest Temptation (December 7)
"There is nothing any more permanent than a temporary solution." If that's true anywhere, it's certainly true in our spiritual lives. Rebellion against God is bad, but...
A Gentle Knock at the Door (December 6)
If we are lost, we may spend eternity blaming God for not being more forceful to break down our resistance. But if it's not love that brings us back home, what good wo...
Made in God's Image, We Long for His Fellowship (December 5)
We need our God deeply. Created in His image, we yearn for Him. Whatever else we may accomplish in this world, this truth can't be denied: cut off from the God in whos...
We Are Not Saved by Those We Are Connected To (December 4)
Are we helped in this life by the good lives of those we come in contact with? Yes. And should we give thanks for the helpful influence of godly people? Certainly. But...
God Will Judge the World in Righteousness (December 3)
If we take Jesus seriously, along with the teaching of the apostles whom He selected to communicate His message, we must accept the fact that eventually God is going t...
Putting Our Hand to the Plow (December 2)
Everything God has ever revealed about Himself shows that He can be counted on. His promises can be trusted. So we must not look back wistfully at the things we have g...
Jesus Christ and Him Crucified (December 1)
When we come to Christ, we come empty-handed, yielding to His decision as to our greatest need. Whatever other gifts our "wisdom" might say are more needful, we are co...
Entrance Into the Eternal Kingdom (November 30)
God will help us, obviously, but the process of renovating our character cannot take place without our active engagement and obedience. We must not only be willing to ...
Judged by Our Response to Jesus' Word (November 29)
When the gospel is rejected, it is Jesus Himself who is being refused. So let's look at our situation clearly: our eternal destiny hinges on our response to the person...
Called, Beloved, Kept (November 28)
In a world of obstacles and temptations, we could not survive without the help God gives us in Christ. Peter wrote of those "who by God’s power are being guarded throu...
Faith Has Consequences (November 27)
Believing is not a simple one-time decision after which we drift through life automatically. It is a soul-deep dependence on the Father who has loved us and saved us. ...
Honest About Our Transgressions (November 26)
If we preserve our flattering self-image with denials of the truth, there is nothing but death in that cave. To be forgiven, we must come out of hiding. In Jesus Chris...
If We Have Died to Sin (November 25)
If commitment, confession, and repentance are not a part of our daily walk with God, we need to go back and remember the "death" we died when we were baptized. If at t...
A Sobering (and Encouraging) Thought (November 24)
What if you have not yet obeyed the gospel? You need to hear all of the truth that God has revealed about Himself. So study all of the Scriptures. You will be encourag...
Obedience Is a Choice (November 23)
Obedience requires discipline, which comes from deciding what is most important to us. Valuing our hope more highly than anything else, we'll pursue that hope with pas...
O to Be Like Thee! (November 22)
God has a great goal: not merely to rescue us but to reform us. For all who will accept His plan, God intends to repair the damage sin has done to our character and ma...
Have We 'Put On' Christ? (November 21)
Have we been truly converted to Him, discarding our old life and clothing ourselves with the fresh, clean garments of our Lord's heart, mind, and character? If not, pe...
Jesus Christ, Our Example (November 20)
By coming penitently to Jesus -- seeking first the forgiveness of our sins and then committing ourselves to live by His example -- we become an example that helps othe...
When the Feeling of Salvation Fails Us (November 19)
The Scriptures must be our guide. Our feelings may err on the high side or the low side, but the only reliable basis for our confidence is God's promise. And never for...
Confident in Christ . . . and Careful (November 18)
Given the problems that confront us (no less today than in the first century), it would be dangerous not to guard our faith carefully -- there are none more vulnerable...
Even in Christ, We Are Not Yet Fully Alive (November 17)
In Christ, we live in great anticipation. And since we live in anticipation, we also live with focused concentration and resolute patience. Excited, enticed, and intri...
Opportunity to Seek God (November 16)
If we fail to use the opportunity which God's grace has provided, the word "regret" will crush us with horrible force. There is no love more painful than the love that...
The Church in Splendor (November 15)
“Beholding the glory of the Lord, [we] are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another” (2 Corinthians 3:18). Jesus Christ is the key to ...
The Power (and Beauty) of Commitment (November 14)
It may be that the truly “big” tests of life are the “little” ones, the many daily decisions that call for us to remember our promises to the Lord and faithfully do th...
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