By Charles Colson

The Winter of Discontent
Government and the Mood of the People

January 8, 2010

The new year is normally a time of optimism. And after a rocky 2009, certainly hopes should be high for a better year ahead.
But that’s not the mood of the people as we begin 2010. Not since the dark days of Watergate and Vietnam do I don’t recall a time when the American people were more pessimistic. And I’m not talking just about the economy and...

January 6

Praying In Jesus' Name

John 14:13-14 -- "Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it."


Soon after I became a Christian, a friend of mine and I began singing and sharing God's Word in various places. We decided that we needed a sound system, so we went to a bank and asked for a loan of two thousand dollars. The loan officer asked us...

January 4

Prayer...


John 14:14 reads, "If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it." People sometimes interpret this to mean that any request ending with the words "in Jesus' name, amen" will automatically be fulfilled. Yet basing our entire concept of prayer on one isolated verse would lead to a skewed perspective. It is also important to consider . . .

Our Fellowship With God. For God to hear and answer prayers, we must first...

January 1, 2010
Let Us Keep to the Point

". . . my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death" —Philippians 1:20

My Utmost for His Highest. ". . . my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed . . . ." We will all feel very much ashamed if we do not yield to Jesus the areas of our lives He has...

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