January 6


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 what we planned to use as "collateral"...

In Him we have . . . the forgiveness of sins . . . —Ephesians 1:7

Beware of the pleasant view of the fatherhood of God: God is so kind and loving that of course He will forgive us. That thought, based solely on emotion, cannot be found anywhere in the New Testament. The only basis on which God can forgive us is the tremendous tragedy of the Cross of Christ. To base our forgiveness on any other ground is unconscious blasphemy. The only ground on which God can forgive our sin and reinstate...

When He has come, He will convict the world of sin . . . —John 16:8



Very few of us know anything about conviction of sin. We know the experience of being disturbed because we have done wrong things. But conviction of sin by the Holy Spirit blots out every relationship on earth and makes us aware of only one— “Against You, You only, have I sinned . . .” (Psalm 51:4). When a person is convicted of sin in this way, he knows with every bit of his conscience that God would...

I am amazed at what God has done in my life. The peace & assurance I have in Him is priceless. He has always taken care of me. By all means, I shouldn't be alive or even with a home. Even after I got saved (rededication), I struggled financially for quite some time, until I began giving back to God a small portion of what He gave to me.

I know that I could go back to struggling at any moment. Tithing isn't a ticket to monetary riches, but God has promised to bless & take care...

Take Your Job and Love It
by Max Lucado

My heart took delight in all my work.
Ecclesiastes 2:10 NIV

Contrast two workers.

The first one slices the air with his hand, making points, instructing the crowd. He is a teacher and, from the look of things, a compelling one. He stands on a beach, rendering the slanted seashore an amphitheater. As he talks, his audience increases; as the audience grows, his platform shrinks. The instructor steps back and...