Personal time in the Word of God is like breathing for the soul. It nourishes our souls, binds up our broken hearts, breaks our stubborn wills, and enlightens our minds (Psalm 19). But sometimes reading a passage of Scripture can feel like the most irrelevant part of one’s day. Worldly
What Your Bible Reading Says about Your Courage
Courageous men and women are individuals who esteem a specific list of values and who live by a stated set of principles. Wimps value only themselves and react to life as it happens with whatever they think best at the time. As Christians we ought to stop our wimpish ways
A Pattern for Your Own Devotional
Use this post today for your time with the Lord, and then imitate the pattern, even writing it out like this, for the rest of your life. READ Psalm 47:1-9 PRAYHeavenly Father.You are worthy of praise!We, your people are called to praise you. Let us do it with joy-filled hearts.We
Raising Your Spiritual Water Table
As much as we would like it for God to mature us in a moment, or even over a special church camp weekend or something like that, the reality is that God matures us one day at a time for the entire duration of our earthly life. Our church takes
How Well Do You Know John 3:16?
The most well-known verse in the Bible is probably John 3:16. It is a wonderful Gospel verse that combines both the simple and the profound realities of true faith. But how well do you really know it? One of the most primitive skills in reading the Bible is simply to
Read Your Bible, Pray Every Day
The Children’s Sunday School song of “Read Your Bible, Pray Every Day” echoes a truth about Christianity as basic as the ABC’s are to language. Read your Bible, pray every day,Pray every day, pray every day. Read your Bible, pray every day,And you will grow, grow, grow. And you will
A Better Reason to Learn From Scripture
Ever since the first moment of faith, the Scriptures have been cherished by all believers. The more we read the Word of God, the more we sense our need of the Word of God, and the more we learn from it. It is a blessed cycle. But perhaps your Bible-love
Praying Through the Scriptures
Prayer is not a self-help monologue to make one feel more spiritual. Rather, prayer is a conversation between yourself and the omnipresent God of the universe. What is very important about this conversation is that it is a conversation started by God, not us. It is true that we speak
Help in Reading The Really Long Sentences in the Bible
It is perhaps most common with the Apostle Paul, but Scripture is full of sentences and paragraphs that are so long that you find yourself so absorbed in the details that you forget the main point. A useful tip when reading those passages is to strip away most of the
Errors in the Bible?
Just recently again I heard an acquaintance simply remark that there are errors in the Bible. It didn’t phase him in the least saying so, and he even still maintained a religious devotion to the Bible. He is sadly not the minority, for many unbelievers in God promote the idea