Topic:Prepare for Persecution Gloria Copeland Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. 2 Timothy 3:12 Did you catch that? He said all who live godly lives are going to suffer persecution. Not just the super-saints, not just the missionaries in hostile lands—but all. If …

Topic:Missing: Wisdom Bible in a Year: Isaiah 37–38 Colossians 3 Give your servant a discerning heart . . . to distinguish between right and wrong. 1 Kings 3:5–12 Two-year-old Kenneth went missing. Yet within three minutes of his mom’s 9-1-1 call, an emergency worker found him just two blocks from …

Topic:JESUS IS YOUR QUALIFICATION FOR GOD’S BLESSINGS Deuteronomy 28:2 And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you… God loves to bless you. He has even declared that “blessings shall come upon you and overtake you.” This means that you can’t run fast enough to escape them! When …

Topic:Complacency Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! You have begun to reign — and that without us! How I wish that you really had begun to reign so that we also might reign with you! 1 Corinthians 4:8 The seat of the problem at Corinth …

Topics: Youth Issues The Problem of Boredom By Billy Graham October 11 . . . knowing what lies ahead for you, you won’t become bored with being a Christian . . . —Hebrews 6:12 (TLB) Do you know what nearly all the sociologists say today in their study of young …

Topic:Live Free From Fear Gloria Copeland He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. Surely he shall deliver thee …

Topic:Fighting Life’s Dragons Bible in a Year: Isaiah 34–36 Colossians 2 Having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross. Colossians 2:9–15 Have you ever fought a dragon? If you answered no, author Eugene Peterson disagrees with you. In A …

Topic:PRONOUNCE YOURSELF CLEAN! Matthew 8:3 Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed. Most of us are familiar with the healing of the leper in Matthew 8. It is a beautiful account of God’s willingness to touch and …

Topics: God, God’s Love Satisfied by Righteousness By Billy Graham October 10 But my God shall supply all your needs according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. —Philippians 4:19 Man hungers for food, and God sends the sun and rain upon the golden fields of grain. The grain …

Topic:Stewards of the Mysteries of God This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed. Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful. 1 Corinthians 4:1-2 A minister of …