Topic:The Most Astonishing Thing A daily devotion for May 14th Read the Scripture: 1 John 2:28-3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God. (1 John 3:1a KJV) Here is an astonishing thing. It is not the fact that God loves, but how God loves. What manner of …
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Topic:Priorities of Prosperity No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Matthew 6:24 God isn’t against your having money. He’s against money having you. He’s against your making it your priority and putting …
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Topic:Not What It Seems May 14, 2018 Read: 2 Kings 19:29–37 | Bible in a Year: 2 Kings 19–21; John 4:1–30 Do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. 1 John 4:1 “Listen!” my wife said to me over the phone. “There’s a monkey in our yard!” She held up the phone …
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Topic:Live Creatively for Christ By Billy Graham • May 14 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love . . . —Romans 12:10 Living creatively for Christ in the home is the acid test for any Christian man or woman. It is far easier to live an excellent life among your friends, when you are putting your best foot …
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Topic:Revelation Knowledge 14th May It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. John 6:40-45 The Old Testament prophets prophesied of a new covenant where we would all be taught of God. This is speaking of revelation knowledge that comes …
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Topic:Bread Of Heaven 13th May Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. John 6:31-35 It is probable that these Jews were expecting Jesus to rain down manna on them the way God did before in the wilderness. After all, anyone who could feed five thousand men with one small lunch should be able to produce manna. …
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Topic:Take Your Place [For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly], and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection. Philippians 3:10, The …
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Topic:The Teaching Spirit A daily devotion for May 13th Read the Scripture: 1 John 2:26-27 …just as it has taught you, remain in him. (1 John 2:27b) The emphasis in these verses is on the words as it has taught you. What the Spirit has taught you, not what He has taught the other fellow. After the resurrection, Jesus said …
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Topic:Treasure in Heaven May 13, 2018 Read: Matthew 6:19–21 | Bible in a Year: 2 Kings 17–18; John 3:19–36 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:21 When I was growing up, my two sisters and I liked to sit side-by-side on top of my mother’s large cedar-lined chest. My mom kept our wool sweaters …
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Topic:God Provides By Billy Graham • May 13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. —John 13:13 He (the Spirit) will never lead you contrary to the Word of God. I hear people saying, “The Lord led me to do this. … The Lord told me thus and so …” I am always …
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