Daily Devotion
Reasons for Proper Living
Today's Bible Passage 1 PETER 2:11-12 The basic commandment that Peter lists here is that a Christian should abstain from fleshly desires. It is of the greatest importance that we see what Peter means by this. In the New Testament flesh stands for...
Protected in Time and Safe for Eternity
Today's Bible Passage 1 PETER 1:3-5 Meditation The inheritance of the Christian, the full joy of God, is waiting for him in heaven; and, of that, Peter has some things to say. On our journey through this world to eternity, we are protected by the...
Hoping for the Day
By this time, they had lost all control of the ship. The ship was drifting, broadside on, across the Adriatic; and they could not tell where they were. In the darkness, they heard the crash of breakers on some distant shore; they cast out sea...
The Blessed Hope
TITUS 2:11-14 For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the...
The Closing Blessings
Colossians 4: 17, 18 Meditation The letter closes with an urgent spur to Archippus to be true to a special task that has been given to him. It may be that we can never tell what that task was; for the moment, we must leave it at that. Paul used a...
One Person's Obedience Can Make a Difference
Meditation Tyndale’s last words were a prayer, “Lord, open the eyes of the King of England.” Two years after Tyndale’s death, Henry VIII ordered every church in England to make available to its members a copy of the English Bible. The approved...