Morning Who can say, I have made my heart clean? (Prov. 20:9) The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there i
Read more…Psalm 15 (New International Version, ©2010) Psalm 15 A psalm of David. 1 LORD, who may dwell in your sacred tent? Who may live on your holy mountain? 2 The one whose walk is blameless, who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from their h
Read more…February 15, 2011 He is Waiting for You Mary Southerland Today's Truth "Now as they went on their way, He entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home" (Luke 10:38, NIV). Friend To Friend Balance always require
Read more…February 15, 2011 A Recipe for Relationships Micca Monda Campbell "... he loved him as he loved himself." 1 Samuel 20:17b (NIV) Devotion: My mother use to tell me to count myself lucky if I had just one "close friend." That's because close
Read more…February 15 Love's Hidden Enemy 1 Corinthians 13:9-13 The apostle Paul wrote that he once reasoned like a child, but he had now put childish ways behind him (1 Cor. 13:11). He was referring to the spiritual maturity process, whereby a believer's
Read more…The Blacksmith's Shop by Max Lucado In the shop of a blacksmith, there are three types of tools. There are tools on the junk pile: outdated, broken, dull, rusty. They sit in the cobwebbed corner, useless to their master, oblivious to their calling.
Read more…At the time it didn’t seem like such a big deal. In fact, I thought we handled things quite well given the circumstances. It wasn’t our fault that a drunk driver plowed into our parked car in the middle of the night while we were on vacation more th
Read more…Deuteronomy 28 Blessings for Obedience 1 If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. 2 All these blessings will come on you and accomp
Read more…Joshua 22 (New International Version, ©2010) Joshua 22 Eastern Tribes Return Home 1 Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh 2 and said to them, “You have done all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded,
Read more…Judges 6 (New International Version, ©2010) Judges 6 Gideon 1 The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD, and for seven years he gave them into the hands of the Midianites. 2 Because the power of Midian was so oppressive, the Israelites prepa
Read more…Jesus Calls Levi and Eats With Sinners 13 Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them. 14 As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” Jesus t
Read more…Proverbs 14 (New International Version, ©2010) Proverbs 14 1 The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down. 2 Whoever fears the LORD walks uprightly, but those who despise him are devious in their ways. 3
Read more…Morning Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness. (Matt. 3:15) I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. (Psa. 40:8) Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not
Read more…Exodus 14 (New International Version, ©2010) Exodus 14 1 Then the LORD said to Moses, 2 “Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp near Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. They are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal Zephon. 3 Pharao
Read more…Genesis 14 (New International Version, ©2010) Genesis 14 Abram Rescues Lot 1 At the time when Amraphel was king of Shinar,[a] Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of Goyim, 2 these kings went to war against Bera king of So
Read more…Psalm 14 (New International Version, ©2010) Psalm 14 For the director of music. Of David. 1 The fool[a] says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good. 2 The LORD looks down from heaven o
Read more…February 14, 2011 The Roman Rules of Marriage Sharon Jaynes (In honor of Valentine's Day, Sharon's February devotions will focus on marriage.) Today's Truth "[Let your] love be sincere-a real thing" (Romans 12:9, AMP) Friend To Friend Februar
Read more…February 14, 2011 Be Mine Rachel Olsen "My lover is mine, and I am his." Song of Solomon 2:16 (NLT) Devotion: While I spent the last few months thinking a lot about Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's, greeting card writers likely spent it focu
Read more…February 14 Biblical Love 1 Corinthians 13:1-8 In today's passage, Paul talks about love and its preeminence over speech, knowledge, generosity, and self-sacrifice (vv. 1-3). The apostle then describes the nature of biblical love, which is pat
Read more…Researcher Discovers that Black Gospel Musicians Tackled Civil Rights Issues on "B" Sides of Vintage Records by News Release : Feb 11, 2011 : Baylor University "A surprisingly large number of "B" sides on old 45s of gospel songs deal with civil righ
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