10/30/15 Keep on Praying
READING: Luke 18 TEXTS AND APPLICATION: Is prayer ever difficult for you? As much as I believe in prayer, I confess that sometimes it’s tough to stay diligent and…
Read MoreREADING: Luke 18 TEXTS AND APPLICATION: Is prayer ever difficult for you? As much as I believe in prayer, I confess that sometimes it’s tough to stay diligent and…
Read MoreToday I write to people I deeply love – Southern Baptists and our International Mission Board missionaries.
Read MoreREADING: John 11 TEXTS AND APPLICATION: Lazarus was dead. He had been dead for four days. His family and friends wept. Jesus was on the scene — but…
Read MoreREADING: Luke 16–17 TEXTS AND APPLICATION: God has been very good to me, yet I suspect I’m not nearly as grateful as I should be. Even when I am…
Read MoreREADING: Luke 14-15 TEXTS AND APPLICATION: I’ve always been amazed by how much we celebrate the birth of a baby and how little we celebrate the re-birth…
Read MoreREADING: Luke 12-13 TEXTS AND APPLICATION: My heart is alarmed today, but not because I face any great trial or opposition. It’s not because my wife and I are…
Read MoreREADING: Luke 10-11, John 10:22-42 TEXTS AND APPLICATION: Are you perhaps struggling today with God’s timing? I am reminded today of the rightness of His timing, though perhaps…
Read MoreHebrews 7:25 “Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to…
Read MoreREADING: John 9:1-10:21 TEXTS AND APPLICATION: Repetition matters in the Bible. It catches the reader’s attention and directs him to important themes. Note the repetition in…
Read MoreREADING: John 7-8 TEXTS AND APPLICATION: When Jesus challenged the Jews to follow Him, they claimed their bloodline to Abraham as assurance of their “rightness” before God. Jesus not…
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