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Daily Devotional – Love Covers
Love Covers from Billygraham.org Mar 18, 2016 . . Let us stop just saying we love people; let us really love them, and show it by our actions. —1 John 3:18 (TLB) The Bible declares that we who follow Christ should be just as much in love with each other as God was in love with us when He sent His Son to die on the cross. The moment we come to Christ, Scripture says, God gives us supernatural love…
Verse of the Day – James 1:21 KJV
“Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.”
Daily Devotional – Faith Produces Works
Faith Produces Works – Billygraham.org May 17, 2016 . . . doing service as to the Lord . . . —Ephesians 6:7 A true sacrament is not a mere creed, or ordinance, or form, but it is a life of service to God and to man. The most eloquent prayer is the prayer through hands that heal and bless. The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of praise is the sound of…
Verse of the Day – 1 Timothy 1:15 KJV
This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
Letters from Roscoe
I know I’ve already written to you once today, but when God is speaking to you, you do what he says. Picture this. You’re riding the roller coaster at an amusement park. It’s been an awesome ride! Your car comes bounding over the last peak and begins its descent down into the station where you will disembark. Your heartbeat is beginning to slow, your breathing starting to even out. As your car glides into the station you look left to…
Letters from Roscoe
Forgiveness. You would think it should be easy, but sometimes it is really hard to do. Lately, I have had the recurring notion that I need to forgive my stepfather for the many, many wrongs that he perpetrated against my Mother, my sisters and me. I’ve thought about telling him face to face, but I really don’t want to speak to the man, so then I considered writing him a letter. In it, I would tell him ‘I forgive you.’…
Daily Devotional – The Habit of Rising to the Occasion
The Habit of Rising to the Occasion – from Utmost.org May 15, 2016 …that you may know what is the hope of His calling… —Ephesians 1:18 Remember that you have been saved so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in your body (see 2 Corinthians 4:10). Direct the total energy of your powers so that you may achieve everything your election as a child of God provides; rise every time to whatever occasion may come your way. You did…
Verse of the Day – Acts of the Apostles 1:8 KJV
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Daily Devotional – Live Creatively for Christ
Live Creatively for Christ – From Billygraham.org May 14, 2016 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 forward and are conscious of public opinion, than it is to live for Christ in your home. Your own family…
Verse of the Day – 2 Samuel 7:22
Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
Letters from Roscoe
One of the comments I received about my last post was this one: “I love the letters from Roscoe and I have been blessed to witness the changes it has bestowed upon his new found life ,and while watching it has sparked an interest in myself and allowed me to seek out this new life as well so please please Roscoe don’t stop sharing ur journey with us allow us the glory to see just how much we all need…
Daily Devotional – The Habit of Keeping a Clear Conscience
The Habit of Keeping a Clear Conscience – from Utmost.org May 13, 2016 …strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men. —Acts 24:16 God’s commands to us are actually given to the life of His Son in us. Consequently, to our human nature in which God’s Son has been formed (see Galatians 4:19), His commands are difficult. But they become divinely easy once we obey. Conscience is that ability within me that attaches itself to the highest standard…