Church Blog (Page 298)

Church Blog (Page 298)

Daily Devotional – Tears of Repentance

Tears of Repentance By Billy Graham • June 21, 2016 Now change your mind and attitude to God and turn to him so he can cleanse away your sins and send you wonderful times of refreshment from the presence of the Lord. —Acts 3:19 (TLB) There is a certain amount of sorrow involved in repentance that we don’t see much of today. That word means moaning and even groaning. I don’t mean that we have to have a great emotional…

Daily Devotional – Have You Come to “When” Yet?

Have You Come to “When” Yet? – From Utmost.org June 20, 2016  The Lord restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. —Job 42:10  A pitiful, sickly, and self-centered kind of prayer and a determined effort and selfish desire to be right with God are never found in the New Testament. The fact that I am trying to be right with God is actually a sign that I am rebelling against the atonement by the Cross of Christ. I…

Daily Devotional – Distance Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

Distance Makes the Heart Grow Fonder By Billy Graham • June 19, 2016 . . . set your sights on the rich treasures and joys of heaven . . . —Colossians 3:1 (TLB) Have you ever been separated from someone you love? A boyfriend or girlfriend whom you have not seen in three or four months? Wait until you see each other! My wife and I have said goodbyes to each other; but when we met again, it was a…

Daily Devotional – Keep Recognizing Jesus

Keep Recognizing Jesus – From Utmost.org June 18, 2016  …Peter…walked on the water to go to Jesus. But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid… —Matthew 14:29-30  The wind really was boisterous and the waves really were high, but Peter didn’t see them at first. He didn’t consider them at all; he simply recognized his Lord, stepped out in recognition of Him, and “walked on the water.” Then he began to take those things around him…

Verse of the Day – 2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Daily Devotional – Fully Surrender

Fully Surrender By Billy Graham June 17, 2016   Those who still reject me are like the restless sea. . . . There is no peace, says my God, for them! —Isaiah 57:20,21 (TLB) Faith has legs . . . I heard about a man some years ago who was rolling a wheelbarrow back and forth on a tightrope across Niagara River. Thousands of people were shouting him on. He put a 200-pound sack of dirt in the wheelbarrow and…

Daily Devotional –

Look Deeply By Billy Graham June 16  , 2016 Open my eyes to see wonderful things in your Word. —Psalm 119:18 (TLB) Some, who doubt that the Bible is the true Word of God, doubt it because they are unwilling to ascribe to God anything they cannot themselves achieve. If you have any uncertainty about the inspiration of the Bible, go back and look at it again. Look at it in the light of a person who has been staring…