HPBC Daily Blog (Page 297)
Verse of the Day – Proverbs 2:6
“For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.”
Daily Devotional – Solving the Problem
Solving the ProblemBy Billy Graham • July 16, 2016 Lord, grant us peace; for all we have and are has come from you. —Isaiah 26:12 (TLB) Only a few years ago children were delighted at the prospect of a trip to the wharves to see the great ships come in. Today they are blasé about helicopters and jet planes. We who once marveled at the telegraph now take for granted the far greater miracle of television. Not so long ago…
Verse of the Day -Romans 11:33 KJV
“O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!”
Daily Devotional – Disappointment becomes Joy
Disappointment Becomes Joy By Billy Graham • July 15, 2016 They shall see his face . . . —Revelation 22:4 (TLB) One of the great bonuses of being a Christian is the great hope that extends beyond the grave into the glory of God’s tomorrow. A little girl was running toward a cemetery as the darkness of evening began to fall. She passed a friend who asked her if she was not afraid to go through the graveyard at night.…
Verse of the Day – Jeremiah 32:17 KJV
“Ah Lord God! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:”
Daily Devotional – An Upside Down World
An Upside Down World By Billy Graham • July 14, 2016 Follow not that which is evil, but that which is good . . . —3 John 11 We must get this fact firmly fixed in our minds: we live in an upside-down world. People hate when they should love, quarrel when they should be friendly, fight when they should be peaceful, wound when they should heal, steal when they should share, do wrong when they should do right. I…
Verse of the Day – Romans 10:9-10 KJV
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Daily Devotional – The Power of Choice
The Power of Choice By Billy Graham • July 13, 2016 The Lord hath anointed me . . . to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound. —Isaiah 61:1 Viktor Frankl in his book, “Man’s Search for Meaning,” describes the reactions of two brothers with the same heredity, the same environment, in the same concentration camp under the Nazis. One became a saint and the other a swine. Frankl tells us…
Verse of the Day – Colossians 3:13 KJV
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Daily Devotional – A Genuine Hero
A Genuine Hero By Billy Graham • July 12, 2016 Jesus saith . . . I am the way, the truth, and the life . . . —John 14:6 With much of society a disappointment, young people have begun to search for answers on their own. Everywhere I travel, I find young people who are asking: What is truth? Who says so? What is right and what is wrong? Is there a final authority? Yes! There is an authority! There…
Verse of the Day – Matthew 5:44 KJV
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Daily Devotional – Encouragement
Encouragement By Billy Graham • July 11, 2016 Looking for that blessed hope . . . —Titus 2:13 One of the best ways to get rid of discouragement is to remember that Christ is coming again. The most thrilling, glorious truth in all the world is the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. When we look around and see pessimism on every side, we should remember the Bible is the only Book in the world that predicts the future. The Bible…