HPBC Daily Blog (Page 312)

HPBC Daily Blog (Page 312)

Joy in Sharing – Daily Devotional

April 25, 2016 Joy in Sharing – From BillyGraham.org We . . . offer our sacrifice of praise to God by telling others of the glory of his name. —Hebrews 13:15 (TLB) Jesus knew that one of the real tests of our yieldedness to God is our willingness to share with others. If we have no mercy toward others, that is one proof that we have never experienced God’s mercy. Emerson must have been reading the gauge of human mercy…

Daily Devotional – The Warning Against Desiring Spiritual Success

The Warning Against Desiring Spiritual Success – From  Utmost.org April 24, 2016  Do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you… —Luke 10:20  Worldliness is not the trap that most endangers us as Christian workers; nor is it sin. The trap we fall into is extravagantly desiring spiritual success; that is, success measured by, and patterned after, the form set by this religious age in which we now live. Never seek after anything other than the approval…

Letters from Roscoe

Roscoe here, Christian in Training. Like I was saying, I continued to come to Church. And there I was, questioning God even more.  And I came to Sunday School and learned a little bit more each time.  I joined the church.  This church that was so different than any Church I had ever been to before.  I became a ‘SMO’.  Some of you may know what that is, I didn’t.  But I learned.  It means;  ‘a Sunday Morning Only’ person.   Yes, it…

Daily Devotional – Do You Worship the Work?

Do You Worship The Work? – From Utmost.org April 23, 2016 We are God’s fellow workers… —1 Corinthians 3:9  Beware of any work for God that causes or allows you to avoid concentrating on Him. A great number of Christian workers worship their work. The only concern of Christian workers should be their concentration on God. This will mean that all the other boundaries of life, whether they are mental, moral, or spiritual limits, are completely free with the freedom…

Letters from Roscoe

Hey, it’s me again. Roscoe. I thought I’d continue to tell you about what happened to me that led me to become a Christian in Training.  Like I said, I continued to come to church. Months went by, prayers were said, hymns were sung, baptisms were conducted. That voice inside of me that had screamed and ranted incessantly during services gradually began to quiet down. But it didn’t go completely away. It just seemed to stop yelling.  I continued to question God. I…

Daily Devotional – The Light That Never Fails

The Light That Never Fails – From Utmost.org April 22, 2016  We all, with unveiled face, beholding…the glory of the Lord… —2 Corinthians 3:18  A servant of God must stand so very much alone that he never realizes he is alone. In the early stages of the Christian life, disappointments will come— people who used to be lights will flicker out, and those who used to stand with us will turn away. We have to get so used to it…

Letters from Roscoe

The “Letters from Roscoe” is a series of short letters describing the way one person became a ‘real’ follower of Christ and a Christian in Training.  Please feel free to join in by filling out the comments form at the end of this post. My name is Roscoe, and I am a Christian in Training. I haven’t always been that.  In fact, I accepted Jesus Christ into my heart and was baptized when I was a kid in 1966.  Then I…

Daily Devotional – Don’t Hurt the Lord

Don’t Hurt the Lord – From utmost.org April 21, 2016  Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? —John 14:9  Our Lord must be repeatedly astounded at us— astounded at how “un-simple” we are. It is our own opinions that make us dense and slow to understand, but when we are simple we are never dense; we have discernment all the time. Philip expected the future revelation of a tremendous mystery, but not…