He’s not hidden from our sight
“After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight” (Acts 1:9). What is your biggest frustration in life today?...
Here’s the key
“Jesus said, ‘Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.’ And with that he breathed on them and said, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. If you...
Clothed with Christ
“Then one of the elders asked me, ‘These in white robes—who are they, and where did they come from?’ I answered, ‘Sir, you know.’ And he said, ‘These...
Back to school
“Continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you have known the Holy...
New resolve for a new year
“I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing” (Romans 7:19). It’s disappointing. It’s frustrating. We’ve...
Joseph also went up
“Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David” (Luke...
The secret of being content
“I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed...
Don’t judge a book by its cover
“See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey” (Zechariah 9:9). You can’t judge...
One for all
“You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish” (John 11:49,50). “It is better for you that...
I love you
“This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins” (1 John 4:10). What will it be for you this...
Free at last!
“Jesus said, ‘If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free’ ” (John 8:31,32)....
Now what?
“All this I have spoken while still with you. But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind...
Do you mind if I come in?
“While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’ . . . Then he opened their minds so they could...
Ever been tempted like that?
We are all tempted and often fail. Only Jesus has been perfectly obedient. Have you ever fasted 40 days and 40 nights out in the wilderness? Have you ever been taken...
Silent no longer
Nicodemus remained silent before Jesus died, but, along with Joseph of Arimathea, he broke his silence. Stephen G. Helwig Have you ever been there? In a hospital...