Archive for December, 2011
Take a Good Look
When you see God in the small stuff, your life becomes more meaningful.
We like to compare seeing God in the small stuff to looking at the stars. If you’ve never studied astronomy, you could look at the stars all night long and never know anything about them. The sight would be beautiful, but […]
The Second Coming
Jesus came to Earth in the past, and He is coming again in the future. Thank God for the first coming and get ready for the second.
The New Testament begins with the historical record of the first coming of Jesus to Earth, when God became a human and lived on Earth for a while. […]
When God’s Patience Runs Out
It’s never a good idea to play the percentages with God, because God is right 100 percent of the time.
We think we know why God is the only One who knows when the world is going to end. He hasn’t set the date yet. The Bible says, “The Lord isn’t really being slow […]
Obedience Matters
Living a life that pleases God doesn’t come automatically.
Living life so God sees Jesus in us requires something of us: obedience. Accepting Jesus and what he did for us on the cross puts us in God’s good graces (after all, we are saved by His grace), but it doesn’t automatically mean we’re going […]
Sin and the Christian
Question: If someone continues to sin everyday and doesn’t obey or live up to God’s Word, will he have salvation at the end?
Answer: That’s a great question, and there’s no easy answer, precisely because only God knows the heart. Only God knows if someone has truly given their life to Him by […]
Real Hope
As a Christian, you have the unique ability to live both now and also in the future.
Do you ever confuse “hope” with “wishing”? When you say, “I hope I get a better job,” or “I hope it doesn’t rain tomorrow,” do you have confidence that what you hope for will actually happen? Or […]
The Purest of the Pure
God will never see holiness in us unless He sees Jesus in us.
We shouldn’t be concerned when we come across things in the Bible that puzzle us. God’s Word is a book with many layers, kind of like an onion. Some verses are more on the surface and easily understood, while others are deeper […]
God’s Gift to You
You don’t realize the meaning of Christmas until you take Jesus out of the manger and put Him in your heart.
How silly it would be to receive a gift this Christmas and leave it unopened. You would never do that. It might look pretty sitting under the tree, or on a shelf (after […]
Life after Death
People who don’t know what happens when they die don’t know that God can give them life.
From what God has told us in His Word, we have confidence and assurance of life after death. Jesus was the prototype of the “resurrected” body that every Christian will someday have in heaven. The old earthly […]
Ready and Willing
Enjoy each day as if it were your last.
Even since Jesus left the earth nearly two thousand years ago, people have been predicting when the world is going to end. As you may have noticed, no one has gotten it right. Here’s our advice on the subject: You need to worry more […]
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