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[Talking about his second coming, Jesus continued,] "Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear." —Mark 13:31 NLT Key Thought While heaven and earth will pass away, Jesus' words — his promise to return along with all of his other promises — will be fulfilled. We can...

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! —Isaiah 10:1-2 (KJV)...

Hebrews 12:29 Dear Father, who dwells in indescribable light, Living God, consuming fire, burn the sin from my life. Purify my heart's desire in the smelter of your holiness. I want to do your will, Father, so that whatever I do, in word or deed, it will be done in the name of the Lord Jesus...

We follow this sequence in Scripture: The First Adam received life, the Last Adam is a life-giving Spirit. —1 Corinthians 15:45 MESSAGE Key Thought Adam needed for God to breathe the breath of life into him. Jesus, "the Last Adam", triumphed over death and poured out life through the Spirit...

"Pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved." —Song of Solomon 7:13 Morning Thought The spouse desires to give to Jesus all that she produces. Our heart has "all manner of pleasant fruits," both "old and new," and they are laid up for our Beloved. At this rich...

Through the years I’ve received emails from wives who’ve described sexual misuse and even abuse from their husbands and went on to say that they were trying to be submissive. Many shared how they’d had scriptures cited at them—by husbands, church leaders, or other Christians—as evidence that...

Dear Lord, I pray for myself and for other wives who struggle with initiating intimacy. I pray we would have the courage to pursue our husbands. I pray we would not let other excuses help us justify why we shouldn’t. I pray nothing steals our heart’s attention away from our husbands. May You...

[Jesus continued,] "I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass from the scene before all these things take place." —Mark 13:30 NLT Key Thought There are many ways this statement has been interpreted: Some understand this verse to mean that all of Mark 13 is referring to the...

"Sing forth the honour of his name, make his praise glorious." —Psalms 66:2 Morning Thought It is not left to our own option whether we shall praise God or not. Praise is God's most righteous due, and every Christian, as the recipient of his grace, is bound to praise God from day to day. It...

"A living dog is better than a dead lion." —Ecclesiastes 9:4 Evening Thought Life is a precious thing, and in its humblest form it is superior to death. This truth is eminently certain in spiritual things. It is better to be the least in the kingdom of heaven than the greatest out of it. The...

Hebrews 12:29 Dear Father, who dwells in indescribable light, I want to love the Light. Your verdict is: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. They hate the light because they are afraid they will be exposed. As for me, Lord God...

[God said through Ezekiel to the Israelites in exile,] "I will put my Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I the LORD have spoken, and I have done it, declares the LORD." —Ezekiel 37:14 NIV Key Thought Just as for the Israelites in...

Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands. —Nehemiah 9:30 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God has spoken repeatedly to his people...

Dear God, I thank You for today. Thank You for Your unconditional love and thank You for my husband. I pray for my husband, that You would fill him with Your Holy Spirit. Equip him to lead our family and yield to Your will. I pray that our marriage would be fulfilled in every way. I pray our...

"Behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague." —Leviticus 13:13 Morning Thought Strange enough this regulation appears, yet there was wisdom in it, for the throwing out of the disease proved that the constitution was sound. This...

"I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go." —Song of Solomon 3:4 Evening Thought Does Christ receive us when we come to him, notwithstanding all our past sinfulness? Does he never chide us for having tried all other refuges first? And is there none on earth like...

[Jesus continued,] "Now learn a lesson from the fig tree. When its branches bud and its leaves begin to sprout, you know that summer is near. In the same way, when you see all these things taking place, you can know that [the Son of Man's] return is very near, right at the door." —Mark 13:28-29...

[God] said to me [Ezekiel], "Prophesy to the breath. Prophesy, son of man. Tell the breath, 'GOD, the Master, says, Come from the four winds. Come, breath. Breathe on these slain bodies. Breathe life!'" So I prophesied, just as he commanded me. The breath entered them and they came alive! They...

And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD's. —Exodus 9:29 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... When Moses...

Hebrews 12:22-29 Dear Father, I come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly Jerusalem, to the city of the living God. I join with the thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, with the assembly of the firstborn ones, whose names are written in heaven. I come to you, my God, the judge of...