Standing for Truth and Defending Your Freedom
Standing for Truth and Defending Your Freedom
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May 5 ‘…learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart…’ — Matthew 11:29

Jesus Christ Our Lord

The four Gospels present four rather different pictures of Christ from different perspectives, from different backgrounds, and through different events. As we read those Gospels, a character rises up from the pages, a character unique and altogether lovely. We begin to see a face and hear a voice, a voice that speaks with a music and a poetry never heard before. His message? “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will... More
May 4 ‘I and My Father are one.’ — John 10:30

The Claims Of Christ

Have you ever really thought about some of the things Jesus Christ said about Himself? Have you ever pondered the fact that Jesus Christ made claims that today would put someone in a lockup? Jesus said He was the “light of the world.” Talk about delusions of grandeur! (But only if the claim weren’t true.) Jesus also claimed an eternal origin—He said, “Before Abraham was, I AM.” His hearers, the Jewish... More
May 3 If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways…’ — 2 Chronicles 7:14

A National Day Of Prayer

A multitude of presidents through the years have declared this date our National Day of Prayer. And our country needs prayer! In fact, I think this country needs our prayers now more than ever before, except perhaps during the War for Independence and the Civil War. We desperately need a national revival. Unless we have one, I believe that America, as we know it, won’t exist much longer. And if America falls, virtually the entire... More
May 2 …O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years!… — Habakkuk 3:2

Send A Great Revival!

Today we’ll take our last look at revival. Particularly, we’ll look at some great revivals of the past. Perhaps the most notable revival of the twentieth century happened in 1904 and 1905 in the tiny land of Wales. This revival started with a few people fervently praying. The prayers of these people had powerful results. Churches that had been one-fourth full of apathetic Christians began to come alive. The Spirit of God fell on... More
May 1 ‘…then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.’ — 2 Chronicles 7:14

National Revival

Yesterday we discussed our need for national revival. Today and tomorrow I want to continue with this theme.   Revival is a rebirth, a restoration of God’s power, and I believe that it can happen in America! God can yet change this land. He can stay the hand of chastisement acted out in our mean city streets and spreading into the countryside. But to have revival, we must pay a price. God says, “If My people who are called... More
April 30 ‘Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.’ — Matthew 5:8

To See God

Some have called the concept of seeing God “the brightest star in the Beatitudes’ constellation.” For ages, Christians have longed to see God. The mystics of the Middle Ages rejoiced in the concept of seeing God, calling it the “Beatific Vision.” This vision was the great quest of theology and even the quest of science as originally constructed—through the examination of the cosmos, humans hoped to more... More
April 29 ‘Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.’ — Mark 8:34

Sacrifice

Have you ever noticed how virtually all of the people we call heroes have made great sacrifices in one way or another? To achieve the ends they deemed worthwhile, these people sacrificed their time, their finances, their health, even their lives. And because they willingly relinquished any claims to these things (which we take for granted), we view these people as heroes, worthy of honor and emulation. Throughout the centuries, God has used... More