March 3 ‘…Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.’ — Joshua 1:9

The Importance Of Courage

If someone just left thousands of people in your care with the command to lead those people through wilderness toward a promised land, how would you feel? Joshua had that exact experience. After Moses, the Israelites’ leader, died, God handed Joshua the leadership baton, and with it came the responsibility to lead the people safely to Canaan. God had created Joshua for this role; even Joshua’s name, which means “the Lord... More

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March 2 The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world. — John 1:9, NIV

Dangers In The Dark

Have you ever been afraid of the dark? Perhaps as a child you feared that monsters lurked in your bedroom, just waiting for the lights to go out. Or maybe as an adult you fear that people with evil intentions hide in the shadows, ready to attack. Dangers do lurk in darkness. I refer not to “things that go bump in the night,” but to very real dangers which exist in the dark. After all, darkness is the domain of the... More

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March 1 …Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow… — Psalm 90:10

The Uses Of Adversity

Perhaps nothing causes more people to stumble in their faith than the problem of suffering. None of us is exempt from tribulation. We all face it at one time or another. And in our pain and desperation, we often ask, “Why, Lord?” Have those words ever echoed through the chambers of your soul in the middle of some dark and starless night? We can’t get rid of all pain, trouble, hurt, injury, and sorrow. People fall off... More

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February 28 ‘When I saw among the spoils a beautiful Babylonian garment, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them…’ — Joshua 7:21

Achan's Sins

Have you ever looked at a glossy home-decorating magazine and found that the home you felt thankful for an hour ago now seems junky? Or perhaps you saw a television ad for a slick car, and suddenly the car in your driveway now seems like a jalopy. Advertisements often lead us into covetousness. Of course, we need to provide for our families; and we don't sin when we seek to care for our needs. But we do sin when we desire the things of this... More

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February 27 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. — Ephesians 6:13

Putting On The Armor Of God

Do you ever feel that life is a battle for which you are ill-prepared, defenseless against the enemy's attacks? In Ephesians, Paul tells us that we fight spiritual battles daily and that we can win only by calling upon a strength beyond our own. So Paul exhorts us to put on the whole armor of God every day. Each piece of armor has a special purpose to protect us from Satan's blows. The first piece is the belt of truth . Satan's first line... More

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February 26 …and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again. — 2 Corinthians 5:15

Escape From Selfishness

Have you ever pondered what gives us the impulse to sin? Have you ever wondered what makes us go against God's commands despite our good intentions? I believe that selfishness lies at the root of all sin. I have thought long and hard about this, and I cannot think of any sin that doesn't originate from selfishness, from placing self rather than God at the center of our lives. Some have suggested that perhaps a person who steals or lies for... More

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February 25 Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances? — 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, NIV

A Checklist For Your Prayer Life

How is your prayer life going these days? As Christians, we should pray unceasingly, lifting praises and intercessions to God as constantly as our lungs rise and fall with each breath. Our hearts should be so in tune with God that every occasion calls forth a petition for a need, an intercession for someone else, a confession of a sin, a word of thanksgiving, or an article of praise. So often we pray narrowly, attending only to our own... More

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The Importance Of Courage

Dangers In The Dark

The Uses Of Adversity

Achan's Sins

Putting On The Armor Of God

Escape From Selfishness

A Checklist For Your Prayer Life