READ: Psalm 43, Jeremiah 22-24, Matthew 15, Acts 22 THE WORSHIP OF ASKING FOR HELP The primary message of prophet and apostle is, “Repent.” It is not a popular message, nor is it a discriminating one for it is preached to both believer and unbeliever. Jesus taught that what comes out of the heart and […]
Region: Arab World
Abiding in Jesus: July 11
READ: Psalm 42, Jeremiah 19-21, Matthew 14, Acts 21 THE BURDEN OF THE LORD Even prophets long to be liked. We interpret the “word in my heart like a burning fire…shut up in my bones” of Jeremiah 20 in a positive light as if the prophet was bubbling with all the precious promises of God and […]
The Worth of Jesus
Dick Brogden shares on the worth of Jesus during the missions service at the District Council of Peninsular Florida. […]
Abiding in Jesus: July 10
READ: Psalm 41, Jeremiah 16-18, Matthew 13, Acts 20 MAN’S HEART Jeremiah warns us that “cursed is the man who trusts in man” (Jer. 17:5) and contrasts the fool who trusts in man with the sage who trusts in the Lord and whose hope is in God (v. 7). The one who trust in God […]
Abiding in Jesus: July 9
READ: Psalm 40, Jeremiah 13-15, Matthew 12, Acts 19 GOD’S MOUTH The cost of being God’s spokesperson is as high as the privilege is sweet. “Your words were found and I ate them,” says Jeremiah, “and your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart” (Jer. 15:16). But in the very next verse Jeremiah laments that […]
Abiding in Jesus: July 8
READ: Psalm 39, Jeremiah 10-12, Matthew 11, Acts 18 RUNNING WITH HORSES “If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? And if in the land of peace, in which you trusted, they wearied you, then how will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?” (Jeremiah […]
Abiding in Jesus: July 7
READ: Psalm 38, Jeremiah 7-9, Matthew 10, Acts 17 DON’T PRAY Because wrath and mercy meet in Jesus, we do not have an accurate understanding of Him if we make no place for wrath. To remove wrath from God is to reduce God’s nature and that is horrific blasphemy. Jeremiah was probably stunned to hear God […]
Abiding in Jesus: July 6
READ: Psalm 37, Jeremiah 4-6, Matthew 9, Acts 16 HEART DESIRES Psalm 37:3-4: “Trust in the Lord…and dwell in the land. Delight yourself in the Lord and He shall give you the desires of your heart.” Christians are acquiring quite the reputation of fleeing troubled lands. In 2012 more than 200,000 Egyptian Christians departed Egypt, fearing […]
Abiding in Jesus: July 5
READ: Psalm 36, Jeremiah 1-3, Matthew 8, Acts 15 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE What makes one wicked? Psalm 36 establishes the wicked as the one who does not fear (respect/reverence/awe) God (v. 1), who is proud of his sin and hatred (v.2), and who ceases to be wise and do good (v.3). Intelligence is not wisdom, for the […]
Abiding in Jesus: July 4
READ: Psalm 35, Isaiah 64-66, Matthew 7, Acts 14 GOD’S JOY God’s highest joy is in Himself. God did not need to create humanity in order to be complete. In the eternal fellowship of the trinity that precedes finite humanity, there was love, joy, and peace to overflowing. What a wonder then, that God delights in humanity […]
