Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!  It is hard to take a long hard look at yourself. The day after an election, some political parties look back and wonder what went wrong. From…

“But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does what is just and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die. 22 None of the transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him; for the righteousness that he has done he shall live. “Turn…

His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, 4 by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption…

            Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,        and in sin did my mother conceive me.              6       Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being,        and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.  Vicki and I are soon expecting our first grandchild. In fact, the mother to be, Lauren, picked Psalm 51 for today’s devotional. I…

  “All flesh is like grass        and all its glory like the flower of grass.                    The grass withers,        and the flower falls,              25       but the word of the Lord remains forever.”    And this word is the good news that was preached to you.  There is a story that Queen Victoria asked Benjamin Disraeli how he knew God…

Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai, 16 “Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against…