Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another (1 John 4:11). Have you ever felt like your love tank is empty? Perhaps a variety of circumstances—betrayal, rejection, or disappointment—has depleted your supply of love. When this happens, you must go to your Heavenly Father for refueling. For Christians, loving others is…
“Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst (John 4:13–14, NIV). I pay attention to repeat messages. On Saturday, one of my devotions spoke about the biblical story of the woman at the well, on Sunday the pastor at my son and daughter-in-law’s church…
For the LORD will not reject his people; he will never forsake his inheritance (Psalm 94:14, NIV). The most effective witnesses are the ones who have been rejected in their past. Moses was rejected by his own people after he murdered an Egyptian for his poor treatment of a fellow Israelite. The day after the…
Do you label people for the bad they’ve done—or the good? Most of us remember the disciple, Peter, for the fact that he denied Jesus three times in the courtyard as Jesus stood trial. Here’s the account: “One of the servant girls who worked for the high priest came by and noticed Peter warming himself…