‘I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.’ Acts 23:1 NKJV At the Mark Twain memorial in Hartford, Connecticut, you will find these words framed: ‘Always do right. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest. Truly yours, Mark Twain, New...
‘Be of good courage, and do it.’
‘Arise, for this matter is your responsibility but we will be with you. Be of good courage, and do it.’ Ezra 10:4 NKJV You probably haven’t heard of Harlow Curtice because he wasn’t a graduate from a prestigious university; he was a country boy with only a high-school...
Use What God Has Given You
‘One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.’ Proverbs 11:24 NIV Jesus taught His disciples to be distributors of His blessing and ‘first responders’ to those in need. That’s why He involved them in the process; He was...
‘Do’ God’s Word
‘God will bless you for doing it.’ James 1:25 NLT Dr David Jeremiah tells of a well-known seminary professor who spent a summer studying in Jerusalem. In his apartment building lived an orthodox Jewish rabbi with whom he studied Hebrew throughout the summer. One day...
Understanding True Holiness
‘Holiness unto the Lord.’ Zechariah 14:21 KJV Holiness should always be ‘unto the Lord’. Any time we make it ‘unto men’, it’s wrong and misguided because it’s just pride and pretence. Jesus condemned the Pharisees not for their acts of piety, but because they...
Dealing With Our Sin
‘Against You, You only, have I sinned.’ Psalm 51:4 NKJV We need a new way of looking at sin; a fresh understanding of it that recognises it involves denial and moral blindness. And the only way to see it clearly is through the eyes of the One we’ve sinned against....
Live For Something Greater Than Yourself
‘Unless a kernel of wheat is planted in the soil and dies, it remains alone.’ John 12:24 NLT Jesus said, ‘Unless a kernel of wheat is planted in the soil and dies, it remains alone. But its death will produce many new kernels.’ Someone has estimated that one kernel of...
The Power to Change
‘I will strengthen you and help you.’ Isaiah 41:10 NIV We go to seminars and conferences looking for a painless cure by which our lives can be zapped and changed. We go on diets. We start exercise programs and our enthusiasm runs strong for about two weeks. Then we...
When You Don’t Understand
‘The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us.’ Deuteronomy 29:29 NIV When you don’t understand what’s happening in your life, start with what you know for sure; namely, that God is good all the time, and His ‘love for those who...
Get A ‘Preparation Perspective’
‘We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ.’ 2 Corinthians 5:10 KJV Paul writes: ‘Our goal is to please Him. For we must all stand before Christ to be judged. We will each receive whatever we deserve for the good or evil we have done in this earthly body.’...
Most Recent Devotional Readings
Be patient, God is at work
‘Wait for the Lord and keep His way.’ Psalm 37:34 CSB When things don’t happen as quickly as we want them to, we can become anxious, frustrated, irritable, and negative. And if you’re a ‘make it happen’ person, you can rush ahead of God and get into trouble. ‘A...
Sabarlah, Tuhan sedang bekerja
‘Nantikanlah TUHAN dan tetap ikutilah jalan-Nya.’ Mazmur 37:34 Ketika sesuatu tidak terjadi secepat yang kita inginkan, kita bisa menjadi cemas, frustrasi, mudah tersinggung, dan bersikap negatif. Dan jika Anda adalah orang yang 'mewujudkan hal itu', Anda...
Don’t be so controlling!
‘In honour giving preference to one another.’ Romans 12:10 NKJV Do you get upset when you cannot control others? Or moody and irritated when people don’t do what you want? Do you react when your mistakes are pointed out? Or try to force people to comply with your...
Jangan terlalu mengontrol!
‘Saling mendahului dalam memberi hormat.’ Roma 12:10 Apakah Anda merasa kesal ketika tidak bisa mengendalikan orang lain? Atau murung dan jengkel ketika orang lain tidak menuruti keinginan Anda. Apakah Anda bereaksi ketika kesalahan ditunjukkan? Atau mencoba memaksa...
Take time to wonder and worship
‘Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good.’ Genesis 1:31 NKJV The first reaction recorded in Scripture is God’s reaction to His own creation. He stepped back at the end of each day, looked at what He had made, and said, ‘It’s good.’ Then,...
Luangkan waktu untuk bertanya dan beribadah
‘Maka Allah melihat segala yang dijadikan-Nya itu, sungguh amat baik.’ Kejadian 1:31 Reaksi pertama yang dicatat dalam Alkitab adalah reaksi Allah terhadap ciptaan-Nya sendiri. Dia melangkah mundur setiap akhir hari, melihat apa yang telah Dia ciptakan, dan berkata,...
Be a disciple of Jesus
‘The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.’ Acts 11:26 NKJV During the First World War many islanders from the South Pacific fought in the Middle East. Their incredible navigation and sailing skills enabled them silently and stealthily to bring in heavily...
Jadilah murid Yesus
‘Di Antiokhialah murid-murid itu untuk pertama kalinya disebut Kristen.’ Kisah Para Rasul 11:26 Selama Perang Dunia Pertama, banyak penduduk pulau dari Pasifik Selatan bertempur di Timur Tengah. Keterampilan navigasi dan berlayar mereka yang luar biasa memungkinkan...
Make an impact
‘Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus.’ Hebrews 12:1-2 NKJV The men and women who made the greatest impact on the world were those who were totally focused and sold out to their vision. John Wesley, founder of the Methodist...
Buatlah dampak baik
‘Marilah kita menanggalkan semua beban dan dosa yang begitu merintangi kita… Marilah kita melakukannya dengan mata yang tertuju kepada Yesus.’ Ibr 12:1-2 Pria dan wanita yang memberikan dampak terbesar pada dunia adalah mereka yang benar-benar fokus dan setia pada...