NOV. 26, 2025 The healing ministry of the New Testament church. "And they were all healed."  Ac 5:16 NKJV Before Jesus left this earth, He told His disciples, "The works that I do [you] will do also" (Jn 14:12 NKJV).  And they did. "Through the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done...so that they brought the sick out into the streets...that at least the shadow of Peter passing by might fall on some of them. Also a multitude gathered from the surrounding citie

NOV. 25, 2025 Start small, and keep a winning attitude . "Do not despise...small beginnings."  Zec 4:10 NLT Juan grew up in Puerto Rico, the son of a sugarcane plantation foreman. One of a family of eight, he lived in a three-room shack with a dirt floor and no toilet.  His first job, at age six , was driving oxen to plow the cane fields. He worked eight hours a day and earned one dollar. Juan said it was in the cane fields that he learned important lessons like being  on tim

NOV. 25, 2025 Start small, and keep a winning attitude . "Do not despise...small beginnings."  Zec 4:10 NLT Juan grew up in Puerto Rico, the son of a sugarcane plantation foreman. One of a family of eight, he lived in a three-room shack with a dirt floor and no toilet.  His first job, at age six , was driving oxen to plow the cane fields. He worked eight hours a day and earned one dollar. Juan said it was in the cane fields that he learned important lessons like being  on tim

NOV. 24, 2025 Love and serve others . "Through love serve one another."  Gal 5:13 NKJV In 1881, shortly after Booker T. Washington became head of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama that trained schoolteachers, he was walking past the house of a wealthy family. Assuming that Washington was one of the yard workers her husband had hired, the woman of the house asked him if he would chop some wood for her.  Professor Washington smiled, nodded, took off his coat, and chopped the wo

NOV. 23, 2025 Where there is a will, there is a way. "Do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise." Heb 10:35-36 NKJV In the early 1950s, Irwin W. Rosenberg, a junior naval officer, was discharged from military service after he was diagnosed with cancer-standard military procedure at the time. The loss of his job was quite a blow, but he was determined to get

NOV. 21, 2025 Be an edifier; a people builder . "Edify one another." 1Th 5:11 NKJV The word "edify" means "to build up, strengthen, encourage, and motivate." There are probably people in your life right now who need someone to speak blessing over them. You don't know how much it will mean when you give them your approval and let them know you are proud of them and that you think they can do great things.  Everyone needs to be edified.  So, what kind of seeds are you planting

NOV. 20, 2025 Your rewards in heaven . "For great is your reward in heaven."  Mt 5:12 NKJV The historian Edward Gibbon tracked the speedy progress of Christianity in the days of the Roman Empire, and points to five reasons for it:  (1) The fervor of the early Christians.  (2) The power of miracles.  (3) The pure morals of the Christians.  (4) The compact church organization.  (5) The belief in future rewards.  The Bible often speaks about our rewards in heaven. Here are a few

NOV. 19, 2025 Salvation is a gift . "By grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God."  Eph 2:8 NKJV Jack Welch, who guided the General Electric company through some of its most profitable years, wrote a book called Winning. Compiling many of the different questions people had asked him along with his answers, he wrote a book on management principles.  One question was this: "Do you think you will go to heaven when you die?" In re

NOV. 18, 2025 Honesty is the best policy . "People with integrity walk safely, but those who follow crooked paths will slip and fall."  Pr 10:9 NLT In preparation for a dinner party, a woman stopped by a small butcher shop to buy meat for the meal. She had decided to stuff and roast a chicken as the main course. When she asked the man at the counter for the largest chicken he had, he reached into the cold-storage compartment, grabbed the last chicken he had, and placed it on

NOV. 17, 2025 A prayer for healing family strife. "A family splintered by feuding will fall apart."  Mk 3:25 NLT "Lord, your Word says, 'A family splintered by feuding will fall apart. Satan is attacking my family, and I'm turning to you for help. Your Word says, 'When the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will [be my defense and] lift up a standard against him' (Isa 59:19 NKJV).  Touch the hearts and minds of every member of this family, and draw them close

NOV. 16, 2025 How to pray when you're lonely . "He made...a woman, and He brought her to the man."  Ge 2:22 NKJV "Father, when Adam was lonely, you made Eve and brought her to him. And just as you knew what Adam needed, I'm struggling with loneliness, and you know what I need too. You said in your Word, 'I will never leave you nor forsake you' (Heb 13:5 NKJV). There is a part of me that can never be satisfied or fulfilled by any relationship other than you. But you also creat

NOV. 15, 2025 Set boundaries that matter . "Parents, don't be hard on your children. Raise them properly. Teach them and instruct them about the Lord."  Eph 6:4 CEV Opposites often attract, marry, and then have to deal with their differences-especially when their children become teens and they run up against boundary issues.  Boundary disputes test the parents' capacity to negotiate differences in deciding what's right or wrong for their child.  You let her do whatever she wa

NOV. 14, 2025 Unselfishness; the secret of a happy marriage. "Love is patient and kind... Love...is not selfish." 1Co 13:4-5 NCV Let's begin with three short stories that spell out the challenge of building a strong and happy marriage.  First story : A man was observing a couple and said to his wife, "Look at them, they look so happy." She said, "Don't be so sure, they're probably saying the same thing about us."  Second story : "A woman once said, "My husband and I have a ve

NOV. 13, 2025 What will we do in heaven? "I will make you ruler over many things."  Mt 25:21 NKJV If you are a purpose-driven person, the thought of spending eternity doing little, or nothing will have no appeal to you. But that's not the case. When we get to heaven, God is not going to say, "Well done, good and faithful servant; you can take the rest of eternity off."  No, He will say, "Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make yo

NOV. 12, 2025. The healing ministry of Jesus . "Jesus Christ...the same yesterday... today, and forever."  Heb 13:8 NKJV Jesus, who "took up our infirmities and bore our diseases"  (Mt 8:17 NIV), spent much of His ministry healing the sick. Read these four Scriptures:  ( 1 ) "Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching and preaching the gospel...and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people. Then His fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought to

NOV. 10, 2025 Demonstrate your faith. "Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man...'Stand up.'"  Mk 2:5, 11 NLT The Bible says: "While he was preaching... four men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They couldn't bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, so they dug a hole through the roof...Then they lowered the man on his mat, right down in front of Jesus. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man..!Stand up, pick up your mat, and go home!' And th

NOV. 9, 2025 One day you will understand fully. "Now I know only a part, but then I will know fully, as God has known me ." 1Co 13:12 NCV When Corrie ten Boom traveled the world sharing her experiences, she would often speak with her head down. She appeared to be reading notes, but she was actually stitching a needlepoint design. When she would finish telling her story of the atrocities she suffered from the Nazis, she would reveal the needlepoint she had been working on.  Sh

NOV. 8, 2025 Each day of your life is a gift . " Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom ." Ps 90:12 NKJV Motivational speaker Denis Waitley describes an experience that marked his life forever. He was trying to catch a flight for a speaking commitment and was running through the airport terminal. He reached the gate just as the agent closed the door. Denis explained his dilemma, but the agent didn't reopen the door. That's when his annoyance turned in

NOV. 7, 2025 Three steps to overcoming depression. "'I have had enough, Lord,' he said. 'Take my life.'"'  1Ki 19:4 NIV Elijah got so depressed that he wanted to die. Here is the threefold prescription God gave him for climbing out of his depression:  (1) Refresh yourself .  "An angel touched him and said, 'Get up and eat.! He looked around, and there by his head was some bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank and then lay down again"  (vv. 5-6 NIV).

NOV. 6, 2025 The great exchange . "Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God."  1Pe 3:18 NKJV A saleswoman passed a particular corner each day on her way to work. For more than a week, she observed a little girl trying to sell a flop-eared puppy.  The saleswoman finally said to the little girl, "Honey, if you want to sell this dog, I suggest you clean him up, brush his coat, raise your price, and make people think they're getti