“For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is removed” (2 Thessalonians 2:7).
What is “the mystery of lawlessness”? Scripture addresses lawlessness clearly, but Paul is speaking...
The New Year is almost upon us. The end of one year and the beginning of the next is a natural and perfect time to reflect. Who are we and where did we come from? What are we doing here now? Where are we going?
After what we’ve experienced in 2020, it is timely...
The Berean Lamp Memory Verse for this week is:
“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus” (Galatians 3:28).
In this Memory Verse for the Devotional Friday, we're beginning a series...
“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You” (Isaiah 26:3 ESV).
Since sinful man “did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind” (Rom. 1:28). Believers have been saved from this depraved...
Our Memory Verse for this week comes from Jeremiah 17:10. The Memory Verse for the Devotional this Friday is the fourth in a series looking at Peter's question, "what sort of people ought you to be" as a Christian, especially since everything in this world is destined for...
Our Memory Verse for this week comes from Philippians 1. The Memory Verse for the Devotional this Friday is the second in a series looking at Peter's question, "what sort of people ought you to be" as a Christian, especially since everything in this world is destined for destruction. ...
Our Memory Verse for our Devotional this Friday comes from 2 Peter 3:11. Here, Peter asks the question, "What sort of people ought we to be" as Believers living NOW in this world? This is a good question for our walk in this world today. Peter asks the question in the context...
“For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ” (Galatians 1:10 NASB).
As Ambassadors for Christ, we live far away from the Kingdom of Heaven, dwelling as aliens and...
Our Memory Verse for this week comes from Philippians 3, where Paul explains that our citizenship and place of belonging is in the Kingdom of Heaven. If this is our status in Heaven, what is our status here on earth? Scripture tells us that in God's eyes, we are aliens, strangers, and sojourners...
“Therefore, let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe” (Hebrews 12:28).
It is hard sometimes to look around us at our circumstances in this crumbling and decaying world and remain...
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