The Lord does not delay his promise, as some understand delay, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9 CSB http://bible.com/1713/2pe.3.9.CSB What a wonderful, encouraging verse. When we think God is taking His sweet time, He is, for our good. He is patient with…
Last updated on November 1st, 2017 at 07:06 amHave you ever felt that the thing you wanted most in the world was for someone, anyone to just love you? The real you? So you try to gain love and acceptance by putting up a facade, wearing your fake self proudly so that people will love…
http://bible.com/1713/jas.4.11-12.CSB One of the most difficult things I think we have to do as Christians is balance the command to correct fellow believers (Matthew 18:15-17) with the command not to judge incorrectly (Matthew 7:1-3). When I read this passage from James it shows how serious this balance is. When we step out of bounds, we…
there are seven days left to help me in the fight against kids cancer. If you haven’t donated yet please consider donating below. https://greatcyclechallenge.com/Riders/DerekMeador I just finished a 12-mile ride that was supposed to be 20 miles except I had a flat and it’s 95 degrees. A pulse of 170 when I was only riding…
1 John 3:18 Little children, we must not love with word or speech, but with truth and action. This video is decades old but full of truth!
The one who says he remains in him should walk just as he walked. 1 John 2:6 CSB http://bible.com/1713/1jn.2.6.CSB If you claim to be a Christian, are you living it out? Are you walking as Jesus walked? For years I claimed to be a Christian and failed miserably to walk like he walked. I didn’t…
One of the great achievements of the last hundred years has been to deaden the human conscience on that subject [gluttony], so that by now you will hardly hear a sermon preached or a conscience troubled by it… ~Screwtape So sad and true. It hasn’t really improved in the 75 years since C. S. Lewis…
Some of the hardest hitting Bible studies/devotionals I read on The Bible App are from Francis Chan. Today, after describing some of the “terrible” things done in the Bible, Chan goes on to say: The fact is, Scripture is filled with divine actions that don’t fit our human standards of logic or morality. But they…
Last updated on February 5th, 2017 at 08:06 amI’ve never been a big fan of the whole “Open your Bible and close your eyes and you will get a big surprise” method of Bible study. Perhaps because when I was younger and had no idea how to systematically study the Word that was exactly how…
