Christ gives the believer a cross to take-up before He gives him a crown to wear. God calls His redeemed ones to prepare not only for service, but also for suffering: “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me”...
I am your constant companion. I am your greatest helper or heaviest burden. I will push you onward or drag you down to failure. I am completely at your command. Half of the things you do you might as well turn over to me and I will do them – quickly and...
LORD OF ALL BEING, there is one thing that deserves my greatest attention, that calls forth my fervent desire. It is that I may answer the great end for which I am made: to glorify You who has given me being, and to do all the good I can for my fellow man. Indeed,...
God took the first step to rescue us from this corrupt world. By His divine power, He has given us everything we need for living a godly life. He has done all this for a reason: that we might participate in His own nature and reflect His own life. We are not to be...