Archive for March 9th, 2010

Pray for the People of Nigeria

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

From one of God’s great saints, Archbishop Ben Kwashi. Please take the time to read it and then pray for the people of Nigeria. Share on Facebook

From the Morning Scriptures

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

I love this story for multiple reasons. First, we notice the reaction of Joseph’s brothers. They were too afraid to speak when they learned this was their brother whom they had tried to kill and ultimately sold into slavery! I imagine they were expecting the worst. They were expecting him to exact revenge on them for their evil deeds. But no! Joseph forgave and embraced him. He made their reconciliation possible.

John Wesley Muses on the Nature of Christianity

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Mr. Garden desiring me to preach, I did so, on these words of the Epistle of the day: “Whoever is born of God, overcomes the world.” To that plain account of the Christian state which these words naturally led me to give, a man of education and character seriously objected, (what is indeed a great [...]

Striking the Rock of Christ

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

[Commenting on Moses striking the rock in the wilderness to produce water for the Israelites (Exodus 17:1-7)] When Christ was struck on the cross, he brought forth the fountains of the New Testament. Therefore it was necessary for him to be pierced. If he had not been struck, so that the water and blood flowed [...]

Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

I have often reminded you, my dear sister, about the remembrance of God, and now I tell you again: unless you work and sweat to impress on your heart and mind this awe-inspiring Name, you keep silence in vain, you sing in vain, you fast in vain, you watch in vain. In short, all [your [...]