We all have friends and family and if they have an emergency, we love them so we’d drop everything to do whatever we can for them. When we face emergencies in our lives, that’s when we learn what is important and what really isn’t. A funeral is one of the best classrooms because you see […]
Feeding of the 5000: Having the Compassion of God (Part 2 of 3)
What do you think Jesus wanted to teach his disciples? 34 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things. ~Mark 6:34 One lesson is to have compassion. In general, I think if you polled most […]
Feeding of the 5000: Having the Compassion of God (Part 1 of 3)
Mark 6:30-44. When I was working in Japan as a salaryman, I was hating life. One hour commute one-way on a train and you are packed in like sardines. And the deodorant market has not penetrated Japan yet because they don’t know what deodorant is in Japan. The first thing we would teach Christians in […]
Henry Blackaby Devotional: Let No One Look Down on You
Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity. (1 Timothy 4:12) Timothy was a sincere young man who earnestly desired to serve the Lord. Yet certain weaknesses in Timothy’s life hindered him from serving God confidently. Timothy was […]
Henry Blackaby Devotional: Counted Faithful
And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry. (1 Timothy 1:12) From a human perspective, the apostle Paul’s record as a zealous persecutor of Christians should have precluded him from being used in God’s service. Paul was known as the “chief of […]
Henry Blackaby Devotional: Have You Done What You Know to Do?
Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin. (James 4:17) It is never a minor thing to know God’s will and not do it. God calls this sin. We can make excuses for our lack of obedience: “I’m just not ready yet” or “I’ll do […]