“And he saw him no more.” 2 Kings 2:12 It is not wrong to depend upon Elijah as long as God gives him to you, but remember the time will come when he will have to go; when he stands no more to you as your guide and leader, because God does not intend he […]
Devotionals
Henry Blackaby: Pleasing God, Pleasing Others
For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ. (Galatians 1:10) At times you will have to make a choice between pleasing God and pleasing those around you, for God’s ways are not man’s ways […]
Henry Blackaby Devotional: The Testimony of Others
“Here I am. Witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I received any bribe with which to blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.” And […]
Henry Blackaby Devotional: A Double Portion
This is yesterday’s Henry Blackaby devotional. I am amazed by God’s timely words… And so it was, when they had crossed over, that Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask! What may I do for you, before I am taken away from you?” Elisha said, “Please let a double portion of your spirit be upon me.” (2 […]
Rules of the Heart
No, a man is a Jew if he is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise is not from men, but from God. (Romans 2:29) The Jewish people and the new Jewish converts to Christianity of his day insisted that God […]
Oswald Chambers: The Conditions of Discipleship
If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also . . . . And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me . . . . So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he […]