Thought For Today: “Membership Has Its Privileges” “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.” (Ephesians 1:3) Back in the 90’s American Express’s slogan was, “Membership has its privileges.” It was used in an ad campaign to boost … Read more

Thought for Today: “Shrewd is Good” Being shrewd has a negative connotation with many. They look upon someone who is shrewd as being cunning and tricky. The word comes from a Middle English word “shrewd’ which means a curse, and is something that was evil, bad, wicked, and mischievous. But that is not how it … Read more

Thought for Today: “Restored” “Restore us to yourself, O Lord, that we may return; renew our days as of old.” (Lamentations 5:21) God takes broken people and puts them back together. What we might say is that God is in the human restoration business. To restore means to mend, like mending nets that are broken … Read more

Thought For Today: “Faith Sees Beyond The Immediate” When the four kings of the East made war against the five kings in the Jordan Valley region, including the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah, and defeated them, they took all the citizens and possessions along with Abraham’s nephew, Lot. Abraham then took 318 of his own … Read more

Thought For Today: “The Blessings of Affliction” It is through affliction that the greatest lessons are learned. This truth has been echoed by some of Christianity’s greatest preachers. When Samuel Rutherford, a Scottish pastor and theologian from the 1600’s found himself in the cellars of affliction, he said, “The Great King keeps his wine there.” … Read more

Thought For Today: “The Gospel’s Significance” The most urgent and imperative need of the human soul is not significance; rather it’s love, joy, peace and a never-ending future. And this can only be provided through the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Gospel is the good news that is given to sinful humanity, that while all … Read more

Thought For Today: “How Thinkest Thou” It’s all in the way we think. If we want God’s healing grace, we need to change the way we think. Solomon said that the way a person thinks deep down inside is going to be the way they are going to react to life. “For as he thinks … Read more

Thought For Today: “Turn the Light On” Is our light switch off? We live in a nation that is growing spiritually darker by the minute. Wickedness is increasing. Perversions are multiplying. Morals are disappearing. And the nation is opposing the Bible along with Christians who hold to its truth. It’s hard to imagine how things … Read more

Thought For Today: “The Manna Ceased” “The manna stopped the day after they ate this food from the land; there was no longer any manna for the Israelites, but that year they ate the produce of Canaan.” (Joshua 5:12) When Israel entered the Promised Land, God no longer supernaturally provide manna to eat. God would … Read more

Thought for Today: “Going Against the Odds” The Bible is filled with one instance after another where God calls His people to go against the odds. Consider David and Goliath. By the worldly standards, the odds were stacked against David. Here you have a small shepherd boy with a sling shot going against a giant … Read more

Thought For Today: “Mind Control” “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 2:5) Paul is telling us that we can have the same mind, that is, the same thought process where we think in the same way that Jesus thought when He walked the earth. Proverbs 23:7 tells us … Read more

Thought for Today: “Here and Now vs. There and Then” The Purpose for “Here and Now” is to get ready for “There and Then.” What will we hear when the “Here and Now,” is over, and we are face to face with Jesus in the “There and Then?” To those who made themselves ready in … Read more

Thought for Today: “Rise Above Your Fears” Life is hard, especially when fear invades our being. Being afraid is a natural response to dangerous situations and helps to keep us safe, but unnatural fear, fear over what does not exist or what is not evident sends our anxiety level through the roof. Instead of being … Read more

Thought for Today: “Consuming Jesus” Jesus said, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.” (John 6:53-54 … Read more

Thought For Today: “Our Daily Nourishment” We must daily partake of God’s word if we ever desire to grow in our Christian walk and life. The Bible contains everything we need to grow into the spiritual men and women God has called us to be. Further, the Bible contains what is necessary for maintaining spiritual … Read more

Thought For Today: “Jesus Knows Our Weaknesses” Jesus knows and understands our frailties and faults. He knows what makes us tick and how we’re wired. And the wonderful thing is that in spite of this He still loves us. “For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was … Read more

Thought For Today: “God’s Growing Grace” “But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” (2 Peter 3:18) We are living in a fast-growing society, but one with very little inward growth. We’re a society that’s struggling with addictions and illnesses of all sorts, both physical and emotional. We are … Read more

Thought for Today: “Let The Church Rise” Leonard Ravenhall said, “We are so subnormal these days that the normal New Testament experience seems abnormal.” As believers in Jesus Christ, we are called by God to bring forth His whole word, even if it means going back and reopening biblical doctrines. It won’t be easy, but … Read more

Thought for Today: “God’s Stretch” God is out to stretch us! If we want our patience to grow, God will have our patience tested. If we want to grow in leadership, God will put our leadership to the test. And since God wants to grow our love for Him and others, He will put some … Read more

Thought for Today: “Jesus Paid the Price” Under American law, there’s what’s known as the law of double jeopardy. This law states that a person cannot be tired, convicted, or punished for the same crime twice. This is right out of God’s word, because when we come to belief in Jesus as our Savior and … Read more