Mar 2, 2018 | Daily Devotional
1 Chronicles 4:10 reads, “Oh, that You would bless me indeed.” Jabez prayed that God would bless him in three specific ways: 1) “Enlarge my territory.” He had a dream of owning more land, and he asked God to bless that dream. When you stop...
Mar 1, 2018 | Daily Devotional
1 Chronicles 4:10 reads, “And Jabez called on the God of Israel.” In the book of First Chronicles, the Bible tells us about a man named Jabez. The first 9 chapters consist of genealogies, listing more than 600 names. And right there in the middle of all...
Feb 28, 2018 | Daily Devotional
1 Corinthians 9:27 reads, “I fear that…I myself might be disqualified.” Paul writes: “Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run the win! All athletes are disciplined in their training....
Feb 27, 2018 | Daily Devotional
Proverbs 17:27 reads, “A man of knowledge uses words with restraint.” It’s not enough to have the right answers; you need the right approach. Good ideas and sound advice are wasted when you use a ram-it-down-your-throat approach. Wisdom means...
Feb 26, 2018 | Daily Devotional
Proverbs 24:30 reads, “I went by the field of a lazy man.” It is better to be short-handed than to hire a sluggard; better to have nobody than a lazy body. Evidently Solomon had suffered through a few sluggards on his payroll: “As vinegar to the...
Feb 25, 2018 | Daily Devotional
Proverbs 20:4 reads, “The lazy man will not plow because of winter.” The sluggard sees an obstacle in every opportunity. Though he can’t hold down a job, there’s always a good excuse. The hours are too long, the pay is too little, the work is...
