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• What are you prepared to give up?

  By ICB Staff on October 19, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers “Therefore, we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight…” Hebrews 12:1 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: If you’re going to run a race, how do you prepare? First, you lay… Read More ›

• Are you willing to be different?

  By ICB Staff on October 17, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy…” Acts 20:24 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Do you pay a price—some extra time… Read More ›

• Would you see any difference?

  By ICB Staff on October 16, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Do not cast me away from Your presence; and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me” Psalm 51:11 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: When a person dies, his spirit departs. And I’m afraid that’s what’s happened to many… Read More ›

• You’ll receive the greatest reward of all

  By ICB Staff on October 15, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “And I will give him the morning star” Revelation 2:28 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: I remember reading a story about a wealthy Roman who had a lavish estate, and he had a servant named Marcellus. When the wealthy… Read More ›

• If you remain steadfast, one day you will rule

  By ICB Staff on October 14, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “But hold fast what you have till I come. And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations—‘He shall rule them with a rod… Read More ›

• Will You Be Faithful?

  By ICB Staff on October 13, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “…and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life” Revelation 2:10 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: If others in past centuries—and some even today—have reddened the mouths of… Read More ›

• Are you prepared to be martyred if you have to?

  By ICB Staff on October 12, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested…” Revelation 2:10 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Polycarp was… Read More ›

• A muddy boot brought him to Jesus

  By ICB Staff on October 10, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “To him who strikes you on the one cheek, offer the other also. And from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic either” Luke 6:29 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Someone asked an army officer,… Read More ›

• God doesn’t reveal it to rebels

  By ICB Staff on October 9, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “I understand more than the ancients, because I keep Your precepts” Psalm 119:100 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: “More than the ancients” is a way of saying “the accumulative wisdom of the ages.” David is saying, “I haven’t… Read More ›

• When demands are foggy, will you still obey?

  By ICB Staff on October 8, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that… Read More ›

• Don’t neglect to follow God in the small things too

  By ICB Staff on October 7, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “So Samuel said: “Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed than the fat… Read More ›

• Do You Seek God’s Glory?

  By ICB Staff on October 6, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Now therefore, our God, hear the prayer of Your servant, and his supplications, and for the Lord’s sake cause Your face to shine on Your sanctuary, which is desolate. O my God, incline Your ear… Read More ›

• God Removes Your Guilt

  By ICB Staff on October 3, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him…. O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and see our desolations, and the city which is… Read More ›

• What God prefers to do

  By ICB Staff on October 2, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it if that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil, I will… Read More ›

• We need to pray with determination

  By ICB Staff on October 1, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “We have sinned and committed iniquity, we have done wickedly and rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and Your judgments” Daniel 9:5 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: When Daniel sought God in this golden chapter on prayer, Daniel… Read More ›

• It is never too early to start

  By ICB Staff on September 30, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “And I prayed to the Lord my God, and made confession…” Daniel 9:4 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: The greatest thing we can do for America is to pray for America. I am convinced if there were ever a… Read More ›

• How do you get God’s attention?

  By ICB Staff on September 29, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Then I set my face toward the Lord God to make request by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes” Daniel 9:3 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Only prayer can hold back the floodtide of sin in our… Read More ›

• What are we to do today?

  By ICB Staff on September 28, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings…” Daniel 2:21 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: What does the Word of God have to say about government? It teaches that God has ordained… Read More ›

• Is revival even possible?

  By ICB Staff on September 26, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable… Read More ›

• Our Foremost Responsibility as Citizens

  By ICB Staff on September 25, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Men ought always to pray and not lose heart” Luke 18:1 “Do not fret because of evildoers” Psalm 37:1 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Edmund Burke wrote, “All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men… Read More ›

• Does God want us to pray for wicked rulers?

  By ICB Staff on September 24, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes” Proverbs 21:1 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: God can change a ruler, God can remove a ruler,… Read More ›

• Reasoning Can’t Replace Obedience

  By ICB Staff on September 22, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, or as His counselor has taught Him” Isaiah 40:13 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: How often do we like to tell God how He ought to do things? Do you hear… Read More ›

• We Murmur and Don’t Even Realize It

  By ICB Staff on September 21, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Also Moses said, “This shall be seen when the Lord gives you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to the full; for the Lord hears your complaints which you make… Read More ›

• Do Not Be Afraid – You Have Help

  By ICB Staff on September 19, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “And Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall… Read More ›

• Do You Bring Good News?

  By ICB Staff on September 18, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who proclaims peace, who brings glad tidings of good things, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!” Isaiah… Read More ›

• Two Sins You Need to Beware

  By ICB Staff on September 17, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Then they said to one another, “We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we remain silent. If we wait until morning light, some punishment will come upon us…. Read More ›

• You Have Got Nothing to Lose

  By ICB Staff on September 16, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, “Why sit we here until we die?” 2 Kings 7:3 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Jim Elliot, martyred missionary to… Read More ›

• Who Will God Use?

  By ICB Staff on September 15, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty…” 1… Read More ›

• You Might Be an Atheist

  By ICB Staff on September 14, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: So an officer on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God and said, “Look, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, could this thing be?” 2 Kings 7:2 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: This officer,… Read More ›

• Our God Cannot Lie

  By ICB Staff on September 12, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord …” 2 Kings 7:1 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: We speak of the Bible as inerrant and infallible. When the Bible speaks, God speaks. I’ve noticed… Read More ›