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• Walking with God when you cannot see

  By ICB Staff on January 31, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me. Psalm 23:4 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: There’s nothing,… Read More ›

• Are you in a deep valley?

  By ICB Staff on January 30, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world. 1 John 4:4 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: The One who created the valley… Read More ›

• Trapped in the darkness?

  By ICB Staff on January 29, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. Isaiah 9:2 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Imagine being in a… Read More ›

• CALM (The Gift)

  By ICB Staff on January 28, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  ll Timothy 1:7 “For God did not give us a spirit of timidity—of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear—but He has given us a spirit of power and of love and of calm and well balanced mind and… Read More ›

• Can trials be good?

  By ICB Staff on January 28, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. James 1:3 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: A man had a grandfather clock. One day he felt sorry for the grandfather clock because it had a weight on it…. Read More ›

• Get off the Defense!

  By ICB Staff on January 26, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. Mark 16:15 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: If I had to identify the major misconception about believers today, it would be… Read More ›

• Can you recognize a counterfeit?

  By ICB Staff on January 25, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: Hearken unto Me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of My mouth. Proverbs 7:24 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: The United States Government doesn’t teach Treasury agents to detect counterfeit bills by having them study… Read More ›

• Why do we experience pain?

  By ICB Staff on January 24, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: For our God is a consuming fire. Hebrews 12:29 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Someone has said, “If you are looking for a leader to follow, find someone with a limp.” The wounded in life are those who have… Read More ›

• Bad choices in your past?

  By ICB Staff on January 23, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: What man is he that feareth the Lord? Him shall He teach in the way that He shall choose. Psalm 25:12 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: You are free to choose. You are not free, however, not to choose. After you… Read More ›

• Who knows you best?

  By ICB Staff on January 22, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord. Psalm 31:24 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Who knows you better than the One who created you? Who cares more for you… Read More ›

• LOVE (The Gift)

  By ICB Staff on January 21, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  ll Timothy 1:7 “For God did not give us a spirit of timidity—of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear—but He has given us a spirit of power and of love and of calm and well balanced mind and… Read More ›

• More than a knot at the end of your rope?

  By ICB Staff on January 21, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. 2 Corinthians 4:7 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: If you’re like most people, you don’t realize your… Read More ›

• Does it seem like God is on vacation?

  By ICB Staff on January 19, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: Now unto Him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy. Jude 24 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Have you fussed and fumed through life’s… Read More ›

• The true depth of the Savior’s love

  By ICB Staff on January 18, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: No man taketh it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of My… Read More ›

• What is the world coming to?

  By ICB Staff on January 17, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers For by Him [Jesus] were all things created, that are in Heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and… Read More ›

• Working all things together and toward His return

  By ICB Staff on January 16, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: Being confident of this very thing, that He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:6 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: God has not promised you smooth sailing,… Read More ›

• No one knows your needs better…

  By ICB Staff on January 15, 2019 • ( 3 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: . . . for your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things. Matthew 6:32 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: St. Augustine once said that we were created with a “God-shaped” void. I agree. Only God can… Read More ›

• POWER (The Gift)

  By ICB Staff on January 14, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  ll Timothy 1:7 “For God did not give us a spirit of timidity—of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear—but He has given us a spirit of power and of love and of calm and well balanced mind and… Read More ›

• True Satisfaction is Found in the Lord

  By ICB Staff on January 14, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. Psalm 23:1 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: The Scottish-born naturalist and founder of the Sierra Club, John Muir, once had a conversation with railroad magnate and industrialist E. H. Harriman…. Read More ›

• By Your Good Works, They May Glorify God

  By ICB Staff on January 12, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul. Having your conversation [behavior] honest among the Gentiles [unsaved]: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers,… Read More ›

• What Would Jesus Do?

  By ICB Staff on January 11, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. 1 Corinthians 10:31 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Did you know that the best argument for Christianity and the best argument against… Read More ›

• Understanding Kingdom Authority

  By ICB Staff on January 10, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Luke 10:19 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: A police officer weighing… Read More ›

• Giving Thanks Always

  By ICB Staff on January 9, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 5:20 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Ephesians 5:20, “Giving thanks always for all things” is perhaps the best Thanksgiving… Read More ›

• The Cleansing, Healing Work of the Holy Spirit

  By ICB Staff on January 8, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for Thou art my praise. Jeremiah 17:14 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: There are two kinds of wounds to the human psyche. One… Read More ›

• THE GIFT

  By ICB Staff on January 7, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  ll Timothy 1:7 “For God did not give us a spirit of timidity—of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear—but He has given us a spirit of power and of love and of calm and well balanced mind and… Read More ›

• Just Keep Praying

  By ICB Staff on January 7, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Romans 8:26 DEVOTIONAL… Read More ›

• True Joy and Peace Come from the Lord Alone

  By ICB Staff on January 5, 2019 • ( 4 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee: because he trusteth in Thee. Isaiah 26:3 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: You may admit that God is necessary, but do you honestly know that God… Read More ›

• Thankful When You’re Counting Pennies

  By ICB Staff on January 4, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  BIBLE MEDITATION: Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and… Read More ›

• The Highest Expression of Faith

  By ICB Staff on January 3, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise: be thankful unto Him, and bless His name. Psalm 100:4. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which… Read More ›

• It Is Not Ours to Ask “Why?”

  By ICB Staff on January 2, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried: He is a buckler to all them that trust in Him. 2 Samuel 22:31 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: When bewilderment enshrouds you and despair… Read More ›