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• 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 ›

• Heartfelt Soul Winning Brings a Bountiful Harvest

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: He who goes forth weeping, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. Psalm 126:6 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: In the morning when you have a quiet time, do you know what’s… Read More ›

• LEAVING AND ARRIVING

  By ICB Staff on December 31, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  I feel the following consideration is very apropos at this time as we are en masse participating in a leaving and arriving from 2018 to 2019. In Genesis 12:1-5 we have an account of a huge “leaving” for Abraham and… Read More ›

• Never Alone

  By ICB Staff on December 31, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. John 14:18 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: The late Dr. Paul Tournier, great Christian psychiatrist from Switzerland, wrote that loneliness is the most devastating malady of this age…. Read More ›

• Release from the Ghosts of Guilt

  By ICB Staff on December 29, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. Jude 1:21 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Guilt dogs the footsteps of mankind. It gnaws. It growls. It eats away… Read More ›

• People God Chooses to Do His Work

  By ICB Staff on December 28, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty. 1 Corinthians 1:27 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:… Read More ›

• God Is In Control

  By ICB Staff on December 27, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. Isaiah 41:13 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Once I had the rare opportunity of visiting with Corrie Ten Boom…. Read More ›

• The Will of God

  By ICB Staff on December 26, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is My brother, and My sister, and mother. Mark 3:35 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Major Ian Thomas, English author and founder of a worldwide missionary fellowship, once wrote,… Read More ›

• The Greatest Gift of Love

  By ICB Staff on December 25, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Christmas is spelled L-O-V-E.  What is the Christmas… Read More ›

• Boldly Proclaiming Good Tidings of Great Joy

  By ICB Staff on December 25, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. Luke 2:10 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: What really happened that night? God came down. “And… Read More ›

• Held in His Hand

  By ICB Staff on December 24, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God… 1 John 3:1 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: All this month we celebrate the birth of Jesus, the Son… Read More ›

• Bridging the Stress Gap

  By ICB Staff on December 22, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. Isaiah 40:31 DEVOTIONAL… Read More ›

• Breaking Free From the Comparison Trap

  By ICB Staff on December 21, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. Ephesians 2:6 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Have you ever noticed that we buy things we don’t need with money we don’t… Read More ›

• What Is True Humility?

  By ICB Staff on December 20, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but you have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, “Abba, Father.” Romans 8:15 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: It is tragic, but many will never… Read More ›