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• Are you willing to transfer the title?

  By ICB Staff on March 29, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: Then said Jesus unto His disciples, If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. Matthew 16:24 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Very early in our marriage, Joyce and… Read More ›

• Will you be found faithful?

  By ICB Staff on March 28, 2019 • ( 3 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: …Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall He find faith on the earth? Luke 18:8 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: I believe with all my heart that the call needs to go out more clearly today than ever… Read More ›

• How to stay the course and finish well

  By ICB Staff on March 27, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Do you know the way to finish the course? Keep looking to Jesus. I’ve been… Read More ›

• REALLY GOD—YOU WANT ME TO DO WHAT??

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

  

  Genesis 6 – 9 recounts a happening we all are extremely familiar with—Noah building the ark. As this narrative is 3 chapters long I am giving a quick synopsis. Chapter 6 speaks of the wickedness of the people, God’s displeasure… Read More ›

• What to look out for after your greatest victory

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. 1 Timothy 6:12 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Some of the greatest spiritual defeats… Read More ›

• How to balance your work and rest

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so He giveth His beloved sleep.  Psalm 127:2 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: In the book of Jonah, we… Read More ›

• Can you tune your life to this one note?

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed… Read More ›

• What are you hungry for?

  By ICB Staff on March 22, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.” Matthew 5:6 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: When Jesus said “the one who hungers and thirsts for righteousness will find that hunger met,” He… Read More ›

• Too old to serve God?

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.”  2 Corinthians 4:16 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: So many people think they can’t do much for the… Read More ›

• How can you ever know an infinite God?

  By ICB Staff on March 20, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “All things are delivered unto Me of My Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal… Read More ›

• Your defense attorney is the best…

  By ICB Staff on March 19, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.” 1 John 2:1 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: The best… Read More ›

• Would You Recognize Him If You Saw Him?

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

  

  “Days pass and years vanish, and we walk sightless among miracles. Lord, fill our eyes with seeing and our minds with knowing; let there be moments when Your Presence, like lightning, illumines the darkness in which we walk. Help us… Read More ›

• What does “take up your cross” mean?

  By ICB Staff on March 18, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after Me, cannot be My disciple.” Luke 14:27 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Jesus’ death upon the cross not only saves us, but it continues to sanctify us. Have you… Read More ›

• What’s the hardest miracle?

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “I, even I, am the Lord; and beside Me there is no Savior.” Isaiah 43:11 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: It takes more of God’s power to save a soul through the cross of Jesus than it does to… Read More ›

• Are you faithful—or looking for a “sign”?

  By ICB Staff on March 15, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his Lord hath made ruler over His household, to give them meat in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom his Lord, when He cometh, shall… Read More ›

• How can you repay Jesus?

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God.” Romans 3:25 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: “Propitiation”… Read More ›

• What God sees when He looks at you

  By ICB Staff on March 13, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “But to him that worketh not, but believeth on Him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.” Romans 4:5 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Justification is God’s act whereby He declares those who have trusted in… Read More ›

• AND THERE IT WAS ALL THE TIME

  By ICB Staff on March 12, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  Have you ever been so familiar with a portion of Scripture that it just rolls off your tongue like blackstrap molasses—a verse that you perhaps have gravitated to for years and you can quote it verbatim? But then one day… Read More ›

• How do you handle suffering?

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to Him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.” 1 Peter 4:19 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: First Peter 4 has… Read More ›

• Do you hear hammers and chisels?

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “I am the true vine, and My Father is the husbandman. Every branch in Me that beareth not fruit He taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, He purgeth it, that it may bring… Read More ›

• Are you willing to wear this garment?

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.” 1 Peter 5:5… Read More ›

• Are you sure about your agenda?

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “And, behold, I come quickly; and My reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be.” Revelation 22:12 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: The difference between people is not that one has more time… Read More ›

• Are you resting…or borrowing trouble?

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.” Psalm 116:7 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: I heard of a woman who woke up her husband because she thought she heard a burglar… Read More ›

• Will you draw love’s curtain of mercy?

  By ICB Staff on March 6, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.” Proverbs 10:12 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: There are people in every fellowship who take joy in finding something bad about somebody else. When they hear something ugly, they take… Read More ›

• Do you live each day like it’s THAT day?

  By ICB Staff on March 5, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.” 1 Peter 4:7 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Years ago, G. Campbell Morgan, a great expositor of the Word of God, said,… Read More ›

• YOU INTEND TO DO WHAT???

  By ICB Staff on March 4, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  Today we are going to visit together about an episode in the life of David—one I am sure you all are very familiar with—his encounter with Goliath. Hopefully you will gain some new insights into this story that will strengthen… Read More ›

• What about the brakes?

  By ICB Staff on March 4, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.” Proverbs 29:23 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Have you ever taught someone to drive? What was the first thing you showed him? If you’re… Read More ›

• Are you facing giants?

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those… Read More ›

• HOLDING ON FOR DEAR LIFE

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

  

  This is a well known phrase—holding on for dear life—but the following Scripture sheds entirely new light on these words—here is clarified meaning in black and white. This passage always has significance but especially so when our life capsizes and… Read More ›

• Is it okay with God to be a rebel?

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” Isaiah 1:18… Read More ›