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• Breaking the Alabaster Box

  By ICB Staff on April 16, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint My body to the burying. Mark 14:8 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Mary loved Jesus so much that she gave all she had. She didn’t just pour… Read More ›

• What does God want most of all??

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. 1 John 4:16 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: If you… Read More ›

• Are you hanging out with the devil’s billy goats??

  By ICB Staff on April 13, 2019 • ( 5 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek Him: your heart shall live forever. Psalm 22:26 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Have you ever wondered why people stumble into pornography? Perhaps you even… Read More ›

• What you really believe, you’ll act on

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if… Read More ›

• Will you take this challenge?

  By ICB Staff on April 11, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against Thee. Psalm 119:11 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: The home is a nice place to have the Bible. The hand is a good place too…. Read More ›

• Do you ever wander from God?

  By ICB Staff on April 10, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: With my whole heart have I sought Thee: O let me not wander from Thy commandments. Psalm 119:10 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: In 1758 Robert Robinson wrote a hymn that echoes in my heart from time to time:… Read More ›

• DO YOU THINK YOU COULD JUST STAND STILL FOR A MINUTE?

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

  

  If you are a parent I know you have said this to your offspring on more than one occasion. You are trying to comb their hair or fasten a button or help pull a shirt over their head or a… Read More ›

• Do you want a clean heart? A renewed mind?

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to Thee; but his heart is not with Thee. Proverbs 23:7 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: A teacher asked a little boy to finish… Read More ›

• What’s your #1 desire?

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of… Read More ›

• What do you want to be recognized for?

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to Thy word. Psalm 119:9 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: A child delights in what he has. A youth delights in what he does. An adult… Read More ›

• The only answer to the world’s question

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

  

  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: The world wants to know what we should do about the problems of the world…. Read More ›

• Will you take hold of the best?

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: I will love Thee, O Lord, my strength. Psalm 18:1 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Have you ever tried to get a bone away from a dog? It’s not too easy, unless you have something better for him. Try… Read More ›

• Will you go the distance?

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race… Read More ›

• Encouragement for your race today

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. 1 Corinthians 9:24 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: God set one race before me. He set… Read More ›

• Now This Is Confidence

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

  

  I am a firm believer that taking time each day to find a joyful moment nourishes the soul. One such source is a furry friend that frequently keeps me company when I am sitting at my desk writing. As it… Read More ›

• What holds first place in your heart?

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: Shall not God search this out? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart. Psalm 44:21 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Christian author and speaker S. D. Gordon said, “In every person’s life there is a throne. And when… Read More ›

• Moving beyond your 5 senses…

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6:33 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Many Christians are so materialistic that they never look past the physical… Read More ›

• 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 ›