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• 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 ›

• What is your measure of faith?

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. Romans 10:17 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Have you ever wondered why some people seem to have so much faith, others have weak faith, and some… Read More ›

• Is the fire too hot?

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: But He knoweth the way that I take: when He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. Job 23:10 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: In order to refine gold, a goldsmith places gold over a fire until… Read More ›

• How are you “kept” saved?

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 1 Peter 1:5 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Believers are “kept” by the power of God. This word “kept”… Read More ›

• Can you lose your salvation?

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 1 Peter… Read More ›

• Waiting is hard but we must learn to do it

  By ICB Staff on February 23, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. Psalm 37:7 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: We don’t… Read More ›

• SELF CONTROL (The Gift)

  By ICB Staff on February 22, 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 ›

• Handling untrue criticism

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.” 1 Peter 3:16 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: When the Bible tells us,… Read More ›

• Surrendering every burden

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass.” Psalm 37:5 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Many say they’ve committed their lives to the Lord, but have they really? The psalmist… Read More ›

• What is the source of your joy?

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: I will praise Thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify Thy name for evermore. Psalm 86:12 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: What is bringing you joy today? You say, “The Lord is making… Read More ›

• Getting the upper hand over sin

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: Let not sin reign in your mortal body that you should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin… Romans 6:12-13 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Did you know that if… Read More ›

• Giving the devil his due

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. Matthew 6:13 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Mike Kolen, who played linebacker for the… Read More ›

• How long is eternity?

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: That whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Your soul, made in the image of God, will exist forever. I think Billy Sunday, the evangelist, said it this… Read More ›

• Are you an encourager? Or discourager?

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

  

  By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them… Read More ›