By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “For this reason shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ… Read More ›
INSPIRATIONAL DEVOTIONS
The Commandment With a Promise
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come. For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control,… Read More ›
Basic Christian Teaching
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in His law he meditates day and night” Psalm 1:2 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Ted Koppel, ABC’s original Nightline host for decades, was addressing the 1987 graduating class at… Read More ›
Are You Teaching Respect?
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Therefore, a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh” Genesis 2:24 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: I have a friend with a wonderful Christian wife and two… Read More ›
Encourage Your Children
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord” Ephesians 6:4 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Children need encouragement like a plant needs water. They need… Read More ›
Is God Optional to You?
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “…for I [God] will not go up in your [the Israelites] midst, lest I consume you on the way, for you are a stiff-necked people:” “… Then he [Moses] said to Him, “If Your presence… Read More ›
What Are You Satisfying?
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Now godliness with contentment is great gain” 1Timothy 6:6 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Dr. Vance Havner said, “I’m often amused and amazed at the way we equate Christianity with success, popularity, and prosperity. We may not admit it,… Read More ›
Do You Ever Doubt God?
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the children of Israel” Psalm 103:7 “Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his… Read More ›
Do You Know God’s Way?
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight” Exodus 33:13 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: There… Read More ›
Are You a Closet Rebel?
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry” 1 Samuel 15:23 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: There’s a classic story about a father who told his little four-year-old son to sit down,… Read More ›
You Can Find God’s Will
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us” 1 John 5:14 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Do you know why our prayers sometimes are not… Read More ›
Release Your Bitterness
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all… Read More ›
The Holy Spirit
The Christian faith is built on the doctrine that God consists of three persons in one (Deut. 6:4/Hebrew word echad = compound unity). Praise the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost! The Father is not the same person as the Son… Read More ›
We Need Revival
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You?” Psalm 85:6 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: What we need is a sweeping revival. Decline occurs in nine cycles. People go from: Read More ICB Staff
Have You Opened His Door?
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me” Revelation 3:20 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: A… Read More ›
You Have 3 Problems
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God” Corinthians 1:18 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: I once met a lawyer on… Read More ›
Rain
In the Bible, rain is a symbol of God’s blessing or His displeasure. Rain can bring refreshment, enable crop growth, and help produce a bounty of fruit. On the other hand, too much or the lack of rain can bring… Read More ›
Do You Value Wisdom?
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “How much better to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver” Proverbs 16:16 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: I was interested to note in the newspaper an event when several… Read More ›
What Are You Tuned Into?
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge” Proverbs 1:22 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: A Greek statesman and orator named Demosthenes was once addressing a bored and… Read More ›
Can Money Buy Security?
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God” Mark 10:25 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Around the walls of Jerusalem and other… Read More ›
You’re Under New Management
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” 2 Corinthians 5:17 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: When I first got saved, I learned about Jesus… Read More ›
What You Can’t Buy
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Now these are the ones sown among thorns; they are the ones who hear the Word, and the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in, choke… Read More ›
You Are What You Watch
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Can a man take fire to his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?” Proverbs 6:27 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: When they come under fire for the content of what they produce, filmmakers and TV executives tell us… Read More ›
Do You Pray Weak Prayers?
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much” James 5:16 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: These words, effectual and fervent, literally mean “stretched out.” Visualize a horse jumping over a barricade, stretched out as he leaps. Read More ICB Staff
Restore, Do Not Destroy
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself, lest you also be tempted” Galatians 6:1 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Have you ever… Read More ›