Devotions

Jesus Defeated…

By Jack Hibbs Luke 24:6 “…He is not here, but is risen!”   While the battle of Waterloo raged, all of England waited breathlessly for news. At last, a message came across the channel before a sudden blanket of fog… Read More ›

Homeless

Well, here we are, says me walking into a beautiful and large lounge room where I introduced my young homeless lad, Joey, to the very rich owner of the home, Mrs Slater, my friend Jeanette. Joey had been into all… Read More ›

Under His Wings

By Jack Hibbs Ruth 2:12 “The LORD repay your work, and a full reward be given you by the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge.” There is sweetness to labor when it is appreciated…. Read More ›

Scary

The day was going well. As soon as the rain stopped, both her children, Felicity and Troy, asked to go outside. Despite Lucy’s concerns, she had put on a bright smile and agreed. After all, they were on holidays and… Read More ›

Sing A New Song

By Jack Hibbs Revelation 5:9 “… they sang a new song, saying: ‘You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals; for You were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every… Read More ›

Be of Good Cheer

By Jack Hibbs John 16:33 “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” As a Christian, what… Read More ›

Hope for Now and Eternity

By Adrian Rogers “. . . knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb… Read More ›

Nero

 A.D.38. Thirty-eight years after the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Rome had pretty much taken over most of the known world at that time. Was it a disaster for many thousands? Certainly was. Nero was the fifth… Read More ›

The Greatest Gift

By Adrian Rogers “But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded… Read More ›

Jesus is All We Need

By Adrian Rogers “For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But… Read More ›

Arise O Sleeper

By Jack Hibbs Jonah 1:6 “What do you mean, sleeper?”    Some see Jonah as a story fit for Sunday School, but I think adults would be surprised at how much they can relate to him. Jonah faced a dilemma:… Read More ›

It Could Be Today

By Jack Hibbs Titus 2:13 “…looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ…” One of the most important things that the apostle Paul was sure to communicate when preaching the Gospel, was… Read More ›

Jesus is All We Need

By Adrian Rogers “For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But… Read More ›

Save or Kill

Connor Schmidt happily drove the 12-to-8 shift on the city bus line that travelled along the Pacific Highway in Sydney, New South Wales. He was absently whistling one of the Beatles’ old songs as he piloted his bus through the… Read More ›

Jump!

By Jack Hibbs Revelation 3:8 “…See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name.”    Before we consider… Read More ›

The Real Battlefield

By Adrian Rogers “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” Ephesians 6:12 Kingdom authority must… Read More ›