Many of us fight for reputation. Jesus laid aside His reputation.
Devotions
When Your Spouse Isn’t Perfect
By Adrian Rogers “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.” Genesis 2:24 The Bible says a husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the… Read More ›
Finding Jesus in All the Scriptures
By Adrian Rogers “And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.” Luke 24:27 If you read the Bible and you don’t find Jesus, you’ve missed the point. Go… Read More ›
Who Would Die for a Lie?
By Adrian Rogers “Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up—if in fact the dead do not rise.” 1 Corinthians 15:15 Were… Read More ›
Do Business
By Jack Hibbs Luke 19:12-13 “Therefore He said: A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return. So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas, and said to… Read More ›
Our Father’s Business
By Jack Hibbs Luke 2:49b “Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?” Jonah, having been called by God to complete a task, decided to skip town and stow away in the bowels of a ship… Read More ›
Why the Resurrection Changes Everything
By Adrian Rogers “And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty.” 1 Corinthians 15:14 I heard of a time back when haircuts were 50 cents, back in the olden days. A… Read More ›
Praise Before the Victory
By Adrian Rogers “So they rose early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, ‘Hear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in the LORD… Read More ›
Is God Driving Your Life?
By Adrian Rogers “Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved me in my distress; have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.” Psalm 4:1 Many of us want to use God like our spare… Read More ›
Choosing the Father’s Will
By Adrian Rogers “Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief.” Isaiah 53:10a When Jesus Christ suffered as our substitute, He took the full force of the Father’s wrath. The fires of God’s wrath… Read More ›
The Price Jesus Paid for You
By Adrian Rogers “But You, O LORD, do not be far from Me; O My Strength, hasten to help Me! Deliver Me from the sword, My precious life from the power of the dog. Save Me from the lion’s mouth… Read More ›
Free Indeed
By Jack Hibbs Luke 4:16-18 “So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. And He was handed the… Read More ›
Give Thanks – Even in the Unexpected
By Jack Hibbs Mark 4:41 “And they feared exceedingly, and said to one another, ‘Who can this be that even the wind and the sea obey Him!’” Many years ago while traveling in Jerusalem, we encountered the most severe dust… Read More ›
Counting on What Christ Has Done
By Adrian Rogers “Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:11 Reckon is a bookkeeping term. It does not mean to think, feel, or guess, but… Read More ›
You Died with Christ
By Adrian Rogers “What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?” Romans 6:1-2 What is the doctrine of identification? It… Read More ›
Regardless of Persecution
Don’t you love liquidambar trees? They are really beautiful. We loved our liquidambar tree. It was pretty big. It wasn’t always big; it had been a little squirt of a plant, and we put it in the lawn just to… Read More ›
How Much God Loves You
By Adrian Rogers “He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?” Romans 8:32 I have two sons. If you were to… Read More ›
Finding Jesus in Every Page
By Adrian Rogers “For dogs have surrounded Me; the congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me. They pierced My hands and My feet.” Psalm 22:16 The entire Bible is about the Lord Jesus Christ. The Word of God is written… Read More ›
Following Christ Means Standing Apart
By Adrian Rogers “If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I… Read More ›
Happy 4th of July!
By Jack Hibbs 2 Corinthians 3:17 “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.” “When in the course of human events…” Those opening words from the Declaration of Independence were penned by men moved by God to… Read More ›
His Story
By Jack Hibbs Romans 13:1 “Let every soul be subjected to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God.” It has often been said that history is… Read More ›
The Rock Who Was Struck for Us
By Adrian Rogers “…and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.” 1 Corinthians 10:4 The Israelites were in a barren land. They were dying of thirst,… Read More ›
Live Like You Belong to Jesus
By Adrian Rogers “And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’” Matthew 25:40 When you… Read More ›
Don’t Look Away from the Cross
By Adrian Rogers “When I was with you daily in the temple, you did not try to seize Me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.” Luke 22:53 In this verse, Jesus referred to the power of… Read More ›
Forsaken So We Wouldn’t Be
By Adrian Rogers “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Why are You so far from helping Me, and from the words of My groaning?” Psalm 22:1 When Jesus Christ went to the cross, He was the sin-bearer…. Read More ›
Find Restoration in Returning
By Adrian Rogers “By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.” Hebrews 11:20 Isaac loved God in his youth but got away from God. He messed up his family, and then came back to God. There are… Read More ›
Don’t Stop Now!
By Jack Hibbs Philippians 3:13-14 “Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for… Read More ›
The Infinite One
By Jack Hibbs Revelation 1:17-18 “And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, ‘Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. I… Read More ›
When God Wakes You Up
By Adrian Rogers “Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him: ‘You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan. Arise, go to Padan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s… Read More ›
Don’t Let Go Until God Blesses
By Adrian Rogers “And He [the Angel of the Lord] said, ‘Let Me go, for the day breaks.’ But he [Jacob] said, ‘I will not let You go unless You bless me!’” Genesis 32:26 Have you ever watched wrestlers? My… Read More ›