By Adrian Rogers “When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, ‘Bless me—me also, O my father!’ But he said, ‘Your brother came with deceit and… Read More ›
Devotions
Working for What’s Already Yours
By Adrian Rogers “And Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils; then he ate and drank, arose, and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.” Genesis 25:34 The birthright was a special blessing that belonged to the firstborn… Read More ›
The Father’s Heart on Display
By Adrian Rogers “Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off. And Abraham said to his young men, ‘Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and worship, and… Read More ›
The Only Thing That Counts
By Jack Hibbs 1 Corinthians 2:4 “And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power.” The apostle Paul was a speaker par excellence, schooled by… Read More ›
True Freedom
By Jack Hibbs John 8:36 “Therefore, if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.” It has been said that freedom is the longing of every human heart. When President George W. Bush assembled a coalition and… Read More ›
Trusting God with What Matters Most
By Adrian Rogers “Concluding that God was able to raise him [Isaac] up, even from the dead, from which he [Abraham] also received him in a figurative sense.” Hebrews 11:19 Abraham took Isaac and started up Mount Moriah to offer… Read More ›
Ready to Move When God Says Go
By Adrian Rogers “For he [Abraham] waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.” Hebrews 11:10 Abraham had a pilgrim character. Now, that doesn’t mean he was a dropout. Abraham was in business. He had… Read More ›
Faith Follows Obedience
By Adrian Rogers “By faith he [Abraham] dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.” Hebrews 11:9 I am sometimes asked by… Read More ›
Living on God’s Promises
By Adrian Rogers “…concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.” Hebrews 11:19 When we were children, we use to have a saying, “Finders keepers;… Read More ›
When Faith Is Tested
By Adrian Rogers “By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, of whom it was said, ‘In Isaac your seed shall be called.’” Hebrews 11:17-18… Read More ›
He Knows
By Jack Hibbs Job 23:10 “But He knows the way that I take; when He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.” Scripture needn’t be lengthy to be powerful, and here, in Job’s threefold declaration, is inspired… Read More ›
Proclaim God’s Word
By Jack Hibbs 1 Corinthians 2:4 “And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words…” Paul the Apostle was a speaker par excellence, schooled by the finest scholars the world could offer. He could out-talk the best of… Read More ›
Learning to See What God Sees
By Adrian Rogers “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1 There is an invisible world. There is a world that is more real than this world, and all the heroes… Read More ›
Learning to Live by Faith
By Adrian Rogers “By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.” Hebrews 11:8 Abraham was a pagan… Read More ›
Faith That Starts at Home
By Adrian Rogers “So Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, went into the ark because of the waters of the flood.” Genesis 7:7 Religion that does not begin at home does not begin. Have you ever… Read More ›
Why God Is Still Waiting
By Adrian Rogers “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.” 2 Peter 3:9 Why has Jesus not… Read More ›
The Power God Supplies
By Adrian Rogers “By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, ‘and was not found, because God had taken him’; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God.” Hebrews 11:5… Read More ›
Through God’s Lens
By Jack Hibbs 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” As Christ-followers, our goal is to daily follow the will of God…. Read More ›
Don’t Get Tripped Up
By Jack Hibbs Hebrews 12:1 “Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the… Read More ›
A Faith That Walks Every Day
By Adrian Rogers “He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?” Micah 6:8 Sometimes we come to… Read More ›
Walking with God Begins with Faith
By Adrian Rogers “And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.” Genesis 5:24 Faith is not guessing at the will of God. Faith is hearing from God through the Word of God, learning the will… Read More ›
Sharing!
Sharing! It can be a problem. I know we had a “friendly neighbour” across the road from us, and down about four homes. A seemingly nice guy, always going around the streets, entirely ready to help in all situations, and… Read More ›
Preparing the Way for the Cross
By Adrian Rogers “And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.” Hebrews 9:22 Pavlov, the Russian psychologist, did experiments in what we call “conditioned response.” He had… Read More ›
The Sacrifice that Pointed to Jesus
By Adrian Rogers “By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks.” Hebrews 11:4 What… Read More ›
Faith Shows Up in the Way You Live
By Adrian Rogers “Now the just shall live by faith; but if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him.” Hebrews 10:38 Faith is the heart’s response to the character of God. When your eye is right, it… Read More ›
Be Free!
By Jack Hibbs John 13:34 “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.” When you woke up this morning, you faced an old enemy…. Read More ›
Submerged in the Grace of God
By Jack Hibbs Psalm 1:1-3 “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is in the law… Read More ›
Faith Sees Beyond What Science Can Measure
By Adrian Rogers “By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.” Hebrews 11:3 Every three or four months there… Read More ›
Feelings are Fickle, Faith Stands Firm
By Adrian Rogers “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1 Faith is confidence that goes beyond emotions. Emotions are the shallowest part of your nature. Faith is the deepest work… Read More ›
You Practice What You Truly Believe
By Adrian Rogers “‘Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this,’ says the LORD of hosts, ‘If I will not open for you the windows of heaven… Read More ›