By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord.” Isaiah 55:8 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: There’s an oft-repeated illustration about an old bookmark. On one side, it’s beautifully embroidered and… Read More ›
Faith
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 ›
The Gospel According to Luke: An Exposition, Part 10 – Luke 4:1-13: Showdown with the Devil
By Dr. Donald Whitchard “And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led about by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and… 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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
What God Can Do
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths” Proverbs 3:5-6 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: A. C. Dickson, a fine… Read More ›
Do You Observe or Look?
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in… Read More ›
Were Jesus’ Followers Liars?
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen. And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty. Yes, and we are… Read More ›
The Conquest: Standing in Holy Boldness
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “But Peter and John answered and said to them, ‘Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge. For we cannot but speak the things… Read More ›
The Conquest: Standing Firm in Battle
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “So I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make… Read More ›
The Conquest: Standing in Resurrection Power
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. This was the Lord’s doing; It is marvelous in our eyes” Psalm 118:22-23 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: According to Jewish tradition, the stone specifically designed to be… Read More ›
The Cross: Warning: For Mature Audiences Only
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand” John 10:28 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Tongue cannot tell, throat cannot sing, hand cannot paint, the tragedy that… Read More ›
The Cross: Once and for All
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God…” 1 Peter 3:18 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: In Rome, when a man would be judged guilty of a… Read More ›
The Cross: Crossroads of Substitution
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, ‘Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!’” John 1:29 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: All through the Bible, God has been teaching… Read More ›
The Crown of Saving Ministry: One-Size Only
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering” Genesis 22:8 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Centuries before Jesus Christ was born, God said to Abraham, I want you to take your son that you… Read More ›
The Crown of Misery: Rescuing His Beloved
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “…So His visage was marred more than any man, And His form more than the sons of men…” Isaiah 52:14 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Some years ago in New York City, there was a mother who was… Read More ›
The Crown of Mystery: Perfection Bore Sin’s Curse
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “…Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you…” Genesis 3:17-18 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: In the… Read More ›