If you love only those who love you, what reward is there for that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much. If you are kind only to your friends, how are you different from anyone else? Even pagans do that. Matthew 5:46-47
The late children's television host, Fred Rogers, affectionately...
Continue ReadingDay by day the Lord takes care of the innocent, and they will receive an inheritance that lasts forever. Psalm 37:18
It should disrupt us to think that more than one billion people in the world live in poverty, surviving on less than one dollar per day, and more than twenty-six thousand c...
Continue ReadingHe has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8 (ESV)
The prophet Micah spent the majority of his time in the book of Micah calling the people of Israel out for their sin again...
Continue ReadingThe Sovereign Lord is my strength! He makes me as surefooted as a deer, able to tread upon the heights. Habakkuk 3:19 In the 1992 summer Barcelona Olympics, Derek Redmond was running a 400-meter relay race when he suddenly tore his hamstring. He fell to the ground, stood back up, and ...
Continue ReadingI have heard all about you, Lord. I am filled with awe by Your amazing works. In this time of our deep need, help us again as you did in years gone by. And in Your anger, remember Your mercy. Habakkuk 3:2 My uncle loves to tell the story about hiking with me when I was four years old...
Continue ReadingBut the Lord is in his holy Temple. Let all the earth be silent before him. Habakkuk 2:20 In the fictional book, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, written by C.S. Lewis, a prophecy is made about the coming of a lion named Aslan to the land of Narnia: "Wrong will be m...
Continue ReadingThis vision is for a future time. It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled. If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently, for it will surely take place. It will not be delayed. Habakkuk 2:3 I really hate waiting. I have a confession to make. I often read the ending of books soon a...
Continue ReadingO Lord my God, my Holy One, you who are eternal— surely you do not plan to wipe us out? O Lord, our Rock, you have sent these Babylonians to correct us, to punish us for our many sins. But you are pure and cannot stand the sight of evil. Will you wink at their treachery? Should you be silen...
Continue ReadingHow long, O Lord, must I call for help? But you do not listen! "Violence is everywhere!" I cry, but you do not come to save. Habakkuk 1:2 When Amy Carmichael was a little girl in Ireland, she learned that she could ask God anything, and He would answer her prayer. As she thought about...
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