Daily Grace
What a Savior!
“Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases,...
Jesus Brings the Holy Spirit
"I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire” (Matthew 3:11). God knew that we were not to be left on our own to carry His...
Satan Challenges Our Identity
“The tempter came to him and said, ‘If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread’ ” (Matthew 4:3). God had just spoken from heaven and announced that Jesus was His Son. In all three of the temptations Satan began with this same weapon. He challenged...
God’s Approval Carries Ministry
“And a voice from heaven said, ‘This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased’ ” (Matthew 3:17). When God, the Father, spoke from heaven at Jesus’ baptism He fulfilled an Old Testament Scripture that referred to Jesus. A psalm declares, “I will proclaim the...
Jesus Brings the Holy Spirit
"I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire” (Matthew 3:11). God knew that we were not to be left on our own to carry His...
Where Can I Meet God?
Believers value God’s Word. We teach it, meditate on it, share it with others, and most of all live by it. We have found that the time we spend with God’s Word can be the most profitable time of any day. It refreshes us, challenges us, encourages and informs us. It...
Change Has Come
“This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: ‘A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him’ ” (Matthew 3:3). This is quoted from Isaiah 40:3, A “voice of one calling: ‘In the wilderness prepare the...
God is with Us
“ ‘The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel’ (which means ‘God with us’)” (Matthew 1:23). The central truth of our faith is that Jesus is God. The angel who announced His birth made that clear. “God with us” is a way of...
The Man Who Loves Me
What can anyone say to a person who is hurting? The message of Christianity is: God loves you. God doesn’t reject anyone, even tax collectors and “sinners.” That is how each of us was able to become part of His family. He simply loves us and, if we believe in Him,...