Moments For You

“The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven” (1 Corinthians 15:45-47). “Then said He, Lo, I come to do Thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that He may establish the second” (Hebrews 10:9). God made a covenant with Israel... Read more →

He whose advent into the world angels heralded, saying, “on earth peace, good will toward men,” left the world prophesying of “wars and rumours of wars.” Even as another year passes, the world knows the grim reality of His prophetic word. What then? Was there some mistake in the annunciation... Read more →

The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want. Psalm 23:1 The Eastern shepherd occupied a position of friendship with the creatures of his care to which there is no counterpart among ourselves. In the early morning he would lead his flock to the pasturelands. All day he must closely... Read more →

Q. The word “angel” in our Bible is from the Hebrew “Malak” (in the Old Testament) and the Greek “Angelos” (in the New Testament). What does the word mean? A. The word means “messenger.” Q. Where is the home of the angels? A. The home of the angels is in... Read more →

That great Welsh preacher, Christmas Evans, once said that if a long thread were to float down out of heaven and fasten itself to any one of us, if we knew that God were at the other end, none would lightly brush it aside. Now prayer is not a thread... Read more →

“I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, say- ing, Open to me” (Song of Solomon 5:2). To the listening heart of His loved ones, our loving and loved Lord comes. Our heart leaps to attention when we hear the voice of our... Read more →

Some of the ancient cliff-dwellers of Arizona had an interesting way of cleaning house. The smoke of their fires filled their dwellings and covered their walls with a black layer of soot. When this became intolerable they did not wash or scrape it off, but plastered over it with a... Read more →

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He hath anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He hath sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised” (Luke... Read more →

“Christ Jesus … made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men” (Philippians 2:5-7). In eternity, the Father, the Son, and the Spirit shared coequally in all God is. The Son who was about to become incarnate... Read more →

“This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief” (1 Timothy 1:15). What made Saul of Tarsus the chief of sinners? Was he immoral or lawless, a wicked man who was an outcast from... Read more →

“Be it known unto you … that through this Man [Jesus Christ] is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins” (Acts 13:38-39). Sir Ambrose Fleming, a renowned British scientist, said: “We must not build on the sands of an uncertain and ever-changing science, but upon the rock of the inspired... Read more →

Men have pursued joy in every avenue imaginable. Some have successfully found it while others have not. Here are a few examples to describe where joy cannot be found: • Not in Unbelief: Voltaire was an infidel of the most pronounced type. He wrote: “I wish I had never been... Read more →

A wife said to her husband, “Shall we watch the six o’clock news and get indigestion or wait for the eleven o’clock and have insomnia?” Someone else put it, “The evening news is where they begin with ‘Good evening’—and then tell you why it isn’t.” We live in a world... Read more →

“What must I do to be saved?” (Acts 16:30). What an awful condition it is to be unsaved! But many people are really ignorant of the terrible danger they are in. They do not perceive the brittle thread by which their lives are suspended—they are not aware that they live... Read more →

The name Jesus means “Jehovah our Savior.” It is the New Testament equivalent of the Hebrew name Joshua, Yeshua, or Hoshea. While others wore these names to honor God, Jesus bore His name as the Savior-God that the New Testament says He was. It’s important for us to see that... Read more →