Moments For You

Generally speaking, a lord is someone with authority, control, or power over others. In Jesus’ day the word lord was often used as a title of respect toward earthly authorities. When the leper called Jesus “Lord” in Matthew 8:2, he was showing Jesus respect as a healer and teacher. However,... Read more →

To the architect, He is the Chief Cornerstone 1 Peter 2:6 To the artist, He is the Altogether Lovely One Song of Solomon 5:16 To the astronomer, He is the Sun of Righteousness Malachi 4:2 To the baker, He is the Bread of Life John 6:35 To the banker, He... Read more →

“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven” (Ecclesiastes 3:1). Because everything has a season, nothing (at least on earth) lasts forever. God has appointed a “season” for everything. Seasons have beginnings and endings. They last, but not too long. Solomon’s thesis... Read more →

“Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee” (Acts 24:25). Felix, a Roman governor, was interested in Paul and his message. He evidently knew a great deal about Jesus. He knew about His crucifixion. He knew that... Read more →

“By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season” (Hebrews 11:24-25). All of a sudden Moses turned his back upon what... Read more →

“He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season” (Psalm 1:3). The Bible makes it plain that fruit is the test of the Christian life (Matthew 7:16-20; John 15:8). What is fruitfulness in the spiritual sense? We are to... Read more →

“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season” (2 Timothy 4:2). Chrysostom, in one of his writings, breaks down this exhortation into two imperatives: take opportunities and make opportunities to preach the word. If we are to preach God’s word continuously we must take every opportunity—“Preach the word;... Read more →

“The Lord God hath given Me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary” (Isaiah 50:4). I read that Albert Einstein was the featured speaker at a dinner given at Swarthmore College. When it came time for... Read more →

Spring, summer, fall or winter … which would you say is your favorite season and why? I would have to say summer is mine. I love the warmth of summer and being an educator, school is out … it’s vacation time! What if your favorite season lasted all year? What... Read more →

“Ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations” (1 Peter 1:6). All that God plans and performs in this life is in view of what He has in store for us in heaven. He is preparing us for the life and... Read more →

“Let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not” (Galatians 6:9). Sowing will bring a harvest. No matter what we choose to do with our lives, there are always consequences. Paul makes certain we understand this when he says in... Read more →

The next footsteps in the corridor, he knew, might be those of the guards taking him away to his execution. His only bed was the hard, cold stone floor of the dank, cramped prison cell. Not an hour passed when he was free from the constant irritation of the chains... Read more →

A story is told of a man who was lost in the woods. Later, in describing the experience, he told how frightened he was and how he had even finally knelt and prayed. Someone asked, “Did God answer your prayer?” “Oh, no,” the man replied. “Before God had a chance,... Read more →

When a Christian finds himself in a difficult situation, he should immediately give thanks to the Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, by the power of the Spirit, to keep his heart from complaining and fretting. The devil moves in when a Christian starts to complain, but thanksgiving in... Read more →

“Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son: in whom we have redemption through His blood, even... Read more →