Moments For You

I have seen a play in which someone begins reciting “Our Father, which art in Heaven,” and is surprised to be interrupted by God answering, “Yes?” A conversation follows where God points out that there is much more to praying than just saying prayers—that a real conversation with the real... 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 →

The Bible presents several significant relationships of angels to Jesus Christ. These relationships, when taken together, emphasize the fact that Jesus Christ is exalted above and infinitely superior to the angels. He Existed Before the Angels In Colossians 1:15 Paul declared that Jesus Christ, who provided forgiveness of sins for... Read more →

Our Father Divine Person Thy will be done Divine Purpose Daily bread Divine Provision Forgive us Divine Pardon Deliver us Divine Protection —What the Bible Teaches, Matthew Read more →

• Announced His birth to Mary (Luke 1:26-28). • Announced His birth to Joseph (Matthew 1:20). • Proclaimed His arrival to the shepherds (Luke 2:9-14). • Guarded Christ in early infancy (Matthew 2:13-20). • Attended to Jesus following His temptations (Matthew 4:11). • Strengthened Jesus at Gethsemane (Luke 22:43). •... Read more →

“Thy will be done, in earth, as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10). I suppose that to the majority of people these familiar words suggest a funeral rather than a wedding. They recall experiences to which we were compelled to submit but in which we found no delight. And so... Read more →

The Angel of Jehovah carries with him an air of mystery. Who is he? He seems far more than an ordinary angel. Some identify him with Jehovah and even with Christ. If this is so, then the angel is a theophany, a manifestation of God in visible and bodily form... Read more →

“His will be done,” we say with sighs and trembling,    Expecting trial, bitter loss and tears; And then how doth He answer us with blessings,    In sweet rebuking of our faithless fears. God’s will is peace and plenty, and the power    To be and have the best that He can... Read more →

“And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it” (Genesis 28:12). “And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him” (Genesis 32:1). At Bethel... Read more →

In a time of weekly, bi-weekly or monthly paychecks, and shopping for a week’s supply of groceries at a time, it seems strange to ask for “daily” bread. But I believe God wants to remind us that we need Him and His supply each day. Even though today’s dinner may... Read more →

The Van Ryn family was living in Florida at the time while the father, August, was ministering the Word in Michigan. He thought he had mailed a check to his wife for household expenses, but actually he had put the letter in a coat pocket, then changed suits. In the... Read more →

“Forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us” (Luke 11:4). This does not refer to a sinner’s forgiveness when he first comes to the knowledge of the Lord, but to the disciple under the daily government of His Father. The forgiveness of a... Read more →

“And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil” (Matthew 6:13). It is important to understand that the word tempt has a two-fold significance in Scripture: 1) to try the strength of, and 2) to entice to do evil. When it is said that “God did tempt Abraham”... Read more →

Question: Is the so-called Lord’s Prayer (see Matthew 6:9-13) something that I should repeat each day in my quiet time with the Lord? Answer: No. I don’t believe that you should feel a need to do that because the Lord Jesus has given us something even better than this beautiful... Read more →

Convicted forger A. Schiller was serving his time in Sing Sing prison in the late 1800’s when guards found him dead in his cell. On his body they found seven regular straight pins whose heads measured the typical 47/1000ths of an inch or 1.2 millimeters in diameter. Under magnification it... Read more →