Moments For You

“Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel” (Mark 1:14,15). There are many passages in the New Testament... Read more →

We’re a nation founded upon the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Ask almost any person what they want out of life, and they will reply, “I want to be happy.” And yet for a people bent on pursuing happiness, we’re not doing so well. Many... Read more →

After leaving Egypt, the children of Israel were in the deserts of Sinai and had no water to drink. Day after day their thirst increased. They might make the most diligent search, and put all their energies into digging deep in all directions, but it was a barren and thirsty... Read more →

The Verdict God knows us; He knows what we are, He knows what He meant us to be, and He sees the vast difference between these two things. God’s testimony concerning man is that he is a sinner: “there is none righteous, no, not one…. There is none that doeth... Read more →

“Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints” (Ephesians 6:18). When we stop to weigh the meaning of these words, the child of God is driven to say, “I must pray, pray, pray. I must put all... Read more →

“In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him” (Daniel 2:1). Already in the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar was having divinely prompted nightmares. Daniel, through wisdom given to him by God, describes the king’s... Read more →

What was the first message delivered by the ascended and glorified  Lord Jesus? Moments after the cloud of glory carried Him out of their sight, the enraptured silence of the disciples of Christ was broken by the voice of two men in white apparel, saying, “this same Jesus, which is... Read more →

“The glory of the Lord shall be revealed” (Isaiah 40:5). The whole concept of the glory of the Lord surrounds the Christmas scene. At the birth of Christ, the angels shouted, “Glory to God in the highest.” And Luke 2:9 says, “The glory of the Lord shone round about them.”... Read more →

One of our greatest needs as human beings is to be loved. We all need love. We need to know that we are important to somebody, that somebody truly cares about us, wants us, and accepts us unconditionally. The good news from God’s Word is that somebody does love us—God!... Read more →

“And when Jesus beheld him, He said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone” (John 1:42). For the earliest notice of Simon Peter, we must turn to the first chapter of the Gospel of John. “John stood, and two... Read more →

When a man has broken the laws of his country, and is under a sentence of death, he paces the floor of his gloomy cell, looks through the steel bars, and thinks of the fearful tomorrow. If you could speak to him, what would you say? Would a lecture on... Read more →

The central truth of all truth concerns the person of the Lord Jesus Christ. He was a man on earth, and He is a man now at the right hand of the Majesty on High, having been raised again from the dead by the glory of the Father. But He... Read more →

“What shall I do to inherit eternal life?” (Luke 10:25). What shall I do? No words can more plainly show the ignorance of a fallen sinner who does not understand his lost, fallen, helpless condition. When man could do nothing, Jesus came to him where he was. What a journey... Read more →

The story of David opens with a dramatic contrast between the fresh hope of David’s young life and the rejection of King Saul, who proved that he was not fit to act as God’s representative. In God’s Word, we read of four phrases about His choice of David as king.... Read more →