Today's Verse: Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him. ~1 Kings 19:18 There is an old cliché that says, “If you can’t beat them, join them.” This statement has always encouraged people to compromise for the sake of what is convenient. Whenever there is compromise, something important is given up for convenience. Compromise is when we change our beliefs to make them fit what others d

Today's Verse: But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses. ~Psalm 68:21 In ancient Bible times, a conquering king would take the defeated king and his generals, make them lie face down, and then place his foot on their necks. This act publicly represented the defeat of a foe. It told everyone that the enemy had been conquered, defeated, and done away with. We see the defeat of the devil. “He that c

Today's Verse: And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. ~Luke 7:14 Many parents become perplexed by their teens: teen pushback, teen peer pressures, teen performance, and teen perspective. Mark Twain said that when a child turns 12, parents should put him into a barrel, cap it, put a hole large enough on the top of the cap to feed him, and keep him in there until he turns 18. Kidding aside, teens ar

Today's Verse: For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. ~Hebrews 4:3 The word "finish" implies something is done or completed. It tells us that everything required is now done and nothing more is needed. This morning, let us consider the finished work of God. There is the finished work of creation. All the work of creation wa

Today's Verse: The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him. ~Exodus 15:2 Do you like to sing? Singing is the musical expression we make from our hearts and mouths. God created us to be musically inclined. Singing moves us, stirs us, awakens us, sobers us, and comforts us. Musicians put a message to song. The words singing, sing, and song are mentioned almost 200 tim

Today's Verse: She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples. ~Judges 5:26 Sometimes, when a person succeeds at something in an impressive manner, someone who witnessed this endeavor might compliment them by saying, “You nailed it.” This morning, we are encouraged by an impressive deed performed by a woman named Jael. Jael was a one-

Today's Verse: And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage. ~Ezra 9:8 The word "little" describes something very small and possibly insignificant. When we use the word, we are referring to something small in quantity. However, we know that little is much when God is in it. Jesus blessed a few sm

Today's Verse: Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. ~Romans 15:13 What does the word "hope" bring to your mind? Everyone lives on hope. It is the anticipation that something that has not yet occurred will occur. Human hope has uncertainties in it. We hope something good will happen. However, spiritual hope is the anticipation that something divinely promised will occur as indicated.

Today's Verse: But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. ~Hebrews 5:14 Several years ago, someone I know had to have oral surgery. The surgery involved a couple of teeth extractions, and it affected the way they ate. Their food had to be cut into smaller and more manageable bite sizes. Whereas before the surgery they could eat harder, crunchy, and very chewy foods, they h

Today's Verse: This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him. ~Ezra 7:6 Ezra was one of God’s great men in the Old Testament. God used this man’s pen, personality, and persuasion to help with the finishing of the temple construction after the Jews returned from captivity. He was a tenderhearted man whom God use