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Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual...
07/08/2025

Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.

The most famous quote of President John Kennedy is this: “And so, my fellow Americans: Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.” He was a politician trying to inspire his country, but these inaugural words have some spiritual parallels. Too often we expend our spiritual energy trying to convince God to do what we want. We ask for a promotion or a bigger house or a more cooperative spouse. But if we follow Paul’s admonition to be devoted to other people, and honor them above ourselves, and serve the Lord with the best of our efforts, our prayers change. We begin to ask God how we can be a brighter light for Him in our workplace. We ask Him to help our home become a Kingdom outpost in our neighborhood. We ask for wisdom to be a better spouse. Instead of asking God to do something for us, let’s ask Him for specific steps that we can take to serve Him better.

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So, ask not what God and His people can do for you, but ask Him what You can do for Him and His people. It’s a shift in perspective.

- Allen Jackson

C. S. Lewis once wrote about what he called the “Grand Miracle.” He said, “It was the central event in the history of th...
07/05/2025

C. S. Lewis once wrote about what he called the “Grand Miracle.” He said, “It was the central event in the history of the Earth–the very thing that the whole story has been about.” Lewis wasn’t referring to the resurrection of Jesus but to the incarnation–God coming to earth in human flesh. Think about it: The God who created this universe poured all of Himself into a tiny embryo. That is miraculous. As Lewis said elsewhere, “If you want to get the hang of [the incarnation], think how you would like to become a slug or a crab.” Yet Jesus did that willingly.

Philippians 2:7 says Jesus “emptied Himself” when He came to earth. Did He empty Himself of being God? No. Colossians 2:9 says, “In [Jesus] all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form.” So what did Jesus empty Himself of?

First of all, He emptied Himself of His rights. If you’ve ever traveled by airplane, then you know airport security is an ordeal. Sometimes you have to stand in a long line, and the process is a hassle–you have to take off your shoes and coat, pull your laptop out of your bag, and so on. But there’s a nifty program that allows you to go through a separate line with a lot less hassle. I’m part of this program, but my wife isn’t. When we travel together, I have every right to go through the quicker line. But I give up that right so I can stand with my wife and help her with her luggage. In the same way, Jesus Christ willingly gave up His rights as God to meet our needs.

Second, Jesus gave up the exercise of some of His attributes. Even though Jesus was fully God, which means He was all-knowing and all-powerful, He chose not to exercise aspects of His omniscience and omnipotence while He was on earth.

Let me illustrate it this way: A light bulb generates a certain amount of light, and we measure that light in lumens. If you put a lampshade over the bulb, it still generates the same number of lumens, but the shade veils some of the brightness. In the same way, Jesus was fully God, but His humanity veiled some of His deity so that we could not see Him in all His glory. He gave up the exercise of some of His godly attributes, and He did so for our benefit.

- Dr. Robert Jeffress

Our offices are closed today as our staff celebrates Independence Day. We hope everyone has a safe and wonderful weekend...
07/04/2025

Our offices are closed today as our staff celebrates Independence Day. We hope everyone has a safe and wonderful weekend!

When we behold the wonder and the glory of the world Jesus created, we worship and honor Him all the more.
07/04/2025

When we behold the wonder and the glory of the world Jesus created, we worship and honor Him all the more.

Many of our problems arise when we forget to remember.As the prophet Samuel thought he was drawing toward the end of his...
07/01/2025

Many of our problems arise when we forget to remember.

As the prophet Samuel thought he was drawing toward the end of his time of ministry and prepared to bid farewell to Israel, he wanted the people to consider how immensely good God had been to them. (Samuel would, as it turned out, have many more years of ministry ahead, as God called him first to warn and then to pronounce judgment on King Saul.) God’s grace and provision had been revealed to Israel over and over—and yet, though they had been warned on a couple of occasions, “Take care lest you forget the LORD your God” (Deuteronomy 8:11), they had turned their back on Him, revealing their fickleness. In fact, throughout the generations of the judges, of whom Samuel was the last, Israel “forgot the LORD their God” and instead served false gods (Judges 3:7).

Years later, the Preacher of Ecclesiastes would write, “Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth” (Ecclesiastes 12:1). This means more than remembering that there is a Creator. It means to dwell upon the very “Godness” of God. The Israelites failed to remember Him; in fact, they chose to forget, for it was inconvenient for them to consider God in all His holiness and all His might. And Samuel’s message in response was essentially this: You’re not thinking!

But even though the people forsook Him and forgot His righteous deeds, God didn’t abandon them. He never does abandon His own. Every time, in His mercy, He showed Himself to be righteous in His dealings and gracious in His salvation of and patience with His people.

We must be careful not to judge the Israelites too harshly. God has been abundantly gracious to us as well—and, at times, we also have chosen to forget Him. Whenever we deviate from the narrow path, whenever we seek to slip out from underneath our almighty King’s jurisdiction, we are failing to remember who God is and what He has done for us: that He has buried us in baptism and raised us to newness of life (Romans 6:4).

If you are in Christ, you are no longer the person you once were. You have been made a member of a people who will last forever. So when you face temptation, stop for a moment and remember your Creator. Contemplate the goodness and holiness of God, both in history and in your own experience, and thank Him for His abounding mercy as He deals with you. Don’t forget to remember.

- Truth For Life with Alistair Begg

Yes, Lord, help us to step out boldly in truth! Help us to withstand the enemy's attacks and stick to Your path of right...
06/30/2025

Yes, Lord, help us to step out boldly in truth! Help us to withstand the enemy's attacks and stick to Your path of righteousness.

Are you prepared to give an answer for the hope in you? When Jesus is real to us and is sanctified in our hearts, we can...
06/29/2025

Are you prepared to give an answer for the hope in you? When Jesus is real to us and is sanctified in our hearts, we can answer skeptics with meekness and fear. Listen to “Faith of Our Fathers” on CSN Radio for encouraging words from Love Worth Finding Ministries with Adrian Rogers.

Only July 3, 2012, American icon Andy Griffith died. As a tribute, one TV station ran an Andy Griffith Show marathon. In...
06/28/2025

Only July 3, 2012, American icon Andy Griffith died. As a tribute, one TV station ran an Andy Griffith Show marathon. In one episode I watched, Opie was praying before bed. His prayer went something like this, "And God bless dad and Barney and my teacher and my dog, amen."

Tragically, many adults pray much like little Opie did on that particular episode. Is there anything wrong with praying like that? Yes. That type of praying is too small, too boring, too general, too nebulous, and requires no real faith. It is not a prayer worthy of voicing to the King of kings and Lord of lords.

When you take the time to really analyze your prayer life, you can get an accurate temperature of your faith (hot or cold) and how you perceive God.

Here's what I mean: if you were actually standing before the King of the universe who wanted to answer your requests, would you be praying safe, little, "bless me and mine" prayers? Or would you be asking God for BIG things that would bring great glory to His name and to His kingdom?

So often in our prayers, we forget who we are talking to. We repeat names and needs to God in a "check the box" fashion, and we fail to really connect with God and ask Him for specific things that may seem audacious in scope. We need to learn to pray like bold Jabez who asked God to bless him indeed! Jabez wasn't interested in a tiny crumb of blessing. He wanted the whole enchilada—an enlarged life with great opportunities and the Lord’s hand of strength and protection upon him (see 1 Chronicles 4:9-10.) And you know what? God granted his request!

- From His Heart Ministries

Jesus further explained how greater works would be possible for His followers. It would be possible because Jesus would ...
06/27/2025

Jesus further explained how greater works would be possible for His followers. It would be possible because Jesus would do His work through His prayerful people, who asked and acted in His name.

How do we know the Bible is true? What separates the Bible from the Qur’an, the Book of Mormon, or any other religious b...
06/24/2025

How do we know the Bible is true? What separates the Bible from the Qur’an, the Book of Mormon, or any other religious book? Let’s look at three reasons we can trust the Bible.

First of all, the Bible is inspired. Peter, Paul, Luke, Moses, and David didn’t wake up one morning and say, I think I’ll spend an hour writing Scripture. No, the Bible was initiated by God Himself. In 2 Timothy 3:16, Paul wrote, “All Scripture is inspired by God.” The Greek word translated as “inspired” literally means God-breathed. Inspiration is the process by which God used the personalities of men to compose and record His message. God’s message was poured through the angry outbursts of Moses, the emotional outpouring of David, and the systematic reasoning of Paul–but it was all initiated and inspired by God.

Second, the Bible is unified. Do you remember doing group projects in school? In my experience, they were always a hodge-podge–paragraphs written by different people in different styles, a random graph here, an illustration there. When you think about it, the Bible is the ultimate group project. It was written by more than forty authors from various countries over fifteen hundred years. The authors used a variety of styles, yet unlike all my group projects in school, the Bible fits together perfectly. It has one unified theme, and that is Jesus Christ.

Third, the Bible is inerrant. That simply means the Bible is without error. The inerrancy of Scripture has always been a foundational belief of the church. For example, when the writer of Hebrews quoted Psalm 95, here’s how he introduced the passage: “Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says . . .” (3:7). The writer of Hebrews was saying that those words from the Psalms came from the Holy Spirit. Jesus, too, testified to the inspiration and inerrancy of the Old Testament. He affirmed the creation account (Matthew 19:4–6), the story of Jonah (Matthew 12:39–41), and the story of Noah (Matthew 24:37–39). Jesus believed these weren’t fables but true accounts.

The Bible affirms the inerrancy of the New Testament as well. In 1 Timothy 5:18, Paul referred to a verse from Luke as “Scripture.” And the apostle Peter, who didn’t always see eye to eye with Paul, admitted that Paul’s letters were “the Scriptures” (2 Peter 3:15–16). When you read the Bible, you can know you’re reading truth, not error, because the words were inspired by God.

- Dr. Robert Jeffress

Start your journey with the FREE Bible study from Love Worth Finding Ministries, “Jesus: The Unavoidable Decision”—base...
06/22/2025

Start your journey with the FREE Bible study from Love Worth Finding Ministries, “Jesus: The Unavoidable Decision”—based on the powerful teachings of Adrian Rogers. Discover the truth. Consider eternity. What will you do with Jesus?
Download now at LWF.org/Radio

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