Category Archives: Daily Minute

Repentance is the key that unlocks the door to eternal life– belief opens it. When they heard these things they fell silent.  And they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.”  … Continue reading →

The invitation is not, the call is not, the command is not to take Jesus with us, but to leave all and go with Him– to follow Him. And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the … Continue reading →

The temporary blessings God gives us here are a mere taste of the eternal inheritance that will one day be ours in heaven. May every good gift here, direct our attention there. “Then the King will say to those on … Continue reading →

It’s a medical fact that humans need sleep. It’s a spiritual reality that humans need God more than sleep. And rising very early in the morning,  while it was still dark,  [Jesus] departed and went out to a desolate place,  … Continue reading →

God, through the Holy Spirit, convicts, corrects and rebukes, strengthens and guides, teaches, reminds, empowers, and produces His fruit in the lives of His children– that’s how we know we are His. The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are … Continue reading →

The Bible doesn’t say we are to choose whether or not to accept Jesus as Lord. It doesn’t say we should choose whether or not to have a personal relationship with Christ. It does not say to choose heaven or hell, … Continue reading →

When we follow Jesus, He will enable us to do whatever He does. Then Jesus said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”  Mark 1:17 NKJV

God’s plan is still unfolding. And he said to me, “Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand. He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, … Continue reading →

May Jesus always be the center of our attention. Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the … Continue reading →

All of eternity hangs on whether or not we have done two things– repented and believed. Now after John was put in prison,  Jesus came to Galilee,  preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,  and saying, “The time is … Continue reading →

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through Me.”  John 14:6 NKJV Aren’t you glad there is no “and” at the end of that verse? It doesn’t … Continue reading →

No one knew the lengths to which God would go to save His people from their sins–until the cross. “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish … Continue reading →

Our hope in trials, our relief in pain, our comfort in sorrow, our confidence in death, our joy in life– our future with God. “Their souls shall be like a well-watered garden,  And they shall sorrow no more at all.  … Continue reading →

May we live every day in the peace of God’s presence, by the power of the Holy Spirit, mindful of our pleasures in Christ, and for the purpose of His calling. I press toward the goal for the prize of … Continue reading →

There is nothing flippant, carefree, or easy about serving God. But there is a gladness, a peace, a confidence that He will accomplish His purposes through us, in us, and for us. Serve the LORD with fear,  And rejoice with trembling.  … Continue reading →

When God gives us a task that reaches beyond our comfort zone, we can take Zechariah 4:7 with us, exchanging Zerubbabel’s name for our own. The capstone representing the completion of the work God has given us to do.  “‘Who are you, … Continue reading →

“This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel:  ‘Not by might nor by power,  but by My Spirit,’ says the LORD of hosts.”  Zechariah 4:6 NKJV We can exchange the words “might” and “power” for whatever or whomever we … Continue reading →

“For who has despised the day of small things?  For these seven rejoice to see  The plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.  They are the eyes of the LORD,  Which scan to and fro throughout the whole earth.”  Zechariah … Continue reading →

Getting Christians to think highly of themselves is a devilish scheme. How contrary to Scripture is a haughty child of God. For thus says the One who is high and lifted up,  who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:  “I … Continue reading →

A search for the truth, apart from the Word of God, will always lead a person in the opposite direction. But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come:  For men will be….always learning and never able … Continue reading →