Self-Made Idols

Read  Exodus 19:1 through 24:18 An alarming trend is occurring among a high number of American workers. It is becoming more common for workers to work well over the standard forty-hour workweek. Some workers average between sixty and seventy hours a week at their jobs. Sometimes workers spent so much time at the job, they make the mistake of identifying …

An Impatient People

Read  Exodus 5:1 through 11:10 Like the rest of humanity, Christians tend to be impatient. When we pray about a crisis, we often want God to send the answer immediately. Sometimes He does. Other times, however, God does not seem to move as quickly as we like. Such times test our faith, but they also develop our characters. Even Moses, …

Still Waiting

Read  Genesis 39:1 through 41:45 Finally, the time had come. Joseph had been faithfully enduring an unjust prison sentence—and release seemed imminent. There was one who could help secure his freedom. The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him (Genesis 40:23). Like the cupbearer’s memory, Joseph’s hope of release vanished. However, he did not allow all the …

Speaking Out

Read  太Matthew 8:1 through 11:1 Some people consider public speaking their biggest fear, ranking it above death. Of course, there is usually no danger involved with public speaking—just the threat of embarrassment. But that wasn’t the case for the Early Church. Jesus told His disciples they would be arrested and tried for telling others about Him. Yet He said they …

You Can Depend on His Word

Read  Geneses 19:1 through 21:34 The newborn infant’s father was about a hundred years old, and his wife Sarah was only a few years younger. There was no hope in the natural that people their age could bear children, but Abraham had not given up. Abraham had faith that God would do as he had said even though his and …