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| August 28 |
| And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. |
| Romans 8:28 |
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This Day's Devotional Devotional Archives |
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God's Word Will Not Return Empty
By Bonnie Ricks
Isaiah was a great prophet, perhaps one of the greatest. Just look at the length of the book of Isaiah. Think about the labor of love that it required for this man to write this book. He didn't have a word processor. He didn't even have a typewriter. He certainly didn't have a secretary who could take shorthand, and then go type it up for him. |
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Reaping the Blessings
By Bonnie Ricks
Such glorious promises! "My word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it." Wow! God has a purpose for every single thing written in His Word, and every single word will accomplish the purpose for which He sent it. That means that every word from |
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Making Him In Our Image
By Bonnie Ricks
When I was in college, I ran across a quote from Edwin Arlington Robinson that said, "The world is not a prison house. Rather, it is a kind of spiritual kindergarten where millions of bewildered infants are trying to spell God with the wrong blocks." It's obvious that this applies to the non-Christian world. But it also applies directly to a |
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Why? Why? Why?
By Bonnie Ricks
One thing you and I should never do is question God's methods. He says, "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways."
The Bible gives us a detailed story of a man who, in the eyes of the world, had every right to ask God, "Why?" He was a man who was so perfect in his walk with God, that he was the first one who came |
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Before It's Too Late
By Bonnie Ricks
Does God move? Does He leave us? Does He go far away? I'm reminded of that wonderful story, called "Footprints," where the man who had gone to heaven was talking to the Lord and looking at the footprints of his life in the sand. He asked the Lord why, during the worst times of his life, there was only one set of footprints. Why had the Lord |
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