Only a Little While
After you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. (1…
Grace Denied and Supplied
Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God. (Acts 14:22) The need for inner strength arises not just from the depletions of everyday stress, but from the suffering and…
Hope for Imperfect Christians
By a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified. (Hebrews 10:14) This verse is full of encouragement for imperfect sinners like us, and full of…
The Smallest Faith
It depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy. (Romans 9:16) Let us make crystal clear at the beginning of the year that all we…
What Jesus Did to Death
Just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a…
Grace for the New Year
By the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though…
Outfitted and Empowered
Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you…
Glory Is the Goal
Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. (Romans 5:2) Seeing the glory…
What Is Your Aim?
Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. . . . And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in…