All posts tagged inspiration

Love-Bless-DoGood-Pray 3/28/2023

by Suzanne D. Williams “But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.” (Matthew 5:44 KJV) Love. This means you treat your enemy like you’d treat your best friend. Like you’d […]

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CrossReads Weekly Devotional: Faith’s Checkbook: The Care of the Poor 3/27/2023

Send to Kindle  by Charles Haddon Spurgeon The Care of the Poor “The LORD will strengthen Him upon the bed of languishing”   (Psalm 41:3) Remember that this is a promise to the man who considers the poor. Are you one of these? Then take home the text. See how in the hour of sickness the […]

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Faith’s Checkbook: Becoming Fit for Glory 3/21/2023

Send to Kindle  Charles Haddon Spurgeon Becoming Fit for Glory “The LORD will give grace and glory”   (Psalm 84:11). Grace is what we need just now, and it is to be had freely. What can be freer than a gift? Today we shall receive sustaining, strengthening, sanctifying, satisfying grace. He has given daily grace until now, and […]

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CrossReads Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 3/20/2023

Send to Kindle by Jim Hughes  Ps. 37:8 Stop your anger! Turn from your rage! Do not envy others–it only leads to harm. For the wicked will be destroyed, but those who trust in the LORD will possess the land. Let it go. Whoever or whatever you are angry at, stop it! Letting anger control […]

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Trust In The Lord, He Will Never Fail You 3/14/2023

by Robin McKinley David the writer of Psalm 40 offered plenty of reasons why we should put our trust in the Lord. He knew that God would never fail him. And we can know that as well. Many will see what he has done and be amazed. They will put their trust in […]

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CrossReads Weekly Devotional: Are You Teachable? 3/13/2023

Send to Kindle  by Rebekah Beene I’ve discovered, I have a lot still to learn. About life, about the health program, and about Jesus, I’ve also discovered that I am still teachable. But I have to watch, because being teachable means being correctable. Oh, beloved. The Lord has much to teach you in the spirit […]

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Gems From Pastor Jim 3/7/2023

by Jim Hughes  Ps. 37:7 Be still in the presence of the LORD and wait patiently for him to act. Don’t worry about evil people who prosper or fret about their wicked schemes. Be still in the presence of the Lord. For some of us, this may seem nearly impossible to do. We […]

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CrossReads Weekly Devotional: Makers of Peace 3/6/2023

Send to Kindle                 by Precarious Yates Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. ~ Matthew 5:9 Last year, I was accepted to a program I had dreamed about for years. The University of North Carolina, Greensboro (UNCG) has a degree program called […]

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CrossReads Weekly Devotional: Faith’s Checkbook – Truth Established 2/27/2023

Send to Kindle by C. H. Spurgeon “The lip of Truth shall be established for ever; but a lying tongue is but for a moment”   (Proverbs 12:19). Truth wears well. Time tests it, but it right well endures the trial. R; then, I have spoken the truth and have for the present to suffer for […]

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Faith’s Checkbook – February 21 – Better Farther On

by Charles H. Spurgeon “Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more”   (Nahum 1:12). There is a limit to affliction. God sends it, and God removes it. Do you sigh and say, “When will the end be?” Remember that our griefs will surely and finally end when this poor earthly […]

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