Fear vs. Hope
Fear vs. Hope
We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. Indeed, in our hearts […]
Fear vs. Hope
We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. Indeed, in our hearts […]
What is Perfect Knowledge?
For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I […]
Are those producing your food producing it correctly as God intended? Is there a "right" way and a "wrong" way to produce food?
Your words have great power to heal or to destroy!
What is love? What power does true love have to bring about healing?
by Brian Shilhavy
But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly […]
Physical illness is a reflection ultimately of a spiritual problem. To find optimal physical health, we need to understand the spiritual principles involved with our physical flesh which is marred by sin.
Where is Your Financial Security?
No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will […]
We have an epidemic of heart disease in our society today. Unfortunately, it is seldom diagnosed properly, and the cure is a very simple remedy. Yes, while an entire medical empire exists today armed with expensive drugs and equipment to manage high blood pressure and heart problems in the physical realm, a far deadlier disease rages out of control threatening to destroy your very existence: the disease of an unbelieving, hardened heart.
Is it possible to please God, to make him happy? Are God’s feelings toward me affected by anything I can control? Yes! Starting with the truth that God exists and that he created us, the way we think and the way we live our lives, most certainly do affect the way God feels about us. So how can we please God?
The World is Coming to an End!
You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work […]
Who Do You Trust?
Note: This is a condensed version of the longer article here.
I am in distress; my eye is wasted from grief; my […]
Is God Trying to Get Your Attention? When we find ourselves far from God, we are always the ones who moved. A loving father will always discipline his children for their own good, with the goal being restoration and healing.
by Brian Shilhavy
You shall be blameless before the LORD your God, for these nations, which you are about to dispossess, listen to fortune-tellers and […]
The Voice of God: Your Path to Healing or to Suffering
There the LORD made for them a statute and a rule, and there he […]
By Brian Shilhavy
And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers […]
What Should be Our Attitude Towards Government?
In the February 9, 2009 devotional I wrote about how we must not trust in our government to […]
How to Succeed in the Workforce
Read Daniel chapter 6
At this, the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for charges against Daniel […]
Defilement
Are you shaping the culture around you, or is the culture shaping you?
by Brian Shilhavy
Read Daniel chapter 1.
But Daniel resolved that he would not […]
by Brian Shilhavy
The LORD upholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down. The eyes of all look to you, […]