Genesis 17:9-14 New International Version 9 Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come. 10 This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep:...

Abraham’s descendants were the Israelites, God’s chosen people.   Through them, God’s promised Savior would come. The God of all creation has chosen and adopted us into his family as his own sons and daughters. How does the knowledge of being chosen by God change the...

Effective leaders look for ways to use the successes of today to empower their people for the challenges of tomorrow. Joshua did exactly that. Although God would work a miracle to allow the people to cross the Jordan on dry ground, Joshua knew that only those who saw...

”This is a test.” Whether this phrase reminds you of the once-familiar announcement for the American Emergency Broadcast System or conjures up memories of a middle-school teacher announcing a pop quiz, those four little words can raise the blood pressure and increase...

The psalm writer pledged to keep [his] tongue from sin, but it sure isn’t easy for us to do that! Using our words wisely takes great and constant effort. In fact, the New Testament book of James says that while people can train wild animals, no human being can tame...

Jesus taught that our neighbor might be the person least like us—consider the parable of the Good Samaritan. We are called to be like the Samaritan rather than the religious leaders who passed by their Jewish countryman who had been beaten, robbed and left for dead...

Sometimes after we read the newspaper or watch the news, we feel painfully aware of the enormity of the world’s problems and the hopelessly inadequate resources to solve them. In our own lives we can experience similar feelings. Our problems seem enormous, and our...