English Devotions

In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though itis tested by fire, may be found to praise, honour and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ

One day a mathematics professor entered the classroom and wrote two columns of numbers on the black board. Then turning to the students, he asked, “Do you find any relationship between the numbers in these two columns?” The students looked at the numbers. They could not find any relationship between the numbers.

Steve Baker and his wife Kathey were Bible translators in Liberia. They worked hard to translate the Bible for eight years. When war broke out in Liberia, they were forced to leave the mission field leaving all their valuables. Their cultural and language learning came to an abrupt end without any hope for the translation

Hudson Taylor, the missionary to China, was a man of prayer. He had read about the prayer life of George Mueller and understood how God answered the prayers of Mueller to meet the needs of thousands of orphans. Taylor started believing in the importance, of prayer and gave himself to pray for all his needs and the needs in ministry.

A few months ago while I was travelling by train to Howrah, an old man travelled along with me. He was sitting near me with a long chain made up of small beads. He moved the beads of the chain. He was actually praying to God when he moved the beads.

The Bible gives very clear teaching on Christ’s second coming. In the New Testament alone there are three hundred and eighteen passages which deal with the second coming of Christ. One out of twenty five verses deal with second coming in the New Testament. This shows that the Bible gives much importance to Christ’s

In 1558, Queen Elizabeth became the queen of Britain and the Christians in Britain were very happy because she replaced Bloody Mary who persecuted Christians and burnt hundreds of Christians to death at stakes. Queen Elizabeth gave freedom for the Puritans to worship the Lord. This freedom for the reformers was disliked by the Spanish king. So he planned to invade Britain and conquer the nation by force.

Richard W. De Haan once wrote about a wealthy man in Texas, who had the wrong attitude towards riches. A pastor went to the house of the rich man who had invested his money in lands and farms. The rich man received the pastor happily and took him around his house. When they went to the top of the house, the rich man said, “Twenty five years ago I had nothing. Now, as far as you can see, its all mine.”

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death

A doctor carried out a study on fear among his patients. He found that the young people are afraid of their future. The married people are afraid of their children and their wellbeing. The old people are afraid of their health and future. He also found that most of them were afraid of many things which never happened as they expected and went through a time of fear. All people go through a time of fear. What are the solutions to overcome fear?