English Devotions

Monica, the mother of St. Augustine, was born into a moderately wealthy and Christian family by about 331 AD in North Africa. She grew up in a Christian atmosphere.

The number one problem of young Christians is sin. They try to solve this problem of sin by so many ways. Here are few ways by which the problem of sin can be dealt with in the life of a believer.

Once I had an opportunity to spend time with a couple who were in their mid seventies. They were involved in church ministry for many years. They were happy that all of their children were settled in various places after their marriage. When I asked them about their future, they told me that they were afraid of death.

Some years ago I read about a servant girl who was very adamant and very lazy. She also had the habit of losing her temper often. One day she attended a gospel meeting and committed her life to the Lord. She was completely changed. She worked in an office where a non-Christian

One of the wonderful qualities of God is faithfulness. The Bible says that our God is a faithful God and He will keep His covenant love to thousand generations (Deut. 7:9). God’s faithfulness is shown in his agape love of dying for us even when we lived in sin and were

Last year I attended a conference in which the main theme was ‘Training with the end in view.’ The conference focussed on training young people for missionary work with the end in view. The organisers believed that there should not be any training for the sake of training

Men of excellence in sports and athletics are recognised and awarded suitable medals in Olympics. Those who excel in Physics, Chemistry Medicine, Literature and Peace in the world, are also honoured with the Nobel prizes.

Ira D. Sankey, who sang songs in the campaigns of D.L.Moody, joined the Confederate Army in 1860. Two years later, he was assigned a guard duty in the night near the line of the enemy in Sharpsburg. He could hear the gunshots nearby showing that they could be attacked at any moment.

In a meeting for college students, a preacher narrated the following interesting
incident that took place in a private college. An eminent and learned Zoology
professor worked in the college. The students loved him very much and looked
forward to attending his classes.

Last year, I had the privilege of hearing two messages on ‘integrity’ in two
conferences. In one of the conferences, the speaker quoted a survey of Christian
leaders to point out why leaders give in and compromise on integrity.
Several hundreds of pastors and Christian leaders who had compromised their
integrity and fallen into deadly sins were asked the question,