by Bob Gass | 21 Jul, 2021 | The Word for Today
‘The Lord restored his fortunes.’ Job 42:10 NLT In his book The Spiritual Lives of the Great Composers, Patrick Kavanaugh discusses Handel’s musical masterpiece Messiah. An unpredictable composer at best, George Frideric Handel spent much of his up-and-down career...
by Bob Gass | 20 Jul, 2021 | The Word for Today
‘With all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love.’ Ephesians 4:2 NKJV One day a lion met a tiger in the jungle. He grabbed the tiger’s tail and demanded, ‘Who is the king of the jungle?’ The tiger answered meekly, ‘You are, O...
by Bob Gass | 19 Jul, 2021 | The Word for Today
‘God blesses those who are persecuted for doing right.’ Matthew 5:10 NLT Jesus said: ‘God blesses you when people mock you and persecute you and lie about you and say all sorts of evil things against you because you are My followers. Be happy about it!… For a great...
by Bob Gass | 18 Jul, 2021 | The Word for Today
‘Who for the joy that was set before Him endured.’ Hebrews 12:2 NKJV James writes, ‘Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown.’ (James 1:12 NIV) Are you thinking of quitting? Life is full of...
by Bob Gass | 17 Jul, 2021 | The Word for Today
‘The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters, but one who has insight draws them out.’ Proverbs 20:5 NIV The people who knew Simon knew he was impulsive and tended to put his foot in his mouth. But Jesus saw something else in him; that’s why He renamed him Peter,...
