Daily Devotional

Samuel was God's answer to Hannah's prayer. Hannah stood before Eli, carrying her child in her arms. She said to Eli, "For THIS child I prayed…" She was already carrying in her hands the answer to her prayer. She prayed in tears and with a heavy heart, and now she was in church testifying to the glory of...

"HE maketh me… THOU art with me…"

"But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it."

"And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth."

"Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust."

"He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD."

"They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice."

"These things saith he that is holy, he that is true…"

"For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain."

Sameness with the world is a big tragedy. Something is wrong everywhere the world and the church look alike. When we can no longer distinguish the difference between the church and the world, then the glory has departed from us and the power of our witness is gone. We cannot win the world looking like it.