by Bob Gass | Apr 25, 2021 | The Word for Today
We need a new way of looking at sin; a fresh understanding of it that recognises it involves denial and moral blindness. And the only way to see it clearly is through the eyes of the One we’ve sinned against. David prayed, ‘Against You, You only, have I sinned.’ A...
by Bob Gass | Apr 24, 2021 | The Word for Today
Jesus said, ‘Unless a kernel of wheat is planted in the soil and dies, it remains alone. But its death will produce many new kernels.’ Someone has estimated that one kernel of wheat will produce a stalk bearing three heads of wheat. In each head there are fifteen to...
by Bob Gass | Apr 23, 2021 | The Word for Today
We go to seminars and conferences looking for a painless cure by which our lives can be zapped and changed. We go on diets. We join health clubs and our enthusiasm runs strong for about two weeks. Then we fall back into the same old rut. We don’t change. We read...
by Bob Gass | Apr 22, 2021 | The Word for Today
When you don’t understand what’s happening in your life, start with what you know for sure; namely, that God is good all the time, and His ‘love for those who respect Him continues forever.’ (Psalm 103:17 NCV) He’s not fickle. He doesn’t bless you one day and curse...
by Bob Gass | Apr 21, 2021 | The Word for Today
Paul writes: ‘Our goal is to please Him. For we must all stand before Christ to be judged. We will each receive whatever we deserve for the good or evil we have done in this earthly body.’ (2 Corinthians 5:9–10 NLT) If you are wise, you will live each day with this...