I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed and said, “Alas, O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and lovingkindness for those who love Him and keep His commandments.” — Daniel 9:4 — Greg White: Grace Bible Seminary | Ukraine Daniel’s prayer gives a rich insight into the nature and … Read More
Today's Devotional
True Prayer Is Serious
So I gave my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. — Daniel 9:3 — Greg White: Grace Bible Seminary | Ukraine I didn’t know what to expect, but I was excited about my first visit to a Ukrainian Baptist church service. Shortly after finding … Read More
True Prayer Flows From A Bible-Filled Heart
In the first year of [Darius’] reign, I, Daniel, observed in the books the number of the years which was revealed as the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet for the completion of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years. — Daniel 9:2 — Greg White: Grace Bible Seminary | Ukraine When … Read More
Italian Theological Academy
Italy Italy’s capital city, Rome, played a prominent role in the New Testament, being the location of Paul’s imprisonment and later Peter and Paul’s martyrdom. Today, though most Italians identify with the Catholic church, the gospel message has been buried under centuries of traditions and error. Italian Theological Academy is training a generation of pastors … Read More
Walking Contradictions
For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. — John 3:20 — Marko Petek: Theological Biblical Academy | Croatia Sin makes a person irrational. It turns someone into a walking contradiction. John the apostle explains that people do evil, love … Read More
The Footprint of Jesus Christ
For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven. — Colossians 1:19–20 — Dexter Chua: The Expositor’s Academy | Philippines … Read More
Your Will Be Done
And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as you will.” — Matthew 26:39 — Andrey Gorban: Word of Grace Bible Institute | USA How incredibly humbling it is to … Read More
Retribution and Rescue
The Lord knows how to rescue the godly from temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment. — 2 Peter 2:9 — Miguel Aparicio: Evangelical Ministries of the Americas | Honduras The false notion that we are exempt from judgment has plagued mankind since the Fall. The natural man tends … Read More
What Good Is the Law?
Because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin. — Romans 3:20 — Lance Roberts: Czech Bible Institute | Czech Republic Every generation has had to define, defend, and declare the gospel of Jesus Christ. The apostle Paul in his … Read More
Worship Pleasing to God
Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and dissension. Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments, but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women making … Read More
All-Out War
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. — Ephesians 6:12 — Jonatan Recamán: Berea Seminary | Spain Many people today do not think there is a spiritual dimension. Many … Read More
Christian Maturity
But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ, from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building … Read More
God Is Worthy of Genuine Worship
“For from the rising of the sun even to its setting, My name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense is going to be offered to My name, and a grain offering that is pure; for My name will be great among the nations,” says the Lord of hosts. — Malachi … Read More
The Substitute
But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, and by His scourging we are healed. — Isaiah 53:5 — Giampaolo Natale: Italian Theological Academy | Italy This verse begins and ends with the language of substitution. Christ was wounded, bruised, and … Read More
The Truth Is Our Approval
But we have renounced the things hidden because of shame, not walking in craftiness or adulterating the word of God, but by the manifestation of truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God. — 2 Corinthians 4:2 — Michael Leister: European Bible Training Center | Germany Have you ever felt … Read More
Christ Is the Head of the Church
He is also head of the body, the church. — Colossians 1:18 — Asael Hernandez Lugo: Word of Grace Biblical Seminary | Mexico There is only one Lord who is over everything. In the context of this passage, Paul describes Jesus Christ as Lord over creation (Col 1:15), overall spiritual power (Col. 1:16), and … Read More
Our Lord’s Neglected Example
For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you. — John 13:15 — Mykola Leliovskyi: Grace Bible Seminary | Ukraine One of the most shared memes last year in the Russian-speaking world was a side-by-side comparison. On one side, the kneeling Christ washing the apostles’ feet; on … Read More
The Commission of a Compassionate King
Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.” — Matthew 9:37–38 — Genis M. | Albania Here we have a window into the heart of God’s appointed King, the Good Shepherd Jesus Christ. … Read More
