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Unlimited: You Stand by Faith

You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.” Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith (Romans 11:19–20a). The branches that were broken off were those Jews who rejected Christ and did not believe. The branches that ...

Unlimited: The Root Supports You

If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you (Romans 11:18b). There has always been a temptation, in every age, and in every religious group, to consider your group to be superior to another. It’s usually on the basis that you have more truth or that ...

Unlimited: Grafted In

If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root, do not consider yourself to be superior to those other branches (Romans 11:17–18a). In the Old Testament, God ...

Unlimited: Jesus and the Little Children

People were bringing little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples rebuked them.When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.Truly I ...

Unlimited: The Commandment-Keeper

This is the story about the Commandment-Keeper, Jesus and false assumptions: “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone. You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall ...

Unlimited: If the Root is Holy

If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches (Romans 11:16). We are often told not to mix metaphors, but Paul does it often. Why? Because one metaphor is never enough to describe how amazing Jesus ...

Unlimited: Life from the Dead

For if their rejection brought reconciliation to the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? (Romans 11:15). Just as Christ died, so too, the Jews were “dead in their sins.” In the same way, their acceptance of Christ is like his resurrection. Although it seems as ...

Unlimited: The Apostle to the Gentiles

I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry 14 in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them (Romans 11:13–14). Paul takes pride in the task that God has given him, to bring the Gospel to ...

Unlimited: The Full Inclusion of Israel

But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their full inclusion bring! (Romans 11:12). Paul wrote in the preceding chapter that his “heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they ...

Unlimited: Salvation Has Come to the Gentiles

Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious (Romans 11:11b). After his resurrection, Jesus had instructed his disciples to start with the Jewish people and then to progressively expand their mission of sharing the Good News to the ...

Unlimited: The Rich and the Kingdom

Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!” The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!It is easier for a camel to go through the eye ...

Unlimited: The Man Who Went Away Sad

Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” At this the man’s face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth (Mark ...

Unlimited: Stumble and Recovery

Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! (Romans 11:11a). The apostle Paul has just quoted harsh words from Psalm 69 and applied them to Israel. You might be led to think that those Israelites who had rejected the Messiah had fallen beyond recovery. But ...

Unlimited: Snares and Traps

And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them. May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.” (Romans 11:9–10). At the beginning of verse 9, Paul quotes from Psalm 69:22. The meaning of this ...

Unlimited: Bind Eyes and Deaf Ears

…as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see and ears that could not hear, to this very day” (Romans 11:8). Paul quotes Deuteronomy 29:4, from the introduction to the covenant that God made with the Israelites in Moab. In the introduction to the ...

Unlimited: The Elect and the Hardened

The elect among them did, but the others were hardened (Romans 11:7b). The people of Israel, as a whole, did not obtain righteousness through their own works (“the law”). However, Paul tells us that some of them did obtain righteousness. He calls them the “elect.” The elect among ...

Unlimited: Israel’s Failure

What then? What the people of Israel sought so earnestly they did not obtain (Romans 11:7a). Paul’s question, “What then?” follows his assertion that there is at the present time a remnant chosen by grace, not based on works. He is asking, in effect, “What has happened to ...

Unlimited: Who Then Can Be Saved?

The disciples were even more amazed, and said to each other, “Who then can be saved?” Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God” (Mark 10:26–27, NIV). Jesus exclaimed, “How hard it is for the rich to ...

Unlimited: Confess Your Sins

Father, I have sinned (Luke 15:18, KJV). Those whom Christ has washed in his precious blood no longer stand where they can be condemned, but are once for all “accepted in the Beloved”. They are God’s precious children. But even children offend, so it is good for them to be in the ...

Unlimited: When Grace Ceases to be Grace

… a remnant chosen by grace. And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace (Romans 11:6). From time to time there have been particular groups of Christians who have considered themselves God’s “remnant.” However, a proper ...

Unlimited: A Remnant Chosen by Grace

So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace (Romans 11:5). The concept of a “remnant” is one that is found in various places in Scripture. The original idea of a remnant refers to the portion of cloth that is left over (it “remains”) after a garment is made from ...

Unlimited: The Faithful Seven Thousand

Don’t you know what Scripture says in the passage about Elijah—how he appealed to God against Israel: 3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to kill me”? 4 And what was God’s answer to him? “I have reserved ...

Unlimited: God Foreknew His People

God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew (Romans 11:2a). How could God have rejected his people, since he had foreknown them from the start? He had loved them before he had even brought them into existence. He had bathed them in his loving kindness from their very beginnings. The ...

Unlimited: I am an Israelite Myself

I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin (Romans 11:1b). Here Paul presents his qualifications for being able to speak on this topic. His central point is that God has not rejected Israel, and he is putting himself forward as evidence of this. Paul ...

Unlimited: There’s No Loss in Following Jesus

Then Peter spoke up, “We have left everything to follow you!” “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospelwill fail to receive a hundred times as much in this ...

Unlimited: With Your Heart

For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified (Romans 10:10a). The writers of the New Testament considered that our thinking and consciousness resided in different parts of our body. Rational thought came from the mind, although by this they didn’t mean our brains. Our most ...

Unlimited: God Did Not Reject His People

I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means! (Romans 11:1a). This is a question that has been asked since the crucifixion of Jesus: Have the Jewish people been rejected by God? Throughout history, some people have answered this question in a way that has made them be anti-Semitic. ...

Unlimited: God Holds Out His Arms

But concerning Israel he says, “All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and obstinate people” (Romans 10:21). The idea in this powerful image is of God pleading with his people, begging them to return to him and accept his love for them. Paul draws this image from the Old ...

Unlimited: Found by Those Who Did Not Seek

And Isaiah boldly says, “I was found by those who did not seek me; I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me” (Romans 10:20). Here is a great irony, that often those who don’t look for God find him, yet those who seek him with the greatest zeal never do. Is God playing ...

Unlimited: Did Israel Not Understand

Again I ask: Did Israel not understand? First, Moses says, “I will make you envious by those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation that has no understanding” (Romans 10:19). Paul is trying to work out why it is that Israel has rejected the Messiah and his Good News. ...

Unlimited: Did Israel Not Hear?

But I ask: Did they not hear? Of course they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world” (Romans 10:18). Paul is going through a question that he must have often asked himself. Why is it that Israel as a whole failed to believe? Why is it ...

Unlimited: The Righteousness That is By the Law

Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: “The person who does these things will live by them” (Romans 10:5). There are two ways in which you can try to obtain righteousness. The apostle Paul now proceeds to contrast these two ways: the righteousness that is by the ...

Unlimited: The Righteousness That is By Faith

But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 “or ‘Who will descend into the deep?’” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).8 But what does it say? “The word is near you; it ...

Unlimited: How Faith Comes

Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ (Romans 10:17). The point that Paul is making here is that not all of Israel has believed the Gospel. As a result, they need faith to come into their lives. How do you develop faith? ...

Unlimited: Unbelievable

For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?” (Romans 10:16b). Salvation through our own works would be believable, if it were only possible. We all can agree that we should get what we deserve. But the message of salvation through the grace of God alone is entirely ...

Unlimited: Not All Accepted

But not all the Israelites accepted the good news (Romans 10:16a). Paul here introduces a concept that may be surprising to some today who think that the Israelites were saved through obedience to a law-based covenant, while we (“Gentiles”) are saved through faith. Paul’s statement is ...

Unlimited: Beautiful Feet

As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!” (Romans 10:15b). In middle eastern cultures, feet are not beautiful, In fact, feet are considered the most disgusting and shameful part of the body. You never touched other people’s feet or let their feet ...

Unlimited: Calling, Believing, Hearing, Preaching

How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? 15 And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? (Romans 10:14–15a). Paul has been writing about the ...

Unlimited: The Message We Proclaim

…that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim: 9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved (Romans 10:8b–9). The message that Paul and his fellow apostles proclaim is not the ...

Unlimited: With Your Mouth

and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved (Romans 10:10b). Paul isn’t saying that there are two separate requirements that must be met in order for us to be saved, just as he isn’t saying that being “justified” and being “saved” are two separate things. ...

Unlimited: Everyone Who Calls on the Name of the Lord

…for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved” (Romans 10:13). The reason why there is no difference between people from different ethnic and religious communities with regard to the Gospel is simply that anyone “who calls on the name of the Lord will be ...

Unlimited: The Lord of All

For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him (Romans 10:12). In another passage about there being “no difference”, Paul told us earlier that, There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, 23 for all have ...

Unlimited: Anyone Who Believes

As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame” (Romans 10:11). It is significant to see what the apostle Paul has to say about being unashamed in his letter. It is a theme to which he continues to return. In Romans 1:16 he tells us that he is “not ...

Unlimited: Start with Gratitude

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you (Romans 1:8a) Having dealt with the important preliminaries, Paul begins his letter to the church in Rome. As is so characteristic for Paul, he begins with gratitude. Paul thanks “God through Jesus Christ.” When we thank God ...

Unlimited: God’s Church is Unlimited

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name (Eph 3:14–15, NIV). As Neil Armstrong gazed at the earth from space, he is reported to have reflected that, “[i]t suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was ...

Unlimited: You Can Tell God’s True Church From The False

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren (1 John 3:14). Jerusalem becomes Babylon when it offers only rest instead of rest conjoined with battle. Babylon knows only a gospel of good advice and good views instead of the good news. Babylon has a series ...

Unlimited: You Can Access The Bank of Heaven

The church was earnestly praying to God for him (Acts 12:5, NIV). Suppose it had been announced that I was to tell the people of this city how they could go to any bank here and get all the money they needed any day in the year, and suppose, also, that I knew that secret and could really ...

Unlimited: Beyond the Walls

He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation” (Mark 16:15, NIV). Have you noticed how all the best stuff in the Bible happens beyond the walls? The best stuff happens when Jesus goes beyond the borders of Judaea, and even the borders of Israel (Luke ...

Unlimited: Called to Belong to Jesus

And you also are among those Gentiles who are called to belong to Jesus Christ (Romans 1:6). The calling which we have all received is the calling to belong to Jesus Christ. The idea behind the language of “belonging” goes back to how he introduces himself in verse 1, as a “slave of ...

Unlimited: Where Obedience Comes From

to call all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith for his name’s sake [that is] (Romans 1:5b). Many people have wrong ideas of where obedience comes from. I used to be one of those people. I thought that obedience came from being more disciplined in doing the right ...

Unlimited: Grace is Always Followed by a Call

Through him we received grace and apostleship to call all the Gentiles (Romans 1:5a) As a result of the resurrection of the Son of God, we receive grace. When we receive grace, it is always followed by a calling. This calling is always a calling to call others to experience the same ...

Unlimited: Appointed in Power

His Son… who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power[b] by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. [[b] was declared with power to be the Son of God] (Romans 1:4). The first thing Paul tells us about the Gospel is that it is about Jesus. He ...

Unlimited: A Descendant of David

His Son… who as to his earthly life was a descendant of David (Romans 1:3b) The apostle Paul is describing the Gospel, and he just told us that the Gospel is about Jesus. Now he goes on to tell us what is most important for us to know about Jesus. The first thing Paul tells us here is ...

The Centre is Jesus

The centre is Jesus, although it’s deceptively nice to think that you are at the centre of the universe. The ancient Greek philosophers thought that the earth was stationary, and that the sun, moon, planets, and starts all revolved around the earth. In the time of Jesus, the Jewish ...

Unlimited: The Gospel Is Better Than Law

You've heard it said that the Gospel is better than law - let's unpack why this is the case. The law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ (John 1:17, NKJV). Any religion that eclipses the Cross of Christ by the Mount of Sinai is a false religion; in ...

Unlimited: What the Gospel is About

The gospel… regarding his Son (Romans 1:3a) There are many theories today about what the Gospel is about, but that’s all they are: just theories. This was exactly the same situation that existed in the apostle Paul’s day. Paul wrote his letter to the church in Rome to establish ...

Unlimited: The Faith Reported All Over The World

because your faith is being reported all over the world (Romans 1:8b). The reason why Paul gives thanks is because the faith of the believers in Rome “is being reported all over the world.” It wasn’t easy being a follower of Jesus in Rome. Rome was the capital of the Roman empire, ...

Unlimited: Christ is the Foundation of the Church

I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church (Matt 18:18, NIV). In response to Peter's answer, Jesus calls Peter a rock, and speaks of building the Christian church upon a rock (Mt 16:17-19). Much has been made of this passage. Peter is a great man, whom God ...

Unlimited: Grace and Peace

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 1:7b) Notice what the apostle Paul says: “Grace and peace to you.” Twenty times these two ideas are joined in Scripture, and never in the reverse order. Many people want peace but no grace. They want ...

Unlimited: His Holy People

To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his holy people (Romans 1:7a) Paul continually emphasises God’s gracious acts on our behalf, rather than our own actions. That’s why here, he doesn’t write, “To all in Rome who love God and who have chosen to be his holy ...

Your Kingdom

You may not know it, but you have a kingdom. Yes, it's your kingdom. But it might not be the one you are thinking of. You may think that I don’t, but I do. I play computer games. I actually like those sorts of games where I get to be the king of my own domain and I build up my kingdom. ...

Unlimited: Peace Be With You!

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid (John 14:27, ESV). Twice, Jesus said to his disciples, “Peace be with you!”

 Our first peace comes to us when we see the wounds of ...

Prayer & Christian Inspiration

"Every believer was faithfully devoted to following the teachings of the apostles. Their hearts were mutually linked to one another, sharing communion and coming together regularly for prayer." Acts 2:42 Find Peace & Strength Through Prayer Christian inspiration and prayer are ...

Bible Verses & Scripture Insights

"Every believer was faithfully devoted to following the teachings of the apostles. Their hearts were mutually linked to one another, sharing communion and coming together regularly for prayer." Acts 2:42 Discover the Power of Scripture Daily Receive carefully selected Bible verses each ...

Daily Devotionals & Bible Reflections

"Every believer was faithfully devoted to following the teachings of the apostles. Their hearts were mutually linked to one another, sharing communion and coming together regularly for prayer." Acts 2:42 Find Strength & Wisdom in Daily Devotions Start the day with uplifting ...

Unlimited: Promised Beforehand

the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures (Romans 1:2) Having mentioned the gospel, Paul now begins to describe what it is. The gospel is the great passion of Paul’s life, and his reason for being. Paul first points out that although the gospel is ...

Unlimited: Set Apart for the Gospel

Paul… set apart for the gospel of God (Romans 1:1c) The third qualification by which Paul introduces himself is that he has been “set apart for the gospel.” As with his “calling,” the distinction that Paul is making here is that he didn’t set himself apart, but it was God’s ...

Unlimited: Called to be an Apostle

Paul…called to be an apostle… (Romans 1:1b) After having introduced himself as a servant of Christ, he next then introduces himself as an apostle. The word “apostle” means a messenger, or one who is sent on a mission. In the New Testament, an apostle is someone who, having been a ...

Unlimited: A Servant of Christ Jesus

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus… (Romans 1:1a) The book of Romans is actually a letter, written in Greek, that the apostle Paul wrote to the believers in the city of Rome. In ancient times, the writer of a letter would first of all introduce themselves by using their most important ...

Unlimited: God’s Church Will Smash Down The Gates of Hell

I will build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it (Matthew 16:18). In ancient times the fiercest fighting was always to gain control of the gates of the city. These were the strongest point of defence, and if an attacking army could destroy the gates, then all was ...

Unlimited: The Spirit Builds You Up

In building the temple, only blocks dressed at the quarry were used, and no hammer, chisel or any other iron tool was heard at the temple site while it was being built (1 Kings 6:7, NIV). Solomon’s life was marked by glory, riches, wisdom, and peace. Do you know what the name ...

Unlimited: Jesus Will Deliver You Even From The Smell of the Fire

Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego came from the midst of the fire… and the smell of fire was not on them (Dan 3:26–27, NKJV). They came out of the fire, and there was not even the smell of fire upon them. I think that is wonderful…. One very great effort of the adversary in the ...

Unlimited: Age is No Barrier to Bearing Fruit in the Kingdom

Even in old age they will still produce fruit; they will remain vital and green (Psalm 92:14, NLT). There are some people who reach an age at which they don’t produce fruit, at which they are “grey and gloomy” rather than “green,” and at which “complaining” would be a better ...

Unlimited: We Are Unprofitable Servants

When you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.’” (Luke 17:10, NKJV). In this “hard saying,” Jesus is honing in on a truth with laser-like accuracy. He is zeroing in on the spiritual pride that ...

Unlimited: The Shepherd Risked It All For You

“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? (Luke 15:4, NKJV). One of my favourite stories that Jesus told was about the lost sheep. A shepherd had 100 sheep, and ...

Unlimited: There is a Remedy For Everyone’s Disease

All have sinned and come short of the glory of God (Rom 3:23, NIV.) The thing that worries me is that the church in the West does not on the whole understand the Gospel, or it would overflow with it. It would be the salt of the earth! It would be the light of the world! From within it ...

Unlimited: The Fire Releases You From Your Bonds

“Look!” he answered, “I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt” (Dan 3:25, NKJV). Are you in the fire? Have you got a satisfactory reason for being there? Here is one; it may apply to you; the fire is ordained of God for the very purpose of ...

Unlimited: The Church That Broke My Heart

How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? (Romans 10:14, NIV). The smallest church I ever preached in was in India. Little more than a dozen people ...

Unlimited: Jesus is Always With You

I am with you always, even unto the end (Matthew 28:20 KJV). These were Jesus’ last words to his church on earth. You may know that in the Greek (and in Hebrew also), ‘I am’ is the expression for ‘God.’ It means the ever-living Yahweh (or Jehovah). The literal translation of ...

Unlimited: Share the Everlasting Gospel

And he said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptised will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned (Mark 16:15–16, NKJV). The writers of the New Testament are at pains to point out that the Gospel that must ...

Unlimited: The Joy of Arrival

In your presence, there is fulness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures for evermore (Psalm 16:11, ESV). Nothing I know of life and its promises of happiness satisfies forevermore.  A new house is beautiful and cheers the heart, especially if it doubles up as a home filled with ...

Unlimited: You Belong To God

You are not your own; you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body (1 Corinthians 6:19-20 RSV). The answer from Scripture to man's claim of self-ownership is clear, unequivocal and final. We are not our own because we were bought. We were delivered, if we will accept it. God's own ...

Unlimited: Saving Faith Can Be Yours

My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9 NKJV). Scripture promises that God will show us the path of life. Unless he does, we will inevitably wander in hopeless circles among the tombs of the dead, soon to lie down beside them in their ...

Unlimited: Remembering Keeps Your Faith Strong

Remember the things I have done in the past. For I alone am God! (Isaiah 46:9 NLT). God often tells us to remember, because he knows that we are prone to forget. Here are three things to remember that will help you get through tough times: 1. Remember who you are In Christ Jesus you are all ...

Unlimited: We Can Believe Even in the Face of Mocking

Don’t be afraid; just believe (Mark 5:36). When Jesus arrived at Jairus’ house, he said, “What’s all this commotion and crying about? The child isn’t dead. She’s only sleeping”(Mark 5:39 CEB). But the people there, “laughed at him, knowing that she was dead” (Luke 8:53 ...

Unlimited: Probabilities Have Nothing To Do With Faith

Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1 KJV). What is Faith? In the simplest manner in which I am able to express it, I answer: Faith is the assurance that the thing which God has said in his Word is true, and that God will act according to what ...

Unlimited: Faith Establishes the Law of God

Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law (Romans 3:31, KJV). When the believer is adopted into the Lord's family, his relationship to old Adam and the law ceases at once; then he is under a new rule, and a new covenant. Believer, you are God's child; it ...

Unlimited: Faith Is Not The Greatest Virtue

Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love (1 Corinthians 13:13, NLT). Although faith is the key to all the treasures of this life and the next, although it is the first of all the virtues, it is certainly not the greatest. It is great in that it ...

Unlimited: God’s Presence is With You

Where can I go from your spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me; your right hand will hold ...

Unlimited: God Will Repay What You Have Lost

I will repay you for what the locusts have eaten (Joel 2:25 ESV). Plagues of locusts were terrifying to people in Bible times. After the locusts had passed, every green thing had disappeared. There would be no more food until next year, if you could survive that long. Locusts still cause ...

Unlimited: Your Heavenly Father Sees You From Afar

While he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him (Luke 15:20, NLT). While swimming at a surf beach, I became caught in a current that dragged me towards some jagged rocks. I didn’t fully understand ...

Unlimited: You Can Safeguard Your Faith

Whatever happens, my dear brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord. I never get tired of telling you these things, and I do it to safeguard your faith (Philippians 3:1 NLT). Faith in Jesus is a precious thing, but it can also be fragile if we don’t safeguard it. If you ask most people how you ...

Unlimited: God Teaches You To Trust Him

The LORD… guarded him as the apple of his eye, like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, that spreads its wings to catch them (Deuteronomy 32:10,11 NIV). Our Heavenly Father in his great love uses all sorts of methods to teach us to trust in him, and distrust in ...

Unlimited: Knocked Down But Not Out

We are experiencing all kinds of trouble, but we aren’t crushed. We are confused, but we aren’t depressed. We are harassed, but we aren’t abandoned. We are knocked down, but we aren’t knocked out (2 Cor 4:8–9, CEB). If there were ever anyone who had reason to complain about their ...

Unlimited: When It Comes To Salvation, To Work For It Is To Lose It

If you are thirsty, come and drink water! If you don’t have any money, come, eat what you want! Drink wine and milk without paying a cent  (Isaiah 55:1, CEV). I saw a strange thing while camping by the beach during the summer holidays. Some of the other men who were camping with their ...

Unlimited: God Gives Meaning to Everything

You believe in God; believe also in me (John 14:1b, NIV). The main reason for unbelief ultimately, is that people only believe what they wish to believe. After all, a small eyelid can shut out the entire sun! Willian Paley, a great favourite of mine, gave this illustration: If you walked ...

Unlimited: The Question of the Meaning of Life

Only fools say in their hearts, “There is no God” (Psalm 14:1, NLT). I learned a lesson about the meaning of life some years ago from a young man with an aerosol can. I was doing some casual teaching in a state high school when I met a senior student there who had his arm in a sling, ...

Unlimited: Persist in Prayer

I say to you, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs (Luke 11:8, NKJV). The Scripture in Luke 11:8 is very encouraging to any person who hungers after Christ Jesus. In verses 5-7, Jesus ...

Unlimited: The Two Truths of Christianity

What are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them? (Psalm 8:4, NLT). All our questions about the universe and existence are part of our main question: “What is man?” Who or what is this being that asks the questions? Only the Christian ...

Unlimited: Live Big!

Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown (Matthew 13:8, NIV). Some people want to live big! They want to make an impact on this world! They want to make sure that their lives are not forgotten within a generation of their ...