“When I see the Lord Jesus Christ, I simply want to be what He wants me to be.” —Oswald Chambers

“When the Lord brought back the captivity of Zion, we were like those who dream” (Ps 126:1). 

Missing from earth’s honor rolls, how wonderful to have my name written above in the autograph of God. 

With “an understanding heart” (1 Ki 3:9), Solomon foresaw both human failure and divine forgiveness.

Nothing but precious vessels for the Lord’s house! It’s the same now. Are you a vessel of honor? (2 Tim 2:20-21).

Sometimes we need those people we least expect to remind us of our obligations to the Lord. 

Armies break things and kill people. But Cyrus wants the Jews to return, rebuild, and refurbish the temple. 

Cyrus welded together the world’s first true super-power. But this one letter was more important than that! 

God had done everything to isolate His people from the nations. Now He had scattered them there! 

“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can,…to all the people you can….” —John Wesley