맥스 루케이도 Daily Devotion13 What would you have done? (Max Lucado) https://maxlucado.com/listen/what-would-you-have-done/ In February 2015 the terrorist group ISIS beheaded twenty-one Christians on a beach in Libya. Most of them were Egyptian migrant laborers working to provide for their families. ISIS slaughtered the men to shock the world with terror. The response of their families sent an altogether different message. One mother of a twenty-five-year-old vic.. 2021. 11. 6. Living in a faithless world (Esther 8, Max Lucado) Early in the Book of Esther, we read these words: “Esther had not revealed her nationality and family background because Mordecai had forbidden her to do so” (Esther 2:10). The polytheistic Persians did not require their conquered peoples to give up their gods but they had to worship the Persian gods too. The Jews were to worship Jehovah God only. So, the question of Psalm 137:4 is the question .. 2021. 11. 1. Conform or Transformed (Esther 7, by Max Lucado) https://maxlucado.com/listen/conform-or-be-transformed/ Romans 12:2 urges, “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” We can conform or we can be transformed. In Esther’s story, she and Mordecai chose at first to conform and disguise their identity. Later, they took a courageous stand. You know, Bible characters are complex. They aren’t one-di.. 2021. 10. 16. Stand out and Assist (Max Lucado) https://maxlucado.com/listen/stand-out-and-assist/ 1 Peter chapter 2, verses 9 and 12 read, “You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God…Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God.” How do God’s people live in a godless society? Do they blend in and assimilate? No, this .. 2021. 10. 15. The Hope of the World Needs https://maxlucado.com/listen/the-hope-the-world-needs/ You know, we’re caretakers of the message of Jesus. As you and I live out our faith, he is delivered into a faith-famished culture. We have the hope this world needs, but sometimes we forget. Billion-dollar industries are conning you by luring you into lifestyles that will leave you wounded and weary. How about some examples? Pornography is .. 2021. 10. 14. Billboards of God's Message (Esther 7, by Max Lucado) In the story of Esther, the Jews were three generations and more than a thousand miles removed from their days in Jerusalem. The Jews who remained in Persia chose to remain in Persia. Exile had been kind to them. All they had to do was abide by the rules and fade into the fabric of the culture. The book of Esther depicts a people who are distant from their land. Jerusalem was far away, and Persi.. 2021. 10. 14. 이전 1 2 3 다음