The Insights

From Faith To Faith Daily Devotional Saturday 27th August 2016 Whatever is born of God is victorious over the world; and this is the victory that conquers the world, even our faith. - 1 John 5:4, The Amplified Bible Years ago the devil started a rumor. He told a few Christians that as long as they lived in the world, they had to suffer as the world did. He told them they had to share the diseases and the defeat, the poverty and the failure of those around them. It was a crafty lie—and it worked. Believers accepted it and began to spread it among themselves. You may have even heard it yourself. If so, I want to help you put that rumor to rest today. I want to help you get the facts straight once and for all. You see, despite what you may have heard, health, prosperity and victorious living aren’t concepts some comfort-hungry believer selfishly dreamed up. They are God’s ideas. You may say, “That sounds good, Gloria, but we’ve got to be realistic. We live in a world that’s fu

Our Daily Bread Daily Devotional Saturday 27th August 2016 Who gave human beings their mouths? . . . Is it not I, the Lord? Now go; I will help you speak.  - Exodus 4:11-12 Read: Exodus 4:1-12 Bible in a Year: Psalms 120-122; 1 Corinthians 9 Listen in audio My nerves fluttering, I waited for the phone to ring and the radio interview to start. I wondered what questions the host would ask and how I would respond. “Lord, I’m much better on paper,” I prayed. “But I suppose it’s the same as Moses I need to trust that you will give me the words to speak.” Of course I’m not comparing myself with Moses, the leader of God’s people who helped them escape slavery in Egypt to life in the Promised Land. A reluctant leader, Moses needed the Lord to reassure him that the Israelites would listen to him. The Lord revealed several signs to him, such as turning his shepherd’s staff into a snake (Ex. 4:3), but Moses hesitated to accept the mantle of leadership, saying he was slow of spee