“SEEK ME AND LIVE”
Point of Inspiration: Devotionals for Personal and Corporate Worship Robert D. Pace Years ago, cultural anthropologists understood that man’s basic desire was to worship whatever he perceived to be his god. But more recently, anthropologists have discovered another...
The Power of Life and Death
Point of Inspiration: Devotionals for Personal and Corporate Worship Robert D. Pace One of today’s most demanding jobs is that of an Air Traffic Controller. Misreading a coordinate or reticence to communicate information is a matter of life and death. But God has...
IF GRACE IS THE EXPLANATION
Point of Inspiration: Devotionals for Personal and Corporate Worship Robert D. Pace If Grace is the Explanation The grace of God is the preeminent theme of the New Testament. Scripture shows that grace is responsible for everything good that affects Born Again...
TREASURES OF DARKNESS
… Point of Inspiration: Devotionals for Personal and Corporate Worship TREASURES IN PLACES OF DARKNESS Isaiah 45:1—3 by Robert D. Pace There is an ancient legend of three horsemen traveling at midnight. As they crossed a dry riverbed, the horsemen heard a voice pierce...
THE LION’S ROAR!
Point of Inspiration: Devotionals for Personal and Corporate Worship Robert D. Pace The Lion’s Roar A lion’s roar can be heard up to five miles away, and its reverberation literally shakes the ground. Those who have stood close to a lion when it roared have absorbed...
THE CHEMISTRY OF MIRACLES
Point of Inspiration: Devotionals for Personal and Corporate Worship Robert D. Pace Perhaps you have discovered that miracles ‘don’t just happen’ but that they emerge according to divine chemistry. But what are the elements of this chemistry? From what I have...
YOU ARE THE LIGHT
Point of Inspiration: Devotionals for Personal and Corporate Worship Robert D. Pace Jesus described Christians as the “light of the world,” and that is because light’s primary function is to illumine the surroundings and expose that which lies in darkness. Similarly,...
THE TRIUMPH OF GRACE
Point of Inspiration: Devotionals for Personal and Corporate Worship Robert D. Pace The Pharisees laid the perfect ambush . . . so they thought! They seized an adulterous woman to show Christ’s contempt for Moses’ Law. It would prove Jesus was soft on sin and rejected...
SHAMGAR’S OXGOAD
Point of Inspiration: Devotionals for Personal and Corporate Worship Robert D. Pace Born with the name Shamgar he was raised on a farm. Seasons of plowing, sowing, tending, and harvesting had broadened his shoulders and enlarged his angular frame with muscle. His...
CHRIST DIED FOR THE UNWORTHY
Robert D. Pace During the Vietnam War, a West Point graduate marshaled a group of new recruits into battle. The Lieutenant did his job to keep his unit from ambush and death. One evening, while under attack, a soldier was left mortally wounded in the field. From a...
THE MIRACULOUS CATCH OF FISH
Point of Inspiration: Devotionals for Private and Corporate Worship Robert D. Pace In Luke 5, the Apostles spent the night fishing but without any success. The next morning they began washing the nets intending to go home, eat breakfast, and rest. But before packing...
SHAPED FOR A HIGHER PLACE
Point of Inspiration: Devotionals for Personal and Corporate Worship Robert D. Pace Years ago, a pastor lost his wife and children in a fire. For weeks, the pastor was overwhelmed with grief. But Christ, acquainted with suffering, showed compassion. It happened as the...
JESUS—THE FIRST PROSPERITY PREACHER
Robert D. Pace The boast of the Laodicean Church was, “I am rich!” (Revelation 3:17) Gloating over their affluence these lukewarm Christians assumed their wealth had signified God’s blessing. But whatever measure of substance the Laodiceans possessed Jesus appraised...
POWER TO SHARE CHRIST
Point of Inspiration: Devotionals for Personal and Corporate Worship Robert D Pace Each year more than 800 million passengers board United States airliners. It's easy to see that an Air Traffic Controller has one of life’s most vital jobs. Their obligation to plot and...
A BIG WORD FOR A BIG LIFE
POINT OF INSPIRATION: Devotionals for Personal and Corporate Worship Robert D. Pace Many people assume that luck or chance govern life. They feel their fate has been “written in the stars” and life is settled regardless of which path they take. But to believe in luck,...
GOD APPRAISES SUCCESS
Robert D. Pace Human nature drives people to succeed. While the pursuit of human achievement is a compelling force, success alone does not truly measure a man’s stature before God. That’s because God does not calculate success in proportion to our achievements or the...
SACRIFICIAL LIVING
Point of Inspiration: Devotionals for Personal and Corporate Worship Robert D. Pace “Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. (25) For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever...
IMITATORS OF CHRIST
Point of Inspiration: Devotionals for Personal and Corporate Worship Robert D. Pace A boy caught a sparrow and caged it with a canary. He intended to improve the sparrow’s chirp. Several days later, the boy discovered the sparrow didn’t sound like a canary; the canary...
AN ALTAR INVITATION
Robert D. Pace "THE BOOKS" An Altar Invitation The Bible speaks of two books being opened at the end of life when everyone appears before God. One set of books is succinctly called, “The Books” and everyone’s name is recorded there. It's a comprehensive...
ON THANKSGIVING DAY MAKE THANKS CENTRAL!
POINT OF INSPIRATION Devotionals for Personal or Corporate Worship On Thanksgiving Day Make Thanks Central! by Robert D. Pace In the early 1900s, Guideposts Magazine published a story by the poet, William Stidger. It disclosed a letter Stidger had written to his...
Chronology of Holy Week
A CHRONOLOGY OF HOLY WEEK Palm Sunday: Day of Adoration Jesus makes his Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem as the crowds praise him with the words, "Hosanna in the highest!" (Matthew 21:1–11; Mark 11:1–11; Luke 19:29–40; John 12:12–19). Monday: Day of Authority As the...
