ICS Daily Devotions A Floodproof Foundation Luke 6:47-48 (NKJV) “Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood...

ICS Daily Devotions Having Serenity, Courage and Wisdom This is a prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr, “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.” This was written around 1932-33 and it is still applicable...

ICS Daily Devotions Know Who Your Adversary Is John 16:33 (NKJV) “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In this world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” The Christian life is like a marathon rather...

ICS Daily Devotions Personalise God’s Truths Luke 6:47-48 (NKJV) “Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood...

ICS Daily Devotions The Untamed Tongue James 3: 2,8-10 (NKJV) For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body….. But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of...

ICS Daily Devotions A Life Yoked with Jesus Luke 6:46 (NKJV) “But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say?” John 5:30 (NKJV) “I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgement is righteous, because I do not...

ICS Daily Devotions A Perversive Tongue Crushes the Soul Proverbs 15:4 (AMP) A soothing tongue [speaking words that build up and encourage] is a tree of life, But a perversive tongue [speaking words that overwhelm and depress] crushes the spirit. Someone once said, “Constructive criticism is when I give you...

ICS Daily Devotions Heed Your Weather Warning System Luke 6:46-48 (NKJV) “But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say? Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: He is like a...

ICS Daily Devotions Painful Words James 3:8 (NKJV) But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. Example: A husband said to his wife, “Are you sure you were even pregnant?” The wife was experiencing abdominal pains at the time and the husband’s...

ICS Daily Devotions Keep on Keeping on Luke 6:46-49 (NKJV) “But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say? Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: He is like a man...