ICS Daily Devotions The Kingdom of Heaven The New Testament Evangelist G.E. Ladd taught that the Kingdom of Heaven is “already but not yet”. God’s reign will be in the future but some vestiges of His divine power are working in the present time. C.H. Dodd coined the term or...

ICS Daily Devotions We All Have Guardian Angels In the secular world, the word “angel” is often taken to mean somebody who is helpful and kind, but biblically, when we refer to an “angel”, we are talking about a heavenly messenger from the Lord. Not every Christian has a proper...

ICS Daily Devotions We Live In A Fallen World Romans 8:20-22 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; 21 because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole...

ICS Daily Devotions In Him I Will Trust Psalms 91:1-12 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in Him I will trust.” Surely...

ICS Daily Devotions Be Vigilant of the Devil 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Sometimes we divert our attention from God. The devil is tricky, deceitful and shrewd in manifesting himself in our...

ICS Daily Devotions Pray Until Something Happens When someone is going through or has just gone through a period of suffering, the verse “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose” is often...

ICS Daily Devotions Walking with God Philippians 3:10 KNOWING Him [experientially, becoming more thoroughly acquainted with Him, understanding the remarkable wonders of His Person more completely] and [in that same way experience] the power of His resurrection [which overflows and is active in believers], and [that I may share] the...

ICS Daily Devotions We Are Empowered By The Holy Spirit To Serve Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” This is the third part...

ICS Daily Devotions We Are Equipped  Eph 4:11-13 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to...

ICS Daily Devotions The Laying On of Hands The second foundation that Paul wanted us to know is the laying on of hands (Hebrews 6:1-3) Acts 19:1-2,6 And it happened, while Apollos was at Corinth, that Paul, having passed through the upper regions, came to Ephesus. And finding some disciples...