by Benjamin Robinson | Apr 20, 2013 | Devotions
When you pass through the waters I will be with you. (Isaiah 43:2) In 1995 I toured Israel with a group of fellow students from Patten University, my alma mater. One of the most memorable experiences I had there was in the wilderness of En Gedi, where David hid out...
by Benjamin Robinson | Apr 19, 2013 | Devotions
Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you. (Hebrews 13:5) When Jesus first proclaimed the gospel (Mark 1:14-15) he simply declared the proximity of the kingdom of God (it is here and now), and then invited his hearers to believe his words to be true...
by Benjamin Robinson | Apr 18, 2013 | Devotions
And surely I am with you always; to the very end of the age. (Matthew 28:20) When I was little I had a very sensitive conscience. I was always afraid that Jesus would come and I wouldn’t be ready, and in fact, it was taught in the church where I grew up that if...
by Benjamin Robinson | Apr 17, 2013 | Devotions
I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. (Psalm 73:23) My grandmother lived alone in the projects for decades. She saw it as her ministry, and she wouldn’t let anyone take her out of there for any reason whatsoever. Going to visit her was always a...
by Benjamin Robinson | Apr 16, 2013 | Devotions
Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours. (Luke 15:31) The older son grew up thinking that he was missing something. He had always felt incomplete, and he had always blamed his father for that sense of incompleteness. The longer he served his father,...
by Benjamin Robinson | Apr 15, 2013 | Devotions
I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. (Psalm 23:6) I used to hear this verse much differently than I do now. My grandmother was a nationally appointed Evangelist with the Church of God in Christ and as a little boy, I used to travel with her when she held...
by Benjamin Robinson | Apr 14, 2013 | Devotions
A slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever. (John 8:35) 2012 was a frustrating year for me because I felt called of God to write, but yet I could not write for the life of me, and I couldn’t figure out why. Then someone gave me a word...
