morning minutes
Sign up to receive your daily Morning Minute by Dr. Howard Dial.
*You will receive an email with the confirmation link within the next five minutes (check your spam folder).
-
Light for Holy Grief
“The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23 March 28, 2025 The third chapter of Lamentations contains some of the most well-known passages in the Bible. We love reading that “the steadfast love of the Lord never
-
Lamentations
“How lonely sits the city that was full of people! How like a widow has she become, she who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces has become a slave.” Lamentations 1:1 March 26, 2025 The saddest and most neglected book of the Bible – Lamentations. The prophet Jeremiah
-
Security
“My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.” John 10:29 March 24, 2025 Is it possible for a genuine believer in Jesus Christ to lose his salvation? Some think it can happen. Jesus, Himself, gives a definitive answer.
-
How Strong is God?
“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook or press down his tongue with a cord?” Job 41:1 March 21, 2025 Job gets the final word from God. In chapters 39:1-41:34, God peppers Job with fifty questions. Job had wanted to know why he was suffering. “Why is God picking on me?” God gives Job
-
A Call to Courage
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 March 19, 2025 There are different kinds of courage. There is battlefield courage. Joshua and Israel needed this as they faced the challenges of
-
The End of Opportunities
“And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment.” Hebrews 9:27 March 17, 2025 Reenactments of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ can be dangerous. Those who watch this in a variety of movies may become anesthetized to the gravity of what happened in Christ’s death. According to the
-
Israel’s Survival
“In the first month, which is the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur (that is, they cast lots) before Haman day after day; and they cast it month after month till the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar.” Esther 3:7 March 12, 2025 It has long
-
Stay Awake
“Be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come.” Mark 13:33 March 10, 2025 A time change, as we have recently experienced, can be a challenge to needed sleep. Four times in Mark 13:32-37 Jesus tells His disciples to “stay awake.” He used a parable about an absent house
-
Jesus Carries All Things
“He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.” Hebrews 1:3 March 7, 2025 “Chance, luck, accident, fortune, fate, karma.”