The only excuse for even a single ounce of victory in my life is the supernatural delivering power of Jesus Christ. I was in the clutches of a real, live devil, living in a perpetual cycle of defeat....
The concept of God assigning or entrusting limited authority, under the umbrella of His own, to His children is consistent from Genesis to Revelation.
The apostle Paul, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, did a masterful job of explaining it in 2 Corinthians 10:5. Basically, a stronghold is any argument or pretension that sets itself up agains...
Satan will try to stir up what our faithful Refiner wants to skim off.
Psalm 62 tells us that we can pour out our heart to God. He is a refuge for us. This is a good opportunity to remove from our cup anything that is a false comfort.
Pride lives on the defensive against anyone and anything that tries to subtract from its self-sustained worth. Confidence, on the other hand, is driven by the certainty of God-given identity and the c...
Often when we’re oppressed, instead of cooperating with God and going to a place of freedom, we hide in shelters. Sometimes we just go into isolation. We hide behind our jobs. We hide behind busy thin...
O, Lord, help me to lift my eyes and look to the heavens and acknowledge who created all these. You bring out the starry host one by one, and call each of them by name. Because of Your great power and...
Nothing on earth compares to the strength God is willing to interject into lives caught in the act of believing.
Nothing is more ignorant than choosing man’s intelligence over God’s.
My Father, You are the Lord my God. I desire to love You, listen to Your voice, and hold fast to You, for You, Lord, are my life. (Deut. 30:20)
Make no excuses. Rationalize nothing. Blame no one. Humble yourself.
Lord, please help me to revere Your name. You have promised that, if I do, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings and that I will go out and leap like a calf released from the st...
Lord, You have extended such grace to me. You have forgiven my wickedness and remembered my sins no more. (Heb. 8:12) Help me to demonstrate my gratitude by forgiving others!
John 1:16: From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another.
I’m about to enroll you in a class with Miss Manners. You’d qualify for a scholarship. I’ll
If we live by the Spirit, we must also follow the Spirit. We must not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. Galatians 5:25–26
If not for God’s compassion, His very presence in our midst would kill us. We really have little clue who we’re dealing with. The good news is: God wants us to seek Him and find Him.
I will sacrifice a freewill offering to you; I will praise your name, O Lord, for it is good. (Ps. 54:6)
I want a thousand things for my children, and I ask without hesitation, but I want nothing more than that God would be glorified. Life is just a breath. All that will matter forever in our heavenly st...