We can be saved, the Holy Spirit can dwell in us, and yet we can continually live in defeat because the enemy can outwit us if we do not depend on the Holy Spirit and the Word of God.
Victory always begins with a cry for help. When we come to the end of ourselves and cry out for help, amazing things happen.
Ultimately, our relationship with Christ is the one thing we cannot do without.
The tongues of God’s people are meant to be set ablaze by the holy fire of heaven, achieving that which glorifies God. But a sanctified mouth is too unnatural to ever be coincidental. If we want it, w...
The goal of life is not the absence of pain. It's the presence of glory. God's glory. And sometimes that comes most vividly with pain. Not only have I learned that pain doesn't kill; I have learned th...
The earth is Yours, O Lord, and everything in it, the world and all who live in it. (Ps. 24:1) For You, my Lord, are a great God, the great King above all gods. In Your hand are the depths of the eart...
The LORD your God is bringing you into a good land … where you will eat food with-out shortage, where you will lack nothing.Deuteronomy 8:7, 9
The LORD searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you (1 Chron. 28:9). In her bitterness she sought her Lord.
Sometimes God demands radical measures when He wants to bring about radical results.
Satan loves isolation. He wants to draw the believer out of healthy relationships into isolated relationships and out of healthy practices into secretive, unhealthy practices. He purposely woos us awa...
Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy. And Joshua did so. Joshua 5:15
Psalm 31:19 reads, How great is Your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you, . . . those who take refuge in you. . . . That is what God does for those who fear him. He sets aside an...
Peace is the fruit of righteousness which, in essence, is obedience to God's commands—the product of abiding in the vine. The wine which flows from the ripened fruit is joy!
Our marriages were meant to be alive, not dead. Is your marriage more like romance or roadkill?
Only love compels to the death. Dear one, life is hard. Opposition is huge. Circumstances will inevitably happen in all our lives that will defy all discipline, determination, and conviction. Love kee...
Oh, God, give us a longing—not for the sin of this world to be judged—but for the sinners of this world to be forgiven.
Oh, Father, how we praise You. How we thank You that You did not call us to subsistence living. We don’t have to live on the alms of others. You had more in mind for us than that. We don’t have to see...
Nothing is more ignorant than choosing man’s intelligence over God’s.
My lips will glorify You because Your faithful love is better than life. Psalm 63:3
More than any other faith challenge I face, believing that I am who God says I am necessitates choosing what God says over what I feel.