My Father is glorified by this: that you produce much fruit and prove to be My disciples. John 15:8
Jesus told him, Go away, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve only Him.’ Matthew 4:10
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
I'm not saying everything else is unimportant. I'm just saying that I've learned to see everything else as optional.
How terribly we cheat ourselves when we have as much as we want from God. Although many of us have received the gift of salvation, in other ways, we are not unlike some of the Jews Paul encountered. W...
Here’s what you say on the curb, plain and simple: ‘I love you, Jillian. I’m glad you are my granddaughter. I don’t want to lose touch with you.’ It’s easy for you to say stuff like that, Adella. No,...
He fell facedown and prayed, My Father! If it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will. Matthew 26:39
God never forgets His promises to us. In turn, He intends for His children never to forget His faithfulness to fulfill them.
God made our souls to long for Him, and we are not fully satisfied without His presence in our lives.
Christ came to set the captive free—no matter what kind of yoke binds them. He came to bind up the brokenhearted—no matter what broke the heart. He came to open the eyes of the blind—no matter what ve...
Because he was too afraid of his father's household and the men of the city … he did it at night. Judges 6:27
Authentic faith cannot help but act.
As long as we live, our self-absorption and our insecurity will walk together, holding hands and swinging them back and forth like two little girls on their way to a pretend playground they can never...
As a result, they were all astounded and gave glory to God, saying, We have never seen anything like this! Mark 2:12
........................................To a man without a country, He appeared a joint sojourner. To Joshua armed but afraid, He came a valiant warrior.To Moses raised up on the mount, He was the One...
Victory is not determined as much by what we’ve been delivered from as by what we’ve been delivered to.
Commitment to God. From the moment we began to work together, Beth and I discovered a similar commitment. We share a passion for the Word of God and for people—especially for people with hurts. We bot...
You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But I will rebuke you and lay out the case before you. Psalm 50:21
You have created all things, and because of Your will they exist and were created. Revelation 4:11
Why does God allow us to spend so much of life in the heart of battle? Because He never meant for us to sip His Spirit like a proper cup of tea. He meant for us to hold our sweating hands over the fou...