Moses, you see, had walked with God long enough to know that even though the Lord's directions might seem foolish, he wasn't to question them. And
Life is difficult. That blunt, three-word statement is an accurate ap praisal of our existence on this planet.
Let me ask you, what are you planning to do with the rest of your days?
In solitude, struggles occur that no one else knows about. Inner battles are fought here that seldom become fodder for sermons or illustrations for books. God, who probes our deepest thoughts during p...
Greece said, Be wise, know yourself. Rome said, Be strong, discipline yourself. Religion says, Be good, conform yourself. Epicureanism says, Be sensuous, satisfy yourself. Education says, Be resourcef...
Grace strips away the tin, rips off the masks, helps us to be ourselves so that when we speak of our faith it rings true.
God constantly uses the lives of Bible characters to teach us, to encourage us, to warn us.
El Espíritu Santo viene para darnos una forma de vida completamente diferente. una vida que se desarrolla en un plano diferente. Se vive por encima de la culpa y la vergüenza, se vive por encima de lo...
But if you like shallow lyrics and easy-to-hum-along-with ditties, then you’re not going to enjoy the Psalms. The Psalms are for folks who have decided that music is an art that requires the disciplin...
But even meaner than Abishai was Benaiah. This is a guy you want on your side in a street fight: Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, mighty in deeds, struck down the two...
Aprendamos esta lección de Nehemías: usted nunca alivia la carga, a menos que antes haya sentido la presión en su propia alma. Usted no será nunca usado por Dios para llevar bendición, hasta que Dios...
In many (most?) churches there are programs and activities... but so little worship. There are songs and anthems and musicals... but so little worship. There are announcements and readings and prayers...
When he has to risk everything on his leap, and in the spiritual domain Jesus Christ demands that you risk everything you hold by common sense and leap into what He says. . . . Trust entirely in God,...
Success in the kingdom of God and in any local church depends upon the faithful people of whom the general public is unaware.
Yet, those who are truly honest and humble enough to admit the truth come to the end of their earthly lives acknowledging that they have barely scratched the surface.
Without our realizing it, we were trained to think that the most significant people are star athletes, actors, and musicians—the ones we applaud, those whose autographs others seek. They aren’t. Not r...
We gain the ability to rejoice under pressure through a carefully monitored training program directed by the Lord Himself.
Tribulation brings about perseverance. Thlipsis cultivates hypomon which means remaining under in the literal sense and patiently enduring in the figurative. Naturally, when the pressure builds we sho...
This section of Scripture reminds me of the rows of white crosses along the wind-swept hills of Normandy. We’re free today because, in June 1944, during the three-month battle of Normandy, nearly fift...
Third, God the Spirit will show us how to live and die as we learn how to release whatever has us in its grip. (That last phrase wasn’t a mistake.) As long as we’re owned by whatever we’re clutching,...