Life’s a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest. —WILSON MIZNER L
Isn't it remarkable what God can do without our help? Sometimes we think, My company needs me. My church needs me. My family needs me. Hey,God must need me, too. No, He doesn't. He can manage quite we...
Grace strengthens us. It strengthens our hearts, awakens in us the courage to stand firm.
We see the same scenario all too often today. People are told the good news of salvation by grace alone, only to respond with, That’s too simple. Where’s the dignity? Where’s the effort? If it’s all t...
We don’t like waiting, but that’s when God does some of His best work on our souls.
We are fortified by exemplary lives, especially those who have earned the right to be respected by their character, sacrifice, patience, and ability to press on in spite of hardship, injustice, pain,...
The desire of Joseph’s heart was to see his father and to get all of his family to move to Egypt and to live near him so he could provide for them without reservation and without limitation.
That is the way God works. Without even a hint of warning, He speaks to ordinary people, on ordinary days.
As we shall see, the best leaders are actually servants. Unselfishly,
A warning is in order. Reject any teaching that even suggests material wealth, physical health, or favorable circumstances have anything to do with the amount of faith you have or how pleased God happ...
A Rare Commodity A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor. PROVERBS 29:23 Humility isn’t a show we put on; in fact, if we think we’re humble, we’re probably not. And in...
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This points us to an undeniable theological truth we learn from Genesis 4: humans are murderers, not because we commit murder, but because we are murderers at heart.
Then there are principles . . . and these are general guidelines that require discernment and maturity if we are to grasp them. . . . Like the sign that says, Drive carefully. This may mean forty mile...
The silence of God’s voice will make you wonder if He is even there. And the absence of God’s presence will make you wonder if He even cares. He is. And He does.
Power to Overcome Apply your heart to discipline and your ears to words of knowledge. PROVERBS 23:12 Can’t and won’t. Christians need to be very careful which one they choose. It seems that we prefer...
I have never lost respect for any individual who replied to a question with the answer, I just don't know.
Sometime in my ministry, I am going to gather up enough courage to have a testimony time where the only thing we'll share is our failures.
Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty (v. 17). This means there is also an absence of expectations.
The word murderer, let me put it another way. We are not sinners because we have committed sins. We sin because we are sinners. The