When you feel like quitting or running away, remember that you can’t run away from your troubles and you can’t run away from yourself. The solution is not running away; it’s running to. It’s running t...
When you fear the Lord, you don’t need to fear people or circumstances. Peter referred to this passage when he wrote, But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. ‘Do not fear wha...
When you are meek, you seek nothing for yourself, and when you seek nothing for yourself, God gives you all things.
When you and I are hurting, whether it’s physical or emotional pain, we’re tempted to say, I wonder if God really loves me. I wonder if he cares. We know the answer. He does love us; he does care; he...
When circumstances become difficult and you are in the furnace of testing, remain where God has put you until He tells you to move. Faith moves in the direction of peace and hope, but unbelief moves i...
When He wrote the Bible, God didn’t give us a ponderous theology book divided into sections labeled God, Creation, Man, Sin, and so forth. Instead, He gave us a story, a narrative that begins in etern...
What was Paul’s secret of victory when he was experiencing pressures and trials? His secret was God. When you find yourself discouraged and ready to quit, get your attention off of yourself and focus...
What does it mean to walk by faith? It means to obey God's Word in spite of the feelings within us, the circumstances around us, and the consequences before us.
We seek to do what Jesus would do, the way Jesus would do it, so that he alone gets the glory. Doing so isn’t always easy, but it is necessary; it isn’t always comfortable, but it is Christlike.
We never stand still in the Christian life; we either move forward in faith or go backward in unbelief.
We must live by faith and not by sight. An elderly lady fell and broke her leg while attending a summer Bible conference. She said to the pastor who visited her, I know the Lord led me to the conferen...
We can’t nourish and support ourselves; we need to be rooted in Christ and drawing upon His spiritual power. To meditate on the Word (v. 2) is one source of spiritual energy, as are prayer and fellows...
We can’t depend upon our own rule, because we are weak and ignorant. And we can’t depend too much on the rule of others, because they are as weak and ignorant as we are. The only thing we can depend o...
We can learn an important lesson from Peter: Don’t question the Lord’s will or work, and don’t try to change it. He knows what He is doing. Peter had a difficult time accepting Christ’s ministry to hi...
We are not saved by making promises to God; we are saved by believing God’s promises to us.
Want of trust is at the root of almost all our sins and all our weaknesses, he wrote in that same editorial, and how shall we escape it but by looking to Him and observing His faithfulness. The man wh...
Unclean lips are caused by an unclean heart (Matt. 12:34–35). Isaiah cried out to be cleansed inwardly (Ps. 51:10), and God met his need.
Truth is always strong, no matter how weak it looks, and falsehood is always weak, no matter how strong it looks. Phillips Brooks
True saving faith results in obedience and godly living, even though there may be occasional falls.
True saving faith involves the whole personality: the mind is instructed, the emotions are stirred, and the will then acts in obedience to God.