The word wait does not suggest that we sit around and do nothing. It means to hope, to look to God for all that we need (Isa. 26:3; 30:15). This involves meditating on His character and His promises,...
The witness and the walk of the minister must go together, for the work that we do flows out of the lives that we live. There
The way you look at your ministry helps to determine how you will fulfill it.
The virgin birth of Christ is a key doctrine; for if Jesus Christ is not God come in sinless human flesh, then we have no Savior. Jesus had to be
The secret of joy in spite of circumstances is the single mind. The secret of joy in spite of people is the submissive mind.
The privilege of freedom is precious, the responsibilities of freedom are serious, and we can’t have one without the other.
The person whose happiness depends on ideal circumstances is going to be miserable much of the time.
The people who refuse to submit to God’s authority will never really discover who they are and what God wants them to do. No matter how successful they may be in the eyes of the world, unless they cha...
The noted Bible commentator Matthew Henry wrote: She was not made out of his head to rule over him, nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his...
The most dangerous darkness in our enlightened age is the dense spiritual darkness that blinds the minds and controls the hearts of people who have never trusted Christ or who claim to know Him but do...
The fundamental problem lost sinners face isn’t that they’re sick and need a remedy. The problem is that they’re dead in trespasses and sins (Eph. 2:1) and need to experience resurrection.
The Spirit of God uses the Word of God to work in our lives. Read Colossians 3:16—4:1 and you will see a parallel to our Ephesians passage. And you will note that to be filled with the Word of God pro...
The Lord prepared Moses for his ministry and took eighty years to do it. He was raised as a prince in Egypt and taught all that the wise men in Egypt knew. Some scholars believe that Moses was in line...
The Hebrew word translated comfort also means to repent. God brings comfort, not to rebellious people but to repentant people.
The Bible records a great deal of history, but as Dr. A. T. Pierson said, History is His story. What is written helps us better understand how God worked out His great plan of salvation in this world....
The Bible meets the needs of the human heart. No other book is like it. It is God’s testimony. Its name is the law of the Lord. The sun is to creation what the law is to God’s people, bringing light,...
That’s what the Lord told Jeremiah: I am watching over My word to perform it (Jer. 1:12 NASB).
Tetelestai was a familiar word shouted by a faithful Savior. He came to do the Father’s will and he did it. He came to purchase our redemption and he did it. He came to do a great work, the work of sa...
Some people today still imagine that salvation is inherited. Because mother and father were godly people, the children are automatically saved. But this is not true. It has well been said, God has no...
Satan is so deceptive! He likes to borrow Christian vocabulary, but he does not use the Christian dictionary!