If you want to find out what a worker is really like, don’t give him responsibilities—give him privileges. Most people can handle responsibilities if you pay them enough, but it takes a real leader to...
If we are to conquer the enemy and claim our inheritance in Christ, we must have spiritual strength and spiritual courage.
Hezekiah reigned forty-two years and was one of Judah’s greatest kings (2 Kings 18—20; 2 Chron. 29—32). He not only strengthened the city of Jerusalem and the nation of Judah, but led the people back...
God sees our hearts and knows whether we are really serious about obeying Him.
God helps us in the obstacles of life. When you turn your obstacles over to the Lord, He acts. What will He do? Sometimes He overcomes the obstacles. God is with us in the hopeless places. How hopeles...
God has spoken to us in Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ is God’s last word. Nothing will replace what God has said to us through his Son. If you want to know God, you have to come to Jesus Christ. Jesu...
God does not reveal His will to those who are curious. He reveals His will to those who are obedient. God guides those who are concerned about His glory.
Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that crushed it.
Either we believe in a God who can do anything, or we must accept a Christian faith that’s non-miraculous; and that does away with the inspiration of the Bible, the virgin birth, and the bodily resurr...
Each believer is either a conformer or a transformer. We’re either being squeezed into the world’s mold or we’re transforming things in the world into which God has put us. Transformers don’t always h...
Don’t waste time and energy being an imitation. Let God make you into an original.
Do you desire to be nearer to God today? Fill your mind with the truth of the Word and your heart with prayer, and trust God to take care of you.
Christian joy is a deep experience of adequacy and confidence in spite of the circumstances around us. The Christian can be joyful even in the midst of pain and suffering. This kind of joy is not a th...
Character is the raw material of life, out of which we either by diligence construct a temple or by negligence create a trash heap.
Big is beautiful may be a clever slogan, but God still asks, Who dares despise the day of small things? (Zech.4:10)...A few loaves and fishes fed thousands. Little is much if God is in it.
Because He’s perfect, God can’t change for the better; and because He’s holy, He can’t change for the worse. We can depend on Him no matter what our circumstances or no matter how we feel.
Because God gave us freedom of choice, we can ignore the will of God, argue with it, disobey it, even fight against it. But in the end, the will of God shall prevail, because the counsel of the LORD s...
At times God permits His children to experience darkness on a dead-end street where they don’t know which way to turn. When this happens, wait for the Lord to give you light in His own time. Don’t try...
An older generation, chastened by one depression, is afraid to be optimistic; and a younger generation, accustomed to security, is inexperienced at being pessimistic.
All that we say and do must be motivated by love, controlled by truth, and done to the glory of God. The