The words of Jim Elliot were true: He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.
The secret is this: When you have the single mind, you look on your circumstances as God-given opportunities for the furtherance of the gospel, and you rejoice at what God is going to do instead of co...
The faith that conquers fear is faith in the Word, not faith in feelings.
The blessings God gives us must in turn become blessings to others, because Christians are supposed to be channels, not reservoirs. To receive God’s blessings and then selfishly keep them is to violat...
The basis for this fellowship is brotherly love.
The I AM statements recorded in Scripture reveal the depths of the Christian life and how God’s children can go deeper by living with Jesus in the present tense.
So his armorbearer said to [Jonathan], Do all that is in your heart. Go then; here I am with you, according to your heart. 1 SAMUEL 14:7 Five simple monosyllables—here I am with you—but they helped ma...
Since we have not been saved by our good works, we cannot be lost by our bad works. Grace means salvation completely apart from any merit or works on our part. Grace means that God does it all for Jes...
Rest in the LORD (7). Restlessness is an evidence of unbelief. Faith rests in the Lord and enjoys the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding (Php 4:7). God sometimes waits in answering pray...
Real leaders don’t use people to build their authority; they use their authority to build people.
No problem is too large, when Jesus is in charge. No gift is too small, if you give Him your all.
No amount of money or authority could stop the silent but sure ripening of divine judgment.
My past may discourage me and my future may frighten me, but the life I now live today can be enriching and encouraging because Christ lives in me (Gal. 2:20).
Millions of believers think they are spiritual because of what they don’t do—or because of the leader they follow—or because of the group they belong to. The Lord shows us in Galatians how wrong we ar...
Love increases our faith, and when we have faith and love, we will have hope.
It is worth remembering that the world around us knows only the gospel that it sees in our lives. You are writing a gospel, A chapter each day, By the deeds that you do And the words that you say. Men...
If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here (Ex. 33:15 NKJV). The
Hope means hoping when things are hopeless or it is no virtue at all. It is only when things are hopeless that hope begins to be a strength (G. K. Chesterton). Hope is an undefeated forward look.
Grace without truth would be deceitful, and truth without grace would be condemning.
Because churches have gotten away from God’s wisdom and have substituted man’s wisdom, we have serious doctrinal differences among various churches. Men have gone beyond that which is written (1 Cor....