A little boy was leading his sister up a mountain path and the way was not too easy. Why, this isn’t a path at all, the little girl complained. It’s all rocky and bumpy. And her brother replied, Sure,...
The secret of Joshua’s victories was not his skill with the sword but his submission to the Word of God (Josh. 1:8) and to the God of the Word (5:13–15).
Don’t permit man’s books to rob you of God’s wisdom. Be
You can never give another person that which you have found, but you can make him homesick for what you have.
Whenever my wife and I purchase a new appliance, we add another instruction manual to our collection. We have instruction manuals for the various appliances in our home, for the automobile, and for of...
We must have the guidance of God if we’re to experience the grace of God and manifest the glory of God.
We cannot learn patience by reading a book or hearing a lecture. The only way we can learn patience is by going through the trials that God assigns to us. The trials of life are the tools God uses to...
We are not saved by faith plus good works, but by a faith that works.
Vance Haver descreveu a igreja de maneira exata: Nos dias de hoje somos desafiados, mas não transformados; convencidos, mas não convertidos. Ouvimos, mas não praticamos; e, desse modo, enganamos a nós...
To be poor in spirit does not mean to deny your personality or try to suppress it. It simply means yielding it to God for Him to make it all that He wants it to be. The motto is old but true: God alwa...
Time is perhaps your most basic resource. How you use God’s gift of time has a profound effect not only on your life but on the lives of others. It’s important that you surrender your time to His care...
Those who do not know the past are condemned to repeat it.
This letter is also associated with Silas (Silvanus, 1 Peter 5:12).
The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life (John 6:63). When we read the greatest writings of the ages, our hearts may be stirred and our minds instructed, but when we meditate on the...
The hardening of Pharaoh’s heart is a warning to all of us. If the sinful human heart doesn’t respond by faith to God’s Word, it cannot be transformed by the grace of God (Ezek. 36:26–27; Heb. 8:7–13)...
The gospel, as a glass [mirror], should be kept clean and clear in the pulpit, he wrote, that the hearers may see the glory of Christ and be changed to the same image.
The gospel message does not center in a philosophy, a doctrine, or a religious system. It centers in Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
The conversion of a soul is the miracle of a moment, wrote Alan Redpath, the manufacture of a saint is the task of a lifetime.
The authority of Jesus is the greatest of all. When we claim His promises, when we yield to His Holy Spirit, when we pray and when we obey, we share in that authority and accomplish His purposes on th...
The Bible is the book of our heart. Every time we read a book, watch television, or listen to a speaker, something is being written on our hearts. Let God write His Word on your heart. The heart sees...