God has purposes to fulfill in you and through you, and He will do all that is necessary to make you succeed (Ps. 138:8; Phil. 1:6).
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,...
What life does to us depends on what life finds in us.
There are four essentials for victory in trials: a joyful attitude, an understanding mind, a surrendered will, and a heart that wants to believe. 1.
You can never give another person that which you have found, but you can make him homesick for what you have.
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 complaining about what...
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 making promises to God; we are saved by believing God’s promises to us. It was God who graciously gave His covenant to Abraham, and he responded with faith and obedience (Heb. 11:8...
Too many people attend church as consumers and not as stewards and worshipers. Church buildings have become shopping malls, not sanctuaries, and doing church means doing business and not worshiping Go...
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...
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 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 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 faith that conquers fear is faith in the Word, not faith in feelings.
The cross was a divine assignment, not a human accident; it was a God-given obligation, not a human option.
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 believer who harbors bitterness and malice in his heart is giving Satan one of his most effective beachheads! These
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 Jewish rabbis call Isaiah 40—66 The Book of Consolation, and their description is accurate.
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...