Truth is not obtained cheaply. It demands much time given to prayer and study of the Scriptures, followed by practical application in our daily lives. It must take priority over the many forms of cheap entertainment offered by our secular culture. It is a lifetime commitment.
If you don’t get excited about the gospel, you’ve never really grasped what it’s telling you.
Jesus was never worried or perplexed. He was calmly and completely in control of every situation. He never doubted that His Father’s goodness would provide everything He needed. And the Father never failed Him.
We can not effectively serve God without the Holy Spirit.
God does not measure everything by numbers or dimensions. He has another scale of values, according to which-asJesus Himself told us-one human soul is worth more than the entire universe.
Endeavoring to live the Christian life by your own efforts is the greatest single hindrance to walking in the Spirit.
Faith is taking God seriously.
Consider the work of Calvary. A perfect work, perfect in every respect, perfect in every aspect.
The provision is in the promises.
Fasting deals with the two great barriers to the Holy Spirit that are erected by man’s carnal nature. These are the stubborn self-will of the soul and the insistent self-gratifying appetites of the body.
A faith that does not result in activity of any kind is a dead faith; it is empty, worthless, insincere.
We are the decisive factor in the affairs of the universe.
No weapon that is formed against me shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against me in judgment I do condemn. This is my heritage as a servant of the Lord, and my righteousness is from You, O Lord of Hosts.
Ten of the twelve spies focused on the problems, not on the promises. Two of the twelve spies, Joshua and Caleb, focused on the promises, not on the problems. Joshua and Caleb said, “We are well able.” The other spies said, “We are not able.” Each got exactly what they said. They all settled their own destinies by the way they used their tongues.
It is unscriptural to pray for the sick if one is not prepared also to cast out demons. Jesus did not separate one from the other.
The Bible is God’s own Word. It is God’s great gift to all people everywhere.
For those whose outlook is limited to the material realm, contentment and security must be measured in terms of material abundance. But for those who have learned to look in faith to God, there is another Source, inexhaustible and unfluctuating.
And that is why we sometimes have to push through enemy territory when we pray. It is not that we are praying out of the will of God, or that God is unwilling to hear us, but that we have to penetrate a hostile kingdom in the heavenlies in order to reach Him.
The purpose of God for the Christian is the consistent expression of divine love.
Remember, when you’re reading your Bible, your Bible is also reading you.” It is a two-way transaction.