Refresh your commitment today to test everything by the Word of God. The surest defense against spiritual deception is knowledge of spiritual truth.
God loves you as though you are the only person in the world, and He loves everyone the way He loves you.
Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the Word with boldness. Even when threatened with punishment, he said that he could not help but share the things he had seen and heard.
Our impulses toward instant gratification aren’t to be trusted. Hoarding our resources isn’t a worthy goal. We’re created with eternity in our hearts, and our lives have everlasting value.
The universe is filled with the evidence of God’s greatness. In awesome wonder we can consider the worlds He has made.
All our pleasures and possessions are consigned to oblivion, but the legacy we leave for Christ will endure forever.
It is only as we remember and embrace His generous grace toward us that we can extend it to others.
If you have put your faith in Christ and have spent significant time in the Word of God, the tough times can be like a magnet that draws you to the Lord Jesus. Nothing is going to happen – ever – that will catch Jesus Christ by surprise. He is able to help His children work through anything, and not a single thing is going to happen in the future that can change that fact.
Although there is validity, I believe, in leaving a church where the leadership consistently presents false doctrine, I also see people who are offended by one remark from the pulpit or one perceived hurt flit to the next church to look for fault there. It’s like the cartoon I saw of a skeleton dressed in women’s clothes and sitting on a park bench; the caption read, ‘Waiting for the perfect man.’ There is no perfect church either.
ROMANS 11:33 Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!
If you feel the undertow of depression slowly pulling you out into the depths, don’t rage at the heavens; don’t wear yourself out trying to recover. Wait on God, rest in Him, and let Him pull your spirit homeward. All the tides of this world move toward Him.
Spiritual armor is useful only if we put it on!
Before we can pray, ‘Thy Kingdom come,’ we must be willing to pray – ‘My kingdom go!
Overcomers concentrate on details that go unnoticed by others. They do what needs to be done, even when no one is watching.
When a man or woman decides to be a champion for God, they set themselves up for a lot of heat and criticism.
God has delivered me.” David, the future king, has such faith in the future that he speaks of it in the past tense.
It’s all right to talk to God about your problems. But sometimes you need to talk to your problems about God.
Our conduct today is affected by what we know of tomorrow.
All we have to do is ask and He will give us the wisdom that we need to get through the storm.
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
No matter what else you’re involved in, regardless of what else you’re doing, make your children a high priority. God has given you an amazing privilege! Say no to other things before you say no to your kids.