You Can’t But He Can
Have you ever wished you could go back and change something? I'm certain you have. Who hasn't? Whether small or large, regrets can be discouraging. "If only I could go back and change [such and such], [...]
Have you ever wished you could go back and change something? I'm certain you have. Who hasn't? Whether small or large, regrets can be discouraging. "If only I could go back and change [such and such], [...]
How do people live without God? I recently encountered this on two very different levels. My husband and I were asked to minister to a family going through a crisis. When we arrived, it was quickly [...]
I was recently visiting with a respected minister friend of mine and the subject of righteousness came up. He said, "I think Malachi 4:2 is the best righteousness scripture in the whole Bible. You know what [...]
What a blasted word. Or a blessed one. Again. To repeat. To mimic a former behavior, instance, or circumstance. Paul said, "In [this] freedom Christ has made us free [and completely liberated us]; stand fast then, [...]
"Therefore with joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation" (Isaiah 12:3). A young man recently visited our church. I was told that he had given his heart to Jesus in one of our [...]
Here's a confession you should make daily: "I have been enabled and endued with Christ's strength to recover and increase in every area of my life!" When we read the encouragement Paul issued to believers in Ephesus, [...]
The author is unknown. In fact, I don't remember where I first heard this story, but it perfectly illustrates the love of our Father and the price Jesus paid to set us free. A man was [...]
"In the way of righteousness is life, and in its pathway there is no death" (Proverbs 12:28). Hold a man's head under water, and he will fight you to come up for air. It's in every [...]
There's always a lot of discussion about our monetary system, and those who have invested in gold have seemingly made a wise decision because its value continues to increase. But there is one commodity apparently far [...]
In his letter to the Corinthians, the Apostle Paul made an interesting statement: "But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by a human court. In fact, [...]
At any stage of life, our enemy, the devil, loves using the weaknesses of our flesh as a weapon against us; much like the bully who grabs our wrist, swinging it toward our face, yelling, "Quit [...]
I wonder if we ever thought about the fact that Jesus didn't interview the people before He fed them? Yet, as His followers today, we are prone to ask questions like, "Why are you in this [...]
Part 1 | Part 2 Satan has been defeated, but he doesn't want Christians to know it. So our enemy, the devil, roams about looking for whom he may devour-- and that "whom" is whoever doesn't [...]
Part 1 | Part 2 If righteousness is the ability to stand before God without inferiority (or fear), then God wants us to stand before the devil that way too. In other words, without cowering. But [...]
"For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him" (2 Corinthians 5:21). CONSIDER Once again, I'm reminded of the plague of insecurity that [...]
But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. (James 1:14) CONSIDER THIS It's easy to read this scripture and think of tempting desires such as adultery, pornography, addictions, [...]
With a show of hands, how many of you wish you could know exactly what God wants you to do? Well, I can't see your hands, but I'm pretty confident 100% of you raised them. How [...]
Which is easier to say, "O you of little faith" or "O you of great fear"? I think we have failed to fully realize the emphasis Jesus was making when He pointed out the measure of [...]