Helping One Another Through Difficulties
We often tell God, “Take away our burdens; bear ours!” But He says, “If you really want to know My heart and fulfill My plan, bear one another’s burdens.” “Brethren, even if anyone is caught in any...
View ArticleThe Currency of Heaven
I always thought that prayer was like a blank check from God: you just write in the amount and the intended purpose was immaterial or secondary. Matthew 7:8 says, “For everyone who asks receives, and...
View ArticleA Season of Remembering
We must never, ever forget the miracles, the times God provided and the times when God brought something impossible to pass. Throughout the Old Testament, God told the Israelites to remember. He...
View ArticleThe Power of a Thankful Heart
Gratefulness is crucial to receiving God’s best and it's often missing in our society today. The absence of gratefulness caused the children of Israel in the Old Testament to lose out on entering the...
View ArticleChristmas is For-giving
Forgiveness is something that touches every decision of our lives. There is one characteristic about forgiveness that is often overlooked; but first, let us begin with a classic Christmas scripture....
View ArticleMary: Learning to Listen
We live in a fast-forward world where busy-ness is equated with importance and success. We think that because someone is busy, that person must be important. But the Lord says that the way the world...
View ArticleMoving Beyond Good Intentions
We all need to get beyond good intentions. The Bible talks about that. In fact, it speaks pretty seriously about getting beyond just good intentions. The Book of Matthew chronicles a story that speaks...
View ArticleThe Gift of Serving
Serving has been given a bad rap. If you are called servants, it means you earn minimum wage, you’re first to get laid off, you’re the lowest part of the food chain and you’re not that talented. In the...
View ArticleNew Beginnings
The enemy will not come after your life. To all those of you who are Christians, he is not going to come after your salvation. Salvation is based on what He has done and not what we do, so your...
View ArticleA New Heart, New Season
When I was young, I played basketball. Our team was not that good, and being only five-foot, seven inches tall, I did not play that much. However, if we were winning by about 20 points or more and...
View ArticleInsomnia: Bible Tips for a Silent Night
Sleep comes from God and God alone. God designed us with a need for the wonderful gift of rest. When we violate this, it not only robs us of the gift, but of something else down deeper. The effects can...
View ArticleThe Power of Words
How we relate to one another with words is vital. Words can be powerful and deliver death or life. Words can heal or words can kill. We experience the power of words when we have been dealt a death...
View ArticleDisciplining Yourself for the Purpose of Godliness
As we grow, there are certain character qualities of maturity that need to become evident. One of those things is learning about how to discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness. We’re going to...
View ArticleWords in Excess: Complaining
Did you know that grumbling and arguing will cause you to make terrible decisions? The Book of James talks about that. “Don’t grumble about each other, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. For...
View ArticleFive Ingredients to Build Love for a Lifetime
As some of you might know, marriage is something that requires maintenance. Marriage is a live entity — it’s something dynamic. Anything that is living requires maintenance and marriage requires...
View ArticleA Heart of Joyful Obedience
How do we enter the Kingdom of God? Through obedience to God … that is the only way we enter into the Kingdom. “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord’ will enter the kingdom of heaven; but he who...
View ArticlePreparing for Miracles in the Margins
In Mark chapter five, a man named Jairus came up to Jesus one day and fell at His feet, earnestly pleading for him to heal his daughter. Jesus headed for Jairus’s house; that was His destination. “And...
View ArticleBiblically Wise Finances
Because faith comes from hearing, if we want faith for something, we have to hear about it. So, if we want to have faith about money and learn to steward it God’s way, we have to hear about it. “So...
View ArticleIn Our Redeemer’s Image
God is our Redeemer. All of man’s inventions come back to what God teaches us in His creation. He creates things because of who He is — the Redeemer. And everything that He touches, He redeems. When...
View ArticleThe Way God Blesses
Our God is a God who wants to bless us. He designed us to desire His blessings. Blessings keep us yearning for and leaning toward the Lord and His help. Blessings keep us dependent upon Him. God...
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