“I had fainted unless …!” (Psalm 27:13) “FAINT NOT!” HOW great is the temptation at this point! How the soul sinks, the heart…

Take the initiative Add to your faith virtue … (“Furnish your faith with resolution.”) (MOFFATT) 2 Peter 1:5. “Add” means there is something we…

SATANIC RIP-OFF 1 Peter 5:8–9 Abasketball fan at the Portland airport awaited the arrival of the Trailblazers following a victory over the Lakers and…

“Your kingdom come …” (Matt. 6:10a). I must remember that God didn’t give me grace for my kingdom to work, but to capture…

“The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him.” (Psa. 25:14) THERE are secrets of Providence which God’s dear children may…

Free to Be a Servant Understand what the Lord’s will is. —EPHESIANS 5:17 Every man in a free society must decide whether he…

ALWAYS WITH YOU “Be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” MATTHEW 28:20 NLT Are you aware…

EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED Psalm 8 Most folks I know like things to stay as they are. You’ve heard all the sayings that reveal our…

“Hallowed be your name …” (Matt. 6:9b). In the little moments of daily life, I must live for a greater honor and glory…

“When they began to sing and praise, the Lord set ambushments … and they were smitten.” (2 Chron. 20:22) OH, that we could…

“Faith is … the evidence of things not seen” (Heb. 11:1.) TRUE faith drops its letter in the post office box, and lets…

SEEK HIS UNDERSTANDING Trust in the LORD with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. PROVERBS 3:5 You may wish to examine your…

Create in me a new heart Create in me, O Christ, a new heart, and renew in me a right spirit. Then you…

Never Again Remembered I will not remember your sins. (Isaiah 43:25) Not only has God blotted out our sins, He has further promised…

“Faith is … the evidence of things not seen” (Heb. 11:1.) TRUE faith drops its letter in the post office box, and lets…

YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE Mark 6 Overwhelming odds can make cowards of us all. I remember the first time I felt overwhelmed regarding ministry…

Grace doesn’t make it okay for you to live for you. No, grace frees you to experience the joy of living for One…

Grace for the Unworthy We are unworthy servants. (Luke 17:10) God often blesses those who, in our opinion, seem most unworthy. We see this…

“And being absolutely certain that whatever promise He is bound by, He is able to make good.” (Rom. 4:21) WE are told that…

Can a saint slander God? For all the promises of God in Him are yea, and in Him Amen. 2 Cor. 1:20. Jesus told…

Grace or Duty? Trust in him, and he will act. (Psalm 37:5) There’s no question that we’re responsible to pursue holiness with all the…

You can rest in God’s care. If he freely offered up his Son for you, will he forget you now? It is the…

CREATED FOR A PURPOSE We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk…

No hope without Christ’s righteousness Lord, I would be the most miserable person in the world if my hopes were only in this…

We can never grasp the horror of human sin until we realize it caused the Son of God to be crucified. Not Pilate,…

STOP DOING The LORD longs to be gracious to you, and therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. . . . How…

Triumph over Tragedy Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights. JAMES 1:17…

Prepare me to seek you O Lord, teach me to pray, that I may call upon your name. Prepare my heart to seek,…

Three things have come to be yielded definitely to the Lord without reservation: my reading, my tongue, and my thoughts. The first point…

Cross of Obedience Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he…