This prayer inspires in me a longing to be with Jesus as the Apostles were. The love which they experienced from Him is so overwhelming I can’t even imagine having that kind of love, even from my parents if they were alive. To understand what I am saying one would...
"And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, 10 so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through...
A wise man built his house upon a rock and the rain came tumbling down.The rain came down and the floods went up and the house on the rock stood firm. How often as children at Sunday school , we sang these very words and now as adults live this very...
"And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground." (Luke 22:44) I can remember taking an anxiety attack about 4-5 years ago. I woke up one night with shortness of breath and my heart was racing. I didn’t know...
"So Joshua subdued the whole region, including the hill country, the Negev, the western foothills and the mountain slopes, together with all their kings. He left no survivors. He totally destroyed all who breathed, just as the Lord, the God of Israel, had commanded."...
Some people paint a picture of the Christian life as a bed of roses with no problems or troubles. Once you become a Christian you probably find out soon that whoever told you that is wrong. Jesus Christ does give you peace, joy and love but never promises a carefree...
Last week, in What we can Learn from the Division of the Land, Part A, we learned that we are never given more than we can manage, and whenever we are asked to take on more, we need to check it out with the Lord first. Sometimes we need to delegate, and sometimes we...
(This 4-part study is Study #4 from the series, Studies From the Book of Job. You can access the other studies by clicking here.) Last week, in The Prosperity Doctrine Exposed, we saw that the ever-popular "prosperity doctrine" is truly a teaching that reduces the God...
(This 4-part study is Study #4 from the series, Studies From the Book of Job. You can access the other studies by clicking here.) So far in this mini-series, we've seen how this mentality infiltrated the culture in Biblical times, and we're hypothesized that helping...
(This 5-part study is Study #5 from the series, Studies From the Book of Job. You can access the other studies by clicking here.) Poor Job. His life was forever altered. He lost his wealth, his family, and then, even his health. His reaction? He begins to curse the...