Devotions
They’re Coming On In
"Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest" (John 4:35). I believe holiness is the final frontier before Jesus comes. I believe these are...
Love Proves Our Relationship With Jesus
"By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." (John 13:35 NASB) Jesus had just given the New Commandment for the New Covenant. "Love one another as I have loved you." Now He says that if you keep on showing His love, among...
A Surge of Strength
He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength...they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. (Isa. 40:29,31) The pastor had this man who had never walked before testify. He said, "I knew the power went...
Was It Profitable That Jesus Went Away?
"Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you" (John 16:7). Jesus is the healer, but the Holy Spirit is the means by which Jesus...
Winning the Battle of Our Minds – Part 1
"Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober..." (1 Peter 1:13). Part One In Biblical days in the orient, a man would normally wear a long flowing gown. This style of dress was appropriate when in a relaxed mood and position. However, if he had to move fast...
Let’s Pray for our Enemies!
(Love) "Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth ..." (1 Cor. 13:7-8 KJV). Thank God for the love of God. First Corinthians 13 gives a good reason to walk in love. Verse 8 says, "Love never fails." In...
Growing Up
"That we henceforth be no more children…" (Eph. 4:14). I learned later that a few minutes after Momma told my uncle that I had said my cousin would recover, my cousin suddenly opened her eyes and was perfectly all right! She was in intensive care, with three...
Do You Know What to Ask For?
"And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight" (Mark 10:51). All of us know what it's like to go round in circles. To pray our way through one financial disaster...
God Will Protect and Deliver You
When trouble of any kind is staring us in the face, it is good to know that God is on our side. Psalm 91 is filled with magnificent promises of God’s deliverance for anyone who will look to Him. This psalm is the most concise, descriptive passage in the entire Word...
Expand Your Capacity to Receive
"Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again" (Luke 6:38). Some time ago I was studying how...