Devotions
Get Your Glory Bag Packed!
Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the Lord will do great things.... I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the...
Love Limits Our Choices
"For the love of Christ constraineth us, because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead." (2 Cor. 5:14) What does this mean? "Constraineth" means to control, to hold together, or to arrest like a prisoner. A prisoner has lost his rights to do...
Don’t Stop Praying!
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. (James 5:16)In the spring of 1953, I was preaching in Dallas, Texas, and two gentlemen came up to me and said,...
Walk in God’s Ways
"He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel" (Ps. 103:7). God has two sides. His acts are the miraculous deeds He performs, but His ways are the road that takes you to the miracles. Most believers have been satisfied for years to go to...
Great Awakenings – Part 1
"I sleep, but my heart is awake..." (Song of Solomon 5:2 NKJ). Part One This verse indicates a restless state. The spiritual man wants to stay awake and alert to the Lord's visitation, but the fleshly man wants to sleep. There is a New Testament parallel in this...
Love is the Answer
"But the fruit of the [Holy] Spirit [the work which His presence within accomplishes] is love, joy (gladness), peace, patience (an even temper), forbearance, kindness, goodness (benevolence) faithfulness ..." (Gal 5:22 AMP). Love is the answer the...
Giving of Thanks
"I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority..." (1 Tim. 2:1-2). The Word of God is clear on this subject. I believe many Christians have...
Give God the Glory
"Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples" (John 15:8). There's an old Full Gospel tradition that says God gets glory from the wonderful way His children bear pain and agony and that the world is impressed by that. What a...
Stay in God’s Shade
It’s possible to enjoy a life filled with true contentment and freedom, one that is capable of withstanding and overcoming every storm that life may throw at us. Psalm 91:16 sets the target for us. God said of the person who will pursue Him: “With long life I will...
Giving Thanks Well
"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus,...