One of the tricks of the devil is to try and convince believers that God is caught by surprise by the devil's attack on their lives. He whispers that God hasn't figured out what to do about your situation. He insinuates to you that God is sitting up in Heaven...

This is an excerpt from Jesse's book, "Heaven - Close Encounters Of The God Kind" in which he tells of the wonderful things he learned during his trip to heaven in 1988. When I was with Paul in Heaven, I was so excited to be with a man who did so much to teach us...

The only way to stand in the strength of God is to spend time with Him. This intimate fellowship with Jesus will sustain you through any storm this life may bring. I was in the Atlanta airport and the devil was really irritating me. I was standing in line waiting...

When God sent Jesus to the earth, He expected a harvest—a body of believers called Christians—to come out of the seed sown called Christ. Jesus was God's seed. Christ was sowed, and Christians are continuing to be harvested. You and I are the very fruit of God, and...

When I first got out into the ministry, I faced some pretty hard times. But I was just happy to be serving Jesus. I was so glad to be in the ministry that it really didn't matter how rough it got. Let me tell you, it did get rough, but I was still able to enjoy...

Have you ever had somebody come up to you and say, "Uh, excuse me, but the Lord gave me a word for you?" How many of you have ever had that happen to you? The first thing your mind does when you hear that is to look at the person giving the word and see if they...

We, the Church, are the hand of the Lord. It is through us that others find out how much God loves them. It never occurred to me before that the Lord needs us, but we are His plan to reach others. When I saw the tears in Jesus' eyes as He thought about having to...

I have a pair of pajamas that Cathy has faithfully tried to throw away for twenty years. They're so old they don't even have any elastic around the waist. It all wore off, so I have to either hold them up when I walk or tie a knot at the waist, or else they fall...

What is faith anyway? The Bible calls faith the substance of what you hope for and the evidence of what you don't see (Heb. 11:1). In other words, you're saying, "Jesus, I believe You can and will do this thing that I hope for. And because I believe that You can...

I think whoever invented control-top pantyhose for women was a genius. That person must be rich, too, because almost every woman wants to buy those things. Incidentally, have you ever noticed that the women who buy those are also the ones who need them the worst?...

When I was a teenager, I tried to take up roller-skating. I tried to be cool, you know. But it's hard to be cool when you've got all these little kids skating around you, saying, "C'mon, fat boy, you can make it." I'd get embarrassed. And there was this girl that I...

The first major revival I ever preached was in a Baptist church in Ladonia, Texas. I knew I'd reached the big time when I preached in a place like Ladonia. At that time, 809 happy people welcomed you to that city when you drove in. I'd never been there before, so I...