“And be clothed with humility: for God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble” (1 Peter 5:5). Most believers don’t know anything about true humility. If you tell them they’re the righteousness of God, they’ll fight to keep...

“For the Lord sees not as man sees; for man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart” (1 Sam. 16:7). Too often we ask God to fix the problems around us when what He really wants to do is solve the problem within us. I did that...

“Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you” (Matt. 7:7). How long has it been since you were backed into a corner, hemmed in by a seemingly insurmountable problem? If you’re anything like...

“Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord” (Ps. 112:1,7). Are you ready to face a crisis? Don’t wait until one hits to...

“As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving” (Col. 2:6-7). Established in the faith and abounding with...

“We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak” (2 Cor. 4:13). The spirit of faith speaks! It calls things that be not as though they were. It makes faith...

“For (the Spirit which) you have now received (is) not a spirit of slavery to put you once more in bondage to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption – the Spirit producing sonship – in (the bliss of) which we cry, Abba! (That is,)...

“We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed” (2 Cor. 4:8-9). Remember the class bully when you were in grade school? He intimidated everyone. He was...

“But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?” (Matt....

“And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children” (Isa. 54:13). Too many Christian parents today are wasting time worrying about their children. Years ago, Gloria and I saw the devil trying to get a...

“For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat” (Heb. 5:12). Do you want to know why the Body of...

“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...