"Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS." (Matt. 11:29 NASB) To be yoked together with Jesus implies a coupling together with Him. Picture yourself and Jesus in partnership together on...

"Come to me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest." (Matt. 11:28 NASB) In the turmoil and pressure of living in this struggling world, it is easy to find ourselves tired and weighted down with cares and concerns of the day. Family members,...

"Therefore, putting aside all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls." (James 1:21 NASB) Our soul is our mind, will, and emotions. The way God works on it is to send us His Word. For...

"And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect." (Rom. 12:2 NASB) We received a brand new spirit the day we were born again, but...

"Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship." (Rom. 12:1 NASB) In the Old Testament, worshipers had to bring live animals to the altar to...

"Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin." (1 Peter 4:1) Since Christ suffered on our behalf in the flesh, we must also arm ourselves with...

"For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ." (1 Cor. 2:16) To have the mind of Christ implies many different things for the believer. We have the ability to assimilate the same attitude He has, the same...

"Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus." (Phil. 2:5) Whatever we allow our mind to dwell upon will become our reality in time. Unfortunately if we think constantly on lies, we eventually believe the lie to be true. Our thought life is more...

"Not of works, lest any man should boast." (Eph. 2:9) God saves us by His grace working through faith. The grace and the faith, as well as God's decision to save us, all comes from God as a gift. Therefore it isn't of us. It isn't something we have earned, or that...

"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God." (Eph. 2:8) If you grab your shoelaces while your shoes are on your feet, and pull real hard, can you lift yourself? The answer obviously is no. In the same way, we don't...

"Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord." (2 Peter 1:2) God grants us His peace. But He brings it into our lives through different channels. One way peace is multiplied unto us is through our knowledge of God. In...

"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful." (John 14:27 NASB) Jesus tells us that the peace He gives is different than the peace the world presents. The world...