"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me" (Gal. 2:20). I was healed on a Tuesday. That Saturday I...

"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new" (2 Cor. 5:17). Today's text is one of my favorite scriptures. I got ahold of it while I was still a bedfast teenager. And when I came off that...

"The entrance of thy words giveth light..." (Ps. 119:130). As a teenager, I became bedfast. Medical science said I would die. Now, I'd heard the New Birth preached all my life. I knew what God's will was concerning salvation. And when I came to the Lord while...

Fight the good fight of faith...(1 Tim. 6:12). The only fight the Christian is called upon to fight is the fight of faith. If you're in any other kind of fight, you're in the wrong fight! There's no need to fight the devil - Jesus has already defeated him. There's...

"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works" (2 Tim. 3:16-17). Did you notice that...

"Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counselors" (Ps. 119:24). When the crises or tests come, too many Christians say, "What are we going to do now?" The crises of life come to us all. But if you are Word-oriented, the first thing you will think about is,...

"And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are...

"Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God" (Phil. 4:6 AMP). A minister once came to me for advice. There were...

"Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God" (Phil. 4:6). The Amplified translation of this verse begins, "Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything…." Christians usually...

"But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves" (James 1:22). Your spirit can be developed by four things. We have examined the first: meditation. Now we will look at the second: practicing the Word. Practicing the Word means being a...

"O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day" (Ps. 119:97). A minister told me how he'd been trying to make a success of his church. If he heard of a pastor who was doing well, he would visit him and see what kind of program he had. Then he would try to...

"But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall...