“…Praise the Lord all you Gentiles, and let all the peoples praise Him.” (Rom. 15:11 NASB) This verse is a quote from Psalms 117:1. Praise is the proper garment to have on as we approach God in prayer. Praise is what we do when all else has been...

God is always mindful of you! “When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man, that you care for him? For you made him a little lower than the...

“And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them” (Acts 3:5). Real Bible hope is not “wishing.” It is earnest, intense expectation that what God has said will come to pass. How do you develop that kind of hope? You stay in...

Have you ever considered the importance God places on fatherhood? It is one of the central truths to the entire New Testament. For years this significant truth escaped me and, consequently, I failed to take my fatherly role seriously. In fact, in my own troubled...

We must access the power of the blood of Jesus by faith. The Word of God tells us how we can access grace by faith. Romans 5:1-2 says: “Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace [shalom] with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also...

“Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him” (Isa. 3:10-11). Have you ever been afraid to give...

Life isn’t boring. Work isn’t meaningless. Relationships aren’t valueless. All of these statements are true for the person who knows the key to self-motivation. Bored, unenthusiastic, unmotivated people wear depressing qualities on their...

“Jesus said, ‘But I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you'” (Matt. 5:44 KJV). Jesus did not command us to love without giving us...

“And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us” (Rom. 5:5). One way for us to stay healthy is to walk in love. Under the Old Covenant, God told His people that if they served...

“For the Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear guard” (Isa. 52:12). Every group of travelers has two kinds of people: fast movers and slow movers. Fast movers are aggressive, ambitious, alert, and highly motivated to move out...

As we invest the ability God has given us into the lives of others, we risk rejection, we risk ridicule, and we risk being misunderstood. Our faithful and wise investment will prove to be productive, however, and we will enter into continuous joy. Dare to live the...

“Choose you this day whom ye will serve….” (Josh. 24:15) Man has always had a choice. God has tried to show us that from the very beginning. He formed man from the dust of the earth and breathed His own life into him. He put man in the midst of the...