"I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all" (1 Cor. 14:18). Few things in the Bible have created more fuss than the issue of speaking in tongues. Churches have split over it. People have been persecuted for doing it. People have even been killed for it....

"So Israel came up to Baalperazim, and David smote the Philistines there. Then David said, God has broken my enemies by my hand, like the bursting forth of waters; therefore they called the name of that place Baalperazim (Lord of breaking through)" (1 Chron....

"Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted" (Matt. 5:4). Do you know what Jesus was really talking about when He said those words? He was talking about the mourning of the intercessor. He was teaching about the comfort that comes to the intercessor...

"And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance...That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth...and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name there"...

"If possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with every one" (Rom. 12:18). When I was a new Christian, it was almost impossible for me to live at peace with anyone! Almost every time I opened my mouth, I said something ugly. I was constantly hurting the...

"I am the Lord, I change not" (Mal. 3:6). The world's order of things is unsure and indefinite. Desperate words of uncertainty are crying out daily from radio, television and newspapers. Everything around us seems to be in turmoil. But, praise God, if you're a...

"The thief comes not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy" (John 10:10). Considering how much the devil hates people and how dead set he is on destroying them, it's no wonder we see so much tragedy and disaster in the world. In fact, it's amazing that we...

"And let the peace (soul harmony which comes) from the Christ rule (act as umpire continually) in your hearts - deciding and settling with finality all questions that arise in your minds...And be thankful - appreciative, giving praise to God always" (Col. 3:15...

"The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which takes away the sin of the world" (John 1:29). Jesus came to take away sin. Do you realize what that means? It means that God, through the blood of Jesus, has so completely done...

"In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you" (1 Thess. 5:18). Notice that this scripture instructs us to give thanks "in" all things, not "for" all things. When tragedy or temptation strikes, we are not to thank God for...

"The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters" (Ps. 23:1-2). Have you ever thought about David and wondered how a shepherd boy could become a man after God's own heart? A man so strong...