“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13). We often think of “laying down your life” for someone else in terms of dying. That’s what Jesus did. He loved us so much He laid down His...
Jesus said, “Whatever you forbid on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven” (Matthew 18:18 Phillips). We can no longer take a fearful, beggarly attitude toward the enemy hoping he will allow us to have what...
Now in the church that was at Antioch there were certain prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit...
“Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised)” (Heb. 10:23). The fourth type of confession is the confession of faith, or the confession of what we believe. This is an important type of Bible...
From a lonely, cold prison cell, they begin the walk. A prisoner, accompanied by the warden and several guards, walks toward the end of his life. A condemned man, he is minutes away from his just punishment. He was found guilty, and now his crime is about to cost...
“If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small” (Prov. 24:10). This is the day of adversity! Whatever you are facing today, you can’t afford to be weak. You can’t afford to faint spiritually in the trials of life. If you do,...
“But woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithe of mint and rue and every kind of garden herb, and yet disregard justice and the love of God; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.” (Luke 11:42 NASB) These are the...
Over the years our ministry has received thousands of prayer requests. We believe in the power of the prayer of faith. However, there is one thing that has been consistent. People want to know what God wants them to do. They want to know God’s will for their...
…and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. (Micah 7:19) Something that hinders many people’s faith from working is their past mistakes, their failures, and their faults. Well, what does God’s Word have to say about it? What...
“For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds” (2 Cor. 10:4 NKJ). Part Five Another great weapon for winning spiritual victories is the Word of God. It has been likened to a sharp two-edged sword (Heb....
Psalm 62:10 (NLT) Don’t try to get rich by extortion or robbery. And if your wealth increases, don’t make it the center of your life. Although there are people who make their riches by oppressing others or simply by stealing, we don’t think of ourselves in that way...
“Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months” (James 5:17 KJV). While we tend to think that the men and women in the Bible...
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