Proverbs 25:26 (NLT) If the godly compromise with the wicked, it is like polluting a fountain or muddying a spring. If you have accepted Christ in your heart, you are a godly person. Of course, becoming more and more like Jesus is a lifetime process. We have His...
For the mystery of lawlessness (that hidden principle of rebellion against constituted authority) is already at work in the world, [but it is] restrained only until he who restrains is taken out of the way. 2 Thess. 2:7 Amp Right now, God is marshalling His forces....
"And [Jesus] could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching" (Mark 6:5-6). Jesus had gone into His own hometown,...
"And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm" (Mark 4:39). I've preached for years that believers are to speak directly to the situations that they want to change in their lives. And...
For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ. (Rom. 5:17 KJV) To reign in life means to rule like a king. We are to live and rule like...
For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. (1 Cor. 3:9)When Paul wrote to the Church at Corinth, he said, "...ye are God's husbandry..." Now that's a little bit blind to us today, but another translation says, "Ye are...
"And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord..." (Isa. 11:3). In the original Hebrew this expression quick understanding is "quick scented." It is the Hebrew word for spirit, ruwach (roo'akh) which has to do with breathing, respiration,...
"Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much" (James 5:16). As the Body of Christ, we need each other in prayer. The verse says the effectual fervent prayer of a...
"This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more" (Heb. 10:16-17). The Bible tells us that under...
Many so-called Christian leaders have made inadequate progress, having become content with their spiritual walk. In the same way, many believers have settled for immaturity as the norm. And many have lost the zeal for spiritual growth. Maybe they never had it.After...
Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. (Col. 3:1 NASB) The scripture says that we were raised up with Christ when He was raised from the dead and we have a new life in Him....
Have you ever found yourself in the middle of a very bad situation, and someone said to you, "Well, the only thing left to do is to pray"? How did you react? Did you think, "Oh my goodness, has it come to that?" Or did you ask, "Are things really that bad?"...
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