"Is any among you afflicted? Let him pray. Is any merry? Let him sing psalms. Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord" (James 5:13-14). The Scripture asks the...
"And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God" (Mark 11:22). The margin of a good King James reference Bible renders today's text as, "Have the faith of God." Greek scholars tell us the literal translation of what Jesus said here is, "Have the God-kind of...
"God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord" (1 Cor. 1:9). Do you know what God wants you to do more than anything else today? He wants you to fellowship with Him. He wants you to walk with Him and talk with Him. To...
We can understand God’s attitude toward abundance as demonstrated in the very first miracle Jesus performed: it was a miracle of abundance. It was during a wedding feast in Cana, and the host had run out of wine to serve his guests. Jesus’ mother told Him about the...
O God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. Awake, lute and harp! I will awaken the dawn. I will praise You, O Lord …. Psalm 108:1 – 3 When the Shunammite woman built a room for Elisha, one of the most important pieces of...
"When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment. For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole" (Mark 5:27-28). How did this woman with the issue of blood get faith? "When she had heard of Jesus...." Faith comes by...
And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies..." (Josh. 10:13). We see El Shaddai with Israel in Canaan's land. (And incidentally, Canaan is not a type of Heaven. It couldn't be. In Heaven there won't be...
"Shun youthful lusts and flee from them, and aim at and pursue righteousness...faith, love, (and) peace...in fellowship with all who call upon the Lord out of a pure heart" (2 Tim. 2:22 AMP). Living the Christian life was never meant to be done alone. Many people...
"So that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life." (Titus 3:7 NASB) To be justified means to be declared righteous by God, the Supreme Being of the universe. When He says we are right with Him because of grace, then...
Once I was visiting a church in a major city when the minister got up to take the offering. And that's just what he did. He took it. He started by saying that God loves a cheerful giver. Then he went on to say that even though God loves a cheerful giver, that he...
...The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach. (Rom. 10:8)The greatest thing that will ever happen to you is when you move into this realm of faith that I'm talking about. Your intellect, or your mind,...
"Jesus answered, 'A person who has had a bath needs only to wash his feet; his whole body is clean...'" (John 13:10 NIV). During the time I was growing up, my family attended a church that could be called "the guilt center." The unconscious thinking seemed to be,...
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