“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...
“We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly…” (2 Thess. 1:3). God gets all believers started off equally with the measure of faith after they are born again. He doesn’t give...
“Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise” (Heb. 10:35-36). Most of us have a distorted idea about patience. We...
When the Syrians were at war with Israel, the Lord would reveal their plans to the prophet. Time and again, Elisha warned Israel’s king of the Syrians’ strategies, thereby avoiding attack. So accurate was this information that the king of Syria assumed there was a...
Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You. Psalm 73:25 What we have spiritually is always a direct reflection of the degree of hunger we have. I’ve been in church services where I prayed for God to come in a big way. I’ve...
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the...
“Thus saith the Lord; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord; and they (your children) shall come again from the land of the enemy. And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy...
“The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me [us] free from the law of sin and death” (Rom. 8:2). This world is caught in a death cycle. You don’t have to read the Bible to know that. All you have to do is look around. Inflation,...
“Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.” (John 13:13) It is right and good to call Jesus our Lord, for He certainly is that. But what does it mean? “Lord” means supremacy or supreme in authority. Jesus is our Lord the...
A few years ago, while I was out of town speaking at several meetings in Iowa, I stopped in at a little Bible bookstore. While I was there, I met a man who was a minister and pastor of one of the local denominational churches. He told me of all the great things his...
But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? (Matt. 14:30-31) The...
“For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds” (2 Cor. 10:4 NKJ). Part Four Another great and powerful weapon is the name of Jesus. “In My name, you will cast out (or expel) demons,” He told...
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