“The love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us” (Rom. 5:5). Here is a promise of an abundance of agape love, the God-like love which gives expecting nothing in return. This promise has to do with loving the...
Matthew 18:19-20 (NLT) “I also tell you this: If two of you agree down here on earth concerning anything you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you. For where two or three gather together because they are mine, I am there among them.” In this verse...
“But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful...
“He restoreth my soul” (Psalm 23:3). “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be...
“And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you” (Mark 4:24). How many blessings are you going to receive from the Word of God? It depends on how many you expect to receive. When God measures them...
Jesus was full of and controlled by the Holy Spirit! This will be said of us when we walk in the Spirit. Jesus was born of the Holy Spirit, free from the dominion of sin. Through simple faith in His sacrifice, we have been born of the same Spirit and made free from...
Then immediately an angel of the Lord struck [Herod], because he did not give glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and died. But the word of God grew and multiplied. Acts 12:23 The reason the Bible tells us to pray that we might live quiet and peaceful lives is...
“And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four. And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the...
As we invest the ability God has given us into the lives of others, we risk rejection, we risk ridicule, and we risk being misunderstood. Our faithful and wise investment will prove to be productive, however, and we will enter into continuous joy. Dare to live the...
Take no part in and have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds and enterprises of darkness, but instead [let your lives be so in contrast as to] expose and reprove and convict them…Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine [make day...
“But whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him.” (1 John 2:5 NASB) How can love be perfected in us? We read that for every one who keeps His Word, the love of God is made perfect or...
First John 4:18 says, “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.” As the pastor of a fast-growing church, I am constantly encountering new ministry and...
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