“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...

Would it be possible for someone to starve right in the middle of a supermarket? Certainly it would. It would be absurd and unnecessary, but it could be done. A person could be wasting away of hunger, lying in the middle of the produce section with people offering...

“Stand fast therefore in the liberty where with Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. For I testify again to every man that is...

“Be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you” (Eph. 4:32). Forgiveness. Lots of people talk about it. But many fail to actually do it. Oh, they try…and try and try. But...

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning” (James 1:17). The simple message that God is good often worries traditional, religious people. It...

“If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:31-32). One afternoon, as I was studying that scripture, the Lord spoke something to me that nearly knocked me out of my...

“This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth” (Josh. 1:8). Have you ever been frustrated with yourself because of what you hear coming out of your mouth? Jesus said that out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks (Luke 6:45). If...

“Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation” (1 Peter 2:12). One time when I was shopping in a...