Devotions
Repent—And Receive the Glory!
"Moses said to the Lord, 'Show me thy glory.' And God answered him saying, 'I will make all my goodness pass before thee'" (Ex. 33:18-19). Good overwhelms evil—and God's goodness and Glory are one and the same. That's why God made all His goodness pass in front of...
From Childhood
And that from childhood you have known the sacred writings, which are able to give you the wisdom, that leads to salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus. (2 Tim. 3:15 NASB) Not all of us have had the privilege of knowing the Word of God from our...
Healed by the Power of God
...And the power of the Lord was present to heal them. (Luke 5:17)Back in the early 1950s, the Salk vaccine had just been discovered, and polio was still an epidemic. I was preaching in Hugo, Oklahoma, at a sectional camp meeting for the Assemblies of God...
Head Faith vs. Heart Faith
"Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me" (Acts 27:25). How can we know if we're really in heart faith and not just head faith, or mental assent? That's an important question. We have to learn how to locate...
The Ultimate Quest
"He who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him" (John 14:21 NKJ). This is a very intimate promise. It speaks to those who want more than a shallow, superficial relationship with the Lord. As I travel, I meet precious...
You Received Jesus, Then Receive Your Brother
"Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs" (Rom. 14:1-2). Anytime someone has made the decision to receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, we...
The Agent: God
"And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power. Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. And you, being dead in your sins and the...
Take Some New Ground
"Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven" (Matt. 18:19). As believers, you and I are part of a conquering army, constantly claiming new ground...
Strength That Sustains
When God has gives us His vision, He supplies us with the grace to fully accomplish His plan and then sustain it. James 4:6 says, “…God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble” (NKJV). When we humbly receive God’s desire and pursue His plan with all our...
Awake, O Sleeper!
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 dawn]...