Devotions
The Greatest Satisfaction
"For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith" (Rom. 1:17). Several years ago I was snow skiing down the back side of a mountain when suddenly, I hit a patch of ice and went down like a...
Practice These Things
"Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble." (2 Peter 1:10 NASB) We have gone through what Peter told us about the divine nature of God that...
The Ability To Believe
Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you. (Matt. 9:29) The daughter continued to share, "The second clinic's results didn't satisfy the husband, either. So he put his wife in an ambulance and took her to another clinic in another...
Helping Others Make Contact With God
"Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much" (James 5:16). Have you ever been in a situation where you knew what the Word said, you knew how to believe God, you...
A New and Perfect Creation
"For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God" (Rom. 8:19 NKJ). John referred to Satan as that old serpent, the devil (Rev. 12:7). Jesus indicates that our enemy has been a liar and a murderer from the beginning...
Joy in His Presence
"Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore" (Ps. 16:11 KJV). Joy comes from fellowship with God. People who don't spend time with God, or don't fellowship with God, or don't have a...
Spiritual Babes
"As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby" (1 Peter 2:2). Under what circumstances can you help others? As long as people are bona fide baby Christians, you can carry them on your faith and get things for them. It's the...
Put Love to Work
"And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity" (1 Cor 13:13). What do you do when you're facing a particularly stubborn problem? A problem that resists your every effort to solve it? Put the power of love to work on it!...
Assignment Driven
In April 2010, Dennis was scheduled to preach in France and Moscow. On the flight to France, the captain announced that they were being diverted around Iceland. Thinking nothing of it until he arrived in France, he soon found out the delay was more than a slight...
Husbandman
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman" (John 15:1). My Heavenly Father is the Caretaker. He is the Protector. He is the Shield. He is the Sustainer. He is the Trainer. He is the Educator. The Greek word translated "husbandman" involves all those...