Devotions
Building God’s Dreams
"Blessed shalt thou be when thou comes in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goes out" (Deut. 28:6). People always talk about building their "dream home." But did you know that you can begin to build dreams out of God's Word? A good foundation for them is...
Dead To The Law
Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. (Rom. 7:4 KJV) We should be married to Jesus, who was raised...
Is God Using Sickness To Teach You Something?
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)Some would say, "If Jesus took my infirmities and bore my sicknesses, then why am I still sick?"...
Keep Hearing the Word
"My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him" (Ps. 62:5). Janet and I recently ministered in a Sunday morning church service, where we told the people, "Come back tonight expecting God to do something. Meditate on the Word. If you need...
The Shield of Faith
"Taking the shield of faith...to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one" (Eph. 6:16 NKJ). Crimes of passion take place when the enemy ignites an inflammable area within the human personality. We hear of flaming anger, fiery jealousy, burning passion, of...
The Water and the Blood
"This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth" (1 John 5:6 KJV). What in the world can a person do about sin? Nothing! Jesus was the...
A Second Look
"Love is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it; it pays no attention to a suffered wrong" (1 Cor. 13:5). The subject of walking in the God-kind of love is so important - and so overlooked by Christians - that we're going to...
Joy: A Very Real Force
"The joy of the Lord is your strength" (Neh. 8:10). Joy. It's not a warm, happy feeling you're supposed to have now and then when things are going well. It's much more than that. Joy is one of the most powerful spiritual forces in the world. Look again at Nehemiah...
Have You Been Walked On?
Most Christians have a burning desire to be controlled by the Spirit of God. This burning desire has the same effect on us that fire has on gold: It purifies. When a goldsmith removes impurity from gold, he heats a small amount of the precious metal until it...
Spoiled Principalities
And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. (Col. 2:15 KJV) This verse is talking about the work Jesus did against the evil forces of Satan's troops. By way of the cross, Jesus freed Himself from the...