There is a yoke which all who wish to be known by the Lord as His disciples must bear. It is the yoke of humility that Christ Himself bore. Jesus said, “Verily I say unto you, the Son can do nothing of himself ” ( John 5:19). He laid aside...

Order is the key to the Father’s administration of life. Anything that violates order is not in the Father’s plan. Order is not structure. Structure is a false concept of order which actually violates the basic precepts of order. Order is found not in organization, but in life. That which...

What are you occupied with—God’s plan or His provisions? Not once did God command, require, request, or even suggest that we be concerned with His Plan. Our responsibility as Christians is to be occupied with His Provisions. Whenever a person allows his mind to center on God’s Plan, he enters...

Of the nine fruits of the Spirit presented in Galatians 5:22- 23, love is first, the first cause, and the remaining eight fruits are the effects of Love. God’s essence or substance is love. The quality of that substance is in its effects. Christians try to experience spiritual effects through...

Truth is not in confessing present situational conditions. Truth is set apart from situations. Your confession is what Christ confesses about you in your new nature. Don’t confess the accusations of your Adamic nature. Adam separates us from the life of the new nature. At salvation, we receive the most...

Mercy must be given before the glory of the Lord can be revealed. Righteousness and truth go before us as an offense, while mercy and goodness follow as the defense. The Body of Christ confronts people in the world today with the truth about mercy and its resulting goodness. The...

Our capacity for power is in direct proportion to the faith that the Word of God produces in our lives. We can obey the letter of the Word and yet not live in the Word. We can serve one another and yet not be in submission to God because we...

Our mind may receive truth, the conditions we are in may be relieved by truth, but unless we hear truth mixed with faith it is of no eternal avail. The parable in Luke 8 is about four hearers, all receiving the same opportunity. What three of them heard was not...

Continuing the parable in Luke 8, we come to the third hearer. This one heard the Word and went forth, yet never brought forth fruit. Covering up through natural sincerity, he looked by sight to be dedicated. A first glance at outward appearance never will reveal a deceitful heart. Over...

The fourth hearer became the first because he received the Word as though it were personally addressed to him. He did not agree with the message for others, but lived it for himself. Every new word from God demands an immediate response of faith from man. The fourth man was...