The Word of God has so much to say about hearing. “Take heed to what ye hear” (Mark 4:24a). “Take heed therefore how you hear” (Luke 8:18). “Be more ready to hear” (Ecclesiastes 5:16). Why does God speak so much on this subject? It is because He has a call...

Proverbs 29:18 says, “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” Vision, here, speaks of a redemptive gaze, focusing our energy toward the purpose of God. Most of us can say that we have trouble getting things done unless we plan to do them. We live in a goal-oriented society....

When you listen to the Word of God, you must listen without any presuppositions. Never allow people, personalities, or circumstances to interfere with hearing. Paul wrote in 1 Thessalonians 2:13, “For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard...

Jude 21a says, “Keep yourselves in the love of God.” The love of God is produced and shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit (Romans 5:5). Still, the Word of God exhorts us to keep ourselves in that love. What does it mean to “keep yourselves”? The word...

God uses the Bible to build up His people. It is the Word of grace, objectively building us up. Having this as our premise, think of your soul as a basic structure and the Word of God as the substance that the Holy Spirit uses to build upon it. The...

God brings in tests. He gives us love. He gives us grace. He gives us mercy. He gives more love, more grace, and more mercy. Then He says, “I’m going to test how you use what I give you.” Because He gives the grace, the love, and the mercy, and...

Picture Jesus Christ the Nazarene as He comes upon the mountain overlooking Jerusalem. Luke 19:41 says, “And when as He approached He saw the city, He wept over it.” What would it be like to hear Jesus Christ, who was God in human form, audibly weep? John 11:35 says, “Jesus...

Some of us find it very difficult to let God love us. Perhaps we feel unworthy or undeserving of such affection. What we need is to recognize that God is the only source of love. It was He who initiated love toward us. 1 John 4:19 explains, “We love him,...

Picture Jesus on the mount of temptation, and Satan is tempting Him. He has been baptized, and the Father has said He is pleased with His Son (Mat thew 3:17), but Satan contests the Father’s declaration. Satan tempted the Lord when He hadn’t had food for forty days and nights....

We are told by God Almighty how to be mentally stable for the unknown of God’s plan. With souls all over the world going to hell, why would anyone want to join the crowd, to participate in just any activity, unless the whole motive was to win the lost, to...