The Apostle Paul knew he was nothing in himself, but by the grace of God he knew he had something great to offer people. “Although I am less than the least of all of God’s people, this grace was given me; to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of...

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord” (Isaiah 55:8). How can we have God’s mind in each decision that we make during the day? It is so important that the foundation or motivation for our decisions is pure. “A good tree...

Paul writes in Romans 8:24a, “For we are saved by hope,” meaning we have been saved into a realm of absolute confidence of a certain glorious destiny (2). It is this very hope that characterizes the household of God that is made up of all who have trusted Christ as...

The Bible is against criticism whenever it conflicts with eternal viewpoint. You may say, “But it is constructive, and everyone needs to be criticized.” Consider for a moment a better way. This principle involves the application of positive communication, and creative teaching rather than constructive criticism. This method works well...

The person who does not know of God’s hand in his life will worry and strive over life’s situations. He will worry about how situations will work out. Often, he will feel uncared for. We must stop and ponder on the things that God has prepared for us. Psalm 68:19a...

Everyday a battle rages between two forces-the wicked and the righteous: natural viewpoint and God’s viewpoint; works and grace; and light and darkness. They come against each other with amazing force through thoughts, projections, confessions, works and doctrine. Through these battles, God builds in our lives something that will last...

“A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent” (Proverbs 28:20). Many times Christians base decisions on their immediate needs. Rather than go to God to seek out His will, they settle for the easy way out, forfeiting the perfect...

Listen to the Lord’s words in Mark 7 concerning the desperate condition of the human heart. There is nothing in man capable of making a just evaluation of anything on earth. Jeremiah 17:9 is God’s verdict on the human heart; “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked;...

These verses are relevant to each one of our lives. The Lord Jesus Christ is the “Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last” (Revelation 22:13). He is the author and finisher of our faith (2).In Exodus 3:14, God told Moses to say that “I...

The subject of this verse is Jesus Christ, Who would be on the throne as the Son of David. It deals with certain things that speak of the depth of His fullness. “The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him” (verse 2a). This does not mean an occasional rest,...