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...
Think of how trees seem so barren in the wintertime. Nothing on the outside of the tree indicates life, and yet on the inside the tree is very alive. That is when the sap (much like blood to our bodies) is being produced. This is when it is moving and...
God told me years ago that the more I heard and received the Word of God, the more I would be used. He told me the more I went to church, the more I would be promoted. He told me to put Jesus Christ and His Kingdom first and to...
Look at an electric lamp. If it is on, there is obviously electric power going through the light bulb or it wouldn’t give off light. Because power is going through the lamp, there is illumination. When bulbs are burnt out; they have no light. Those who make provisions for sin...
When I put sugar in my coffee this morning, I noticed that the sugar couldn’t be seen after it dissolved into the coffee. It blended in so completely that it wasn’t visible. The sugar entered into a union with the coffee. They were no longer separate, but one. In the...
Our spirituality is based on the measure of our obedience to God. Our faith is measured by believing His Word. Our ability to think is measured by how much we receive the Word of God. We measure grace by what we freely give to those who do not earn it,...
When God’s power is working for me, I thank Him that I am saved. Even when I’m failing, His power is working toward me when another believer comes and communicates the truth to me in love. When I receive the truth in meekness, the Holy Spirit works in me. But,...
Grace is a reality. I must understand what it is and where it takes me. Romans 1:5 shows me that it is through this beautiful government of grace that I learn obedience. I obey through grace! And as I obey the Word of God and the Holy Spirit through grace,...
Grace is the authority of our victory, the badge of overcoming, and the transforming power to be continually renewed. The old things such as lust, pride, and arrogance pass away, and grace comes inside to stabilize our faculties, making us brand new. We really can be consistently edifying, creative, constructive,...
With everything that is going on in the world, there is something that can make us happy. God reveals it to us in Psalm 1:2, “[The blessed man’s] delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.” One of the meanings...
