Somebody once said, “If you have someone who would love you under all circumstances, who would never betray you, who would come to you privately and cover your sins and never repeat them, who would weep because of what you’re going through, that is love.” This love is available to...

God wants us to be whole, free from the dominion of sin and delivered from the power of sin— living in the power of grace, loving in the power of righteousness, following Christ in the power of the Spirit, listening to the Word of God with concentration, and following Jesus...

Joseph de Veuster, a Belgian missionary priest, had a brother who was called to be a missionary in Hawaii. When his brother became ill, Joseph, known in his church as Father Damien, went instead to minister to a colony of lepers. Preaching to them each morning and every afternoon, he...

When a believer is living the flesh, the only things that he will be concerned about are the issues pertaining to the flesh. Matthew 6:21 says, “For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” This is why it is so important to hide the Word of God...

When some people read the Word of God, there is a kind of veil that covers their hearts. This veil represents the flesh. Because they have entered into a system of works, they attempt to perform the requirements of the Law in the energy of human effort. They cannot see...

As a believer begins to grow, God will test his obedience and his insecurities. Abraham left Ur of the Chaldees, and, after some time, he came into a land of famine. He had a family to take care of, so, being reasonable, Abraham went down to Egypt. But God said,...

We love God on two levels: Positionally, “we love him, because he first loved us” (1 John 4:19), and experientially, we love Him by allowing the Word of God to dwell richly in our hearts (Colossians 3:16). Without the Word dwelling richly in my heart, I can never understand the...

Acting in faith should come naturally to every believer. We were made to bring glory to God. As we respond by faith to His love and mercy toward us, God wants the mind to be a center of inspiration. We need to be occupied with Christ in the midst of...

We are weak. Our weakness may be human goodness; it may be self-righteousness; or, it may be personal sins, human evil, or unrighteousness. Whatever it is, weakness breaks us down. As we become weaker and weaker, God will bring in a crisis. And in the crisis we will discover grace....

The key to our relationship with God is to have an intimate, personal communion with Him where He initiates and we respond. In turn, we can initiate to God based upon His initiations to us, and God responds to us. Billions of years ago, He desired our fellowship with Him....