"For the battle is the Lord's" (1 Sam. 17:47). "Don't get into any trouble," my mother called after me as I went to face a family crisis. "So-and-so almost whipped Dub." "I'm not going to have any trouble," I answered. "I'll never have any trouble. I'm going to put...

"Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth" (John 17:17). The crises of life come to all of us. If you do not know how to act on God's Word when a crisis comes, you will be at a disadvantage. No matter what the problem is, God's Word has something to say...

"Thy word is true from the beginning" (Ps. 119:160). People often make a substitution for faith - they substitute mental assent or mental agreement. They mentally agree that God's Word is true, and they call that faith. But mentally agreeing with the Word isn't...

"But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only" (James 1:22). Some people have such a struggle. They say they are trying to get faith, or else they are trying to believe. But all that is necessary is just to act on what God says. I use the phrase "acting on...

"My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God. For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge" (Prov. 2:1,5-6). Real faith accompanies...

"And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any...

"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the...

"And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full" (John 16:23-24). This...

"For all things are yours, and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's" (1 Cor. 3:21,23). Most people wouldn't think the Corinthians could get anything from God; they were so carnal. Paul began this chapter by telling them they were carnal, yet he added, "all things...

And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Far above all...

"Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus...

"Jesus hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. For unto which of the angels said he, at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee" (Heb. 1:4-5 AMP) "God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up...