"Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples" (John 15:8). There's an old Full Gospel tradition that says God gets glory from the wonderful way His children bear pain and agony and that the world is impressed by that. What a...

"This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness" (Lam. 3:21-23). God is faithful. He's full of compassion. His mercies...

"For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat" (Heb. 5:12). Do you want to know why the Body of Christ has...

"And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight" (Mark 10:51). All of us know what it's like to go round in circles. To pray our way through one financial disaster...

"Therefore be imitators of God - copy Him and follow His example - as well-beloved children (imitate their father)" (Eph 5:1 AMP). Creating new things, changing old things. Because you and I are made in the image of God that's something we're always trying to do....

"But thou, O man of God...fight the good fight of faith" (1 Tim. 6:11-12). When you're up against the wall, don't start begging God to break through it for you. That's not the way He works. He'll give you the plan. He'll give you the power. And He'll guarantee the...

"And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity" (1 Cor 13:13). What do you do when you're facing a particularly stubborn problem? A problem that resists your every effort to solve it? Put the power of love to work on it!...

"Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name" (Mal. 3:16). Have you ever noticed that those who have...

"Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever" (Ps. 112:1,3). I'll never forget the time Gloria discovered that scripture....

"Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of...

"No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord" (Isa. 54:17). No weapon formed...

"The Spirit itself (Himself) beareth witness with our spirit" (Rom 8:16). Do you ever have trouble hearing from God? Do you find yourself caught in confusing circumstances needing guidance, and yet even after praying and reading the Word - you're still not sure...