"We have been made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men" (1 Cor. 4:9 NKJ). Paul's use of the word spectacle in this verse has a special message to all of us. In the original Greek text it is theatron (theh'-at-ron) from which we derive our English...
Proverbs 15:31-32 (NLT) If you listen to constructive criticism, you will be at home among the wise. If you reject criticism, you only harm yourself; but if you listen to correction, you grow in understanding. Nobody likes to be criticized. There are two kinds of...
"I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love..." (Eph 4:1-2 KJV). Walking worthy of your calling sometimes means...
"But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared...which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs" (Titus 3:4, 6-7). A covenant of grace. That's what you and I...
In Revelation 3:17, Jesus said to the church of Laodicea: “Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’ — and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked” (NKJV). The local body of believers in Laodicea had...
So shall I have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in Your word. Psalm 119:42 Every time I think about praying on the victory side, I remember a letter that Lillian Yeomans—a minister of the Gospel and a great, praying saint—wrote many years ago to a...
"My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh" (Prov. 4:20-22). God is telling us here how to...
Often, an ounce of judgment is worth a pound of genius. Look back across history at the greatest and best of the world's leaders and you'll notice something. They possessed good judgment—a quality the Bible often calls discernment. In the book of Proverbs, Solomon...
"The backsliding of the simple shall slay them, and the careless ease of [self-confident] fools shall destroy them. But who so hearkens to me [Wisdom], shall dwell securely and in confident trust, and shall be quiet without fear or dread of evil" (Prov. 1:32-33...
"Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us.." (Eph. 3:20 NASB) We all want God to do more for us than we can ask or think. Why do so few of us experience even a smidgen of it? This...
The history of the Glory of God on earth goes all the way back to Adam. When Adam was created, God breathed into him the breath of life. The Scripture says that he was crowned with the Glory of God (Ps. 8:5). We've all seen old paintings with the little moon glow...
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