“To give them beauty for ashes…” (Is. 61:3). Ashes are the only thing left when dreams go up in smoke. A young woman enters marriage full of high hope and a wonderful dream. The marriage sours, the hope is shattered, the dream is gone; she is left...
Deuteronomy 31:8 (NLT) Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord is the one who goes before you. He will be with you; he will neither fail you nor forsake you. Moses encouraged Joshua as he became the new leader of the Israelites, right before entering the...
“Is any among you afflicted? Let him pray. Is any merry? Let him sing psalms” (James 5:13 KJV). Is anybody being tested? When you are tested, there is something you must do. You must pray. Notice how they prayed in Acts chapter four when they were...
“And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thess. 5:23). It will help your spiritual growth immeasurably to know the difference...
“And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me” (2 Cor. 12:7). The devil has used the traditional teaching of Paul’s thorn in...
A simple but profound key to obtaining and maintaining stability in life is to keep our eyes focused on Jesus, not on others. Hebrews 12 clearly spells it out, Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every...
Do not be afraid; only believe…. Luke 8:50 Some people think that when they pray in faith about something, they just pray one time and then they shouldn’t pray about it anymore. If that’s what you think, you’d better read your Bible again. In Luke 18, Jesus tells...
“And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them” (Luke...
“I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live” (Deut. 30:19). A number of years ago I heard a certain minister say,...
“The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works” (Psalm 145:8-9). If God ever filed suit for defamation of character, almost everyone on the planet...
“Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant, even Jesus our Lord.” (Heb. 13:20 NASB) God desires us to be at peace with Him and also with everyone else. We can do that...
God has placed within parents the natural ability to teach their children. As a Christian parent, we must not only teach our children about the physical necessities of life, but we must also train them up so that they will walk in faith. The Word says in Proverbs...
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