"The Lord is my shepherd. Nothing shall be lacking to me" (Ps. 23:1; Author's literal translation). This is a security verse. Safe in the shepherd's fold we know no lack, no want, no deficiency, no shortage. Psalm 84:11 assures us: "...No good thing will He...
Isaiah 2:22 (NLT) Stop putting your trust in mere humans. They are as frail as breath. How can they be of help to anyone? It is sad to see how people trust men more than God in many, if not all, areas of their lives. In today’s job market, we cannot trust other...
"But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves" (James 1:22 KJV). People often want me to counsel them. But, I really don't need to counsel, because in very few cases do people actually need counseling. What people need to do is...
"As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations, before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were" (Rom. 4:17). If Abraham believed according to what was spoken, exactly what was...
"Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not" (Jer. 33:3). Who do you turn to when you need help, when you need an important answer to an important question? Do you ask God first? So many believers fail to do...
People who know their God-given purpose are determined to hit the target God has set for them. This point reminds me of a Peanuts cartoon in which Charlie Brown was practicing his archery. In addition to his bow and arrow, Charlie Brown took a paintbrush and a...
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things …. John 14:26 A few years ago, a man in our church who understood the importance of praying through received a prophecy about an amazing blessing that was coming to...
"Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come" (1 Cor. 10:11). The things that happened to Israel happened as examples for us. Many are types and shadows we can learn from...
"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...
"Thy word have I hid in mine heart" (Ps. 119:11). Whatever you do in life, whether you're a surgeon, a garbage collector or a schoolteacher, spending time with God and keeping your heart full of His Word is your number-one priority. That's right. The most important...
"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth." (Acts 1:8 NASB) We will be filled with power and we will be witnesses for...
In 1 John 5:4 the Bible says, "For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world - our faith." Would you like to overcome the world? Would you like to have victory in your daily life? Then it seems to me that what...
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