Let me give you the definition of a patient man. A patient man walks and talks the same way all the time. He walks like God and he talks like God. When you are in church and look around the auditorium, depending on the size of your church, you may see 25 or 2,500...

“Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of...

“Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted” (Gal. 6:1). Over the years, I have heard one statement too many times. Just last week I...

Several years ago I was a 50% partner in a Christian bookstore at a local shopping center in my hometown. My partner was a Rhema Bible School graduate who later became the senior pastor of the local Spirit-filled church. Because the bookstore was located in a small...

Daniel was a man of character. He wanted what God wanted. His life was a life of devotion to God. He fasted, he prayed and God heard his words. Daniel was man of character and a mighty man of valor. The Bible talks much about mighty men of valor and men who had...

“For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace” (Rom. 6:14). Sin in the heart hardens the heart and a hardened heart will not receive the Word properly. Without the Word, there is no faith. Without faith, we cannot...

“Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith…” (Rom. 12:6). Some people have difficulty understanding prophecy. Years ago there was a lady who...

“But Peter said, ‘Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself? While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you...

“And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption” (Eph. 4:30). My background is a Baptist background. My daddy was a Baptist deacon and my mother taught a Sunday school class in a Baptist church. When I got...

“What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?” (Rom. 6:1). When we teach, we can teach with an attitude of grace or with an attitude of condemnation. When I was young I was in “old-time revival tent meetings” where...

When you are a minister and you speak publicly several times a week, there are times when you feel you’ve done better in your presentation than at other times. Recently I was at a meeting and Loretta was unable to attend. When I called her to touch base after...

Your dream is not dead. It is only sleeping. Lazarus, a friend of Jesus who lived in Bethany, was sick. When Jesus heard that Lazarus was sick, He said, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God.” Jesus didn’t panic. He didn’t get into fear, and of...