Devotions
Partakers Of His Divine Nature
"Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust." (2Peter 1:4) Can you imagine what it means to us to be partakers of God's...
Anointed With Power
And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul. (Acts 19:11)We can learn something from the Lord Jesus Christ's ministry and from the apostle Paul's ministry. Notice the similarity between Acts 19:11 and Acts 10:38. Acts 19:11 and 12 says, "And God wrought...
Redeemed from the ‘Curse Causeless’
"As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come" (Prov. 26:2). Sometimes people get sick and think, There must be some deep, dark, hidden sin in my life I don't even know about that's caused this curse to come on me. But...
‘He Shall Know….’
"Let each be fully convinced in his own mind" (Rom. 14:5 NKJ). Out of the Reformation there emerged a manifesto, a new idea that each believer could read the Bible for himself. He could trust the Holy Spirit to interpret what he read and illuminate it to him...
God’s Plenty: Step by Step
"And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of the body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee" (Deut. 28:11). I first learned about this subject over 20...
What I Say
"For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; HE SHALL HAVE WHATSOEVER HE SAITH"...
An Experienced Champion
"But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint" (Isa. 40:31). Did you know that the force of faith has the power to rejuvenate your...
Difficulty Turned to Opportunity
“Trust in the Lord and do good. Then you will live safely in the land and prosper. Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires. Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and he will help you” (Psalm 37:3-5 NLT). When the pleasures of...
Stick to Your Calling
"Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God...Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began" (2...
The Word of Knowledge
Several years ago, my wife, Loretta, and I were speaking at a series of meetings in Iowa. At the end of one of these meetings in Fairfield, a man and woman came to the front of the congregation and asked Loretta and me to pray for them. I asked them what they would...