Devotions
Everyone Has Children
“If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them” (1 John 5:16). Years ago, I was like any parent. I was facing an awesome responsibility with little to no training! So I did what...
Sons, Not Servants
“Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.” (Gal. 4:7 NASB) “You are no longer a slave” refers to a couple of special viewpoints. First, we are no longer a servant of God, but the Father has...
Don’t Dwell on Past Failures!
And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. (James 5:15) The doctors had told this businessman that he could fall dead any minute because of a severe heart condition. He...
Healing—Proof of Jesus’ Power to Forgive
“Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk? But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,) I say unto...
Blessings In Return
“As long as he sought the Lord, God made him prosper” (2 Chronicles 26:5). All the scriptural promises of prosperity are conditional. Our hearts’ response to the Lord and our desire to seek Him and to please Him assure us of His blessings of...
The Wealth of the Sinner – The Harvest of the Just
“Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again” (Luke 6:38 KJV). God never said...
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” (2 Peter 1:4). When you became a child of God, God imparted His...
Cast Your Cares on Him
“Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you” (1 Peter 5:6). When I first learned to cast my cares on the Lord, I was down in South Texas preaching a...
Destructive Habits, Thoughts, And Conversation
God-given dreams are not always given in the night. Many are like pictures of the future which He paints on the canvas of our hearts. God-given dreams will cause us to begin to desire specific things that actually are God-inspired desires. They will continue to...
You Are Able to Walk in Love
“Jesus said, ‘But I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you'” (Matt. 5:44 KJV). Jesus did not command us to love without giving us...