Devotions
Don’t Draw Attention to Yourself by What You Wear
I Timothy 2:9 (NLT) And I want women to be modest in their appearance. They should wear decent and appropriate clothing and not draw attention to themselves by the way they fix their hair or by wearing gold or pearls or expensive clothes. This verse may seem a...
Serious Business
“So watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, ‘I repent,’ forgive him” (Luke 17:3-4 NIV). My forgiving someone...
Prayer Armor
“With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints.” (Eph 6:18) Following the description of our armor, Paul tells us to pray. The real reason God...
We Will Either Doubt or Have Faith
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. (James 1:8) We checked up on Margene’s mother and father several years later when her mother was eighty-nine years old. She still did all her housework. She had a better, clearer mind than even her daughters...
The Present Tense of Faith
“Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them” (Mark 11:24). Here’s another way to pray and believe that sounds really spiritual but is wrong: “Oh Father, I ask...
Fullness for the Asking – Part II
“I have been anointed with fresh oil” (Ps. 92:10 NKJ). Part Two A key word here is “fresh.” In Hebrew it is ra’anan (rah-an-awn’) which is defined as: “flourishing, green, happy, cheerful, bright, new, luxuriant,...
God’s Suddenly is Greater than Satan’s Suddenly
“And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts” (Mark 4:15). Not only does God move suddenly, so does Satan. At least he tries to...
Born of God
“Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God” (1 John 3:9). People sometimes ask me, “How can I tell whether it is my own spirit or the Holy Spirit telling me to do...
A Supernatural Cycle of Blessing
“Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days” (Eccl. 11:1). One of the most exciting things I ever discovered about God’s law of sowing and reaping was the fact that financial harvests are not seasonal. If you plant year...
Christ Has a Purpose In You
John G. Lake was one of the greatest men of God in his century. In his article, “Christ Liveth in Me,”1 he states: “Christ has a purpose in you. Christ’s purpose in you is to reveal Himself to you, through you and in you.” He goes on to say: “God’s highest is to...