Devotions
Don’t Fool Yourself…Do the Word
James 1:22 And remember, it is a message to obey, not just to listen to. If you don’t obey, you are only fooling yourself (NLT). But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves (KJV). God gave us His Word as the foundation on...
Burn, Brother, Burn!
“Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy…. Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright” (Ps. 32:11-33:1). Never underestimate the drawing power of joy. It’s like a blazing fire that...
God’s Word At Home In You
“If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.” (John 15:7) Jesus said that if we abide in Him and His Word abides in us, we can make a request and He will give it to us. Wow, that is some...
Keep the Door Open to God
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. (Heb. 11:6) I’ve had many people say to me over the years, “The doctor told me that I will...
Two Points in Time
“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). We’re still talking about the prayer of faith – the kind of prayer that receives from God what legally...
Universal Joy – Part I
“My elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands” (Isa. 65:22). Part One One sector of the Christian Church has outlawed any kind of enjoyment. Their worship is icily cold. Their lifestyle is somber. Their conversation is solemn. Their daily existence...
When the Wicked Prosper
“A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth…. Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy” (Prov....
Edification, Exhortation, and Comfort
“But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort” (1 Cor. 14:3). The following is a word of prophecy that came during a seminar I taught on being led by the Spirit: Look inside, inside your spirit. For your spirit...
Heart to Heart
“For who has known or understood the mind (the counsels and purposes) of the Lord so as to guide and instruct [Him] and give Him knowledge? But we have the mind of Christ, the Messiah, and do hold the thoughts (feelings and purposes) of His heart” (1...
Effortless Existence
There is a breed of harmless Christians who lack the power of God in their lives and who represent a poor sample of the transforming power of the grace of God. A.W. Tozer makes this observation: “We have today theological saints, who can (and must) be proved to be...