Devotions
You Have the Treasure
“We have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us” (2 Cor. 4:7). There’s an old religious cliche that used to be especially popular among ministers: “We’re just going to burn...
Believers Should Receive The Spirit
“But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.” (John 7:39) Jesus had just told the crowd, “If any man thirst, let him come unto me,...
Honor Your Father and Mother
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. (Eph. 6:2-3) After I was healed as a teenage boy, the thought never entered my mind that I might die prematurely. Now...
Tell Yourself How You Are!
“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....
Seeing Beyond the Veil of Your Eyes
“Thou shalt not see evil any more” (Zeph. 3:15). Here the Lord assures us of total deliverance and complete freedom from whatever it is that is pressuring us. One translation of this verse reads:”…You shall see disaster no more.”...
A Real Test of Obedience
“And Samuel said, Hath the Lord great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams” (1 Sam. 15:22). One time an internationally known...
Head Faith
“The other disciples therefore said unto him (Thomas), We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe....
Get Rid of the Frogs
“When shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses?” (Ex. 8:9) Have you ever wrestled with one of those problems that stubbornly refuses to go away? It seems to be immune to all...
Become Immune to Attacks
Isaiah 53:3 is a prophetic word speaking of the rejections and abuse that Jesus would endure from humanity. It says, “He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we...
Run Him Out of Town
“Stand therefore…having shod your feet in preparation (to face the enemy with the firm-footed stability, the promptness and the readiness produced by the good news) of the Gospel of peace” (Eph. 6:14-15 AMP). Preparation. When it comes to fighting...