“Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart. For Thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in Thy truth.” – Psalm 26:2-3 How do automobile manufacturers make sure their vehicles are safe for people to drive? They put their vehicles onto a proving ground. They’re driven hundreds…
I just received the following letter from our missionary to Liberia, Guanue Gbendah Hello Pastor The Ebola virus is fast –spreading with no proper containment control measures being put in place by the relevant authority. Hundred deaths have occurred in our area over the last one week, with seven critically ill and some of the…
Many times the things we think are tragedies and problems are God’s way of drawing us to Himself. God shuts this door; God shuts that door…it seems that there’s no way out. But we must cling to the fact that God makes Himself known to us in the storm and He plants His footsteps in…
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Our freedom in Jesus Christ isn’t the privilege to do what we want. Instead it is the glorious, abundant, supernatural power to do what we ought. It is saving grace that sets us free. It is sustaining grace that keeps us free. – Love Worth Finding
“For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow His steps.” – 1 Peter 2:21 When you submit to Jesus Christ and obey the Word of God, He is going to arch a rainbow of hope over your suffering. He is going to write…
“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.” – Isaiah 40:31 What does it mean to “renew” your strength? It literally means “changed,” as if you changed clothes. You remove…
“Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned.” (1 Timothy 1:5) Much of modern, self-oriented Christian preaching and writing has tended to downgrade biblical “doctrine” in favor of an emphasis on “love” and “fulfillment,” the “pursuit of happiness,” “sharing and caring,”…
Have you been complaining about your poverty? Listen, you may not have much money in the bank, but you are immensely wealthy. You’re in the King’s family! “For the Spirit Himself beareth witness with our spirit that we are the children of God. And if children, then heirs; heirs of God and joint heirs with…
I suppose I have addressed this topic previously, but the more we travel and observe the average Christian family, as well as the average church, the more concerned we become about the lackadaisical attitude of Christians toward worship and broader involvement in the local church. Years ago when I was a pastor. There was the…
“Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us….” – Hebrews 12:1 Good things become bad things when they keep you from the best things.
…The entire physical universe is (literally) “passing away,” heading inexorably downhill toward ultimate death—with one exception! The words of our Bible and its glorious promises are eternal and immutable. ICR