After the Lord gave me the lesson entitled “We Require Intimacy with God,” I was asked “How do you obtain that closeness and intimacy with God?” Christ tells us that: Matthew 10:39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. We have to surrender “self” […]
Perhaps your present spiritual battles are like an extremely painful tooth ache that will not go away. Maybe you’ve even reached a point where you do not want anything to touch the “ache,” much less have someone talk about it, because it is too painful. Keep in mind that God cannot touch that which we […]
God has a “high calling” for each of our lives. It is found in God’s perfect will for each of us. How do we get there? Paul the apostle tells us in easy terms. Philippians 3:12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may […]
Are you running in a frenzy to accomplish your ambitions and dreams? Perhaps you are running with no compass and no directional map. Do you have a goal that you want to reach before you cross the “finish line?” The only goal worth attaining is found in: Philippians 3:12 Not that I have already attained, […]
Where are your heart and feet leading you? If your heart is in love with the seemingly harmless things of the world and enchanted with the programs and ways of the world, your thinking and desires will direct your feet to the “wide gate and the broad way”. God’s word declares that the majority of […]
Philippians 3:12 Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Why did God take hold of each of us? Does He have a plan for us and a mark that we must […]
When we become new-creations in Christ we go through many stages of growth as the likeness and mind of Christ is “formed within us.” The new-birth does not repair the “old man,” but makes everything within us brand-new. 2Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed […]
Recently, the Holy Spirit told me that I must once again enter trials, tests, and tribulations. My heart sank when I heard this news and for the past few weeks, every time I studied I arrived at the scriptures dealing with this subject. As a result of my studying, I see the glory of suffering […]
Many speak with great nobility of purpose that “I” must take care of my problems and make my own decisions. They believe it is “a waste of God’s time and theirs” to bother God. The current thought (from satan) is that “I” can accomplish anything “I will and determine” because the power of “fate and […]
I CANNOT LEGISLATE A LAW OF RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT WILL FREE YOU OF YOUR SINFUL NATURE. Galatians 3:21 Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life, truly righteousness would have been by the law. ALL FLESH IS IN BONDAGE TO […]
PURIFYING OR POLLUTING THE ATMOSPHERE AROUND YOU DEPENDS ON YOUR CHOICES AND BEGINS AND ENDS IN YOUR HEART. Proverbs 23:7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you. YOUR MOUTH CAN SAY “I LOVE YOU, LORD” AND YET YOUR […]
WHEN YOU REFUSE TO RESIST EVIL, YOU WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME CAPTIVE! YOU LOOK AROUND YOU AND ARE ASTOUNDED THAT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IS ONLY A MEMORY AND A FACT OF HISTORY ACCEPTED BY A FEW. IT ONCE WAS ACCEPTED AND TAUGHT AND LIVED BY MANY. I WEEP THAT MY CHILDREN MOURN SO LITTLE FOR […]
