“Jesus wept,” the Scriptures say. What caused the tears, sighs and groans of Jesus? It was not just physical pain because these tears are mentioned before he suffered at Calvary. It was not frustration, for His was the greatest victory in this area. It was not merely nervous tension, nor guilt-burden, lack of faith, or… Read More ›
A young man arose at the close of a church meeting and said: “I once had a father and mother who cared more for my soul’s salvation than anything else. At last my father died. Then my mother became more anxious than ever for me and sometimes she would put her arms around my neck and plead… Read More ›
Jesus said it was Satan who had bound the woman, mentioned in Luke 13:10-17, for eighteen years. Man has fallen in to the domain and under the power of Satan. Besides that, he is himself sinful and weak in character — too weak to straighten himself out….totally unable to make himself right with God. Imagine for… Read More ›
All useful Christians must be enrolled in the school of prayer. Therefore, looking back over those long, tearing months in the South Pacific during World War II, I see with gratitude that God was bringing me into a new relationship with him through prayer. The ceaseless struggle to witness to all my rowdy friends on… Read More ›
“If you had responded to my rebuke, I would have poured out my heart to you and made my thoughts known to you.” Proverbs 1:23 In this remarkable Scripture verse, Wisdom is a picture of our Lord Jesus Christ. Hear what He is saying: O don’t let your hard times go to waste! Those times… Read More ›
Darkness cannot put out the lamp; it can only make it shine the brighter.
A Christian life doesn’t just happen. There must be diligent effort. A warning often sounded in Scripture is “watch! ” Be on guard. Watch against temptation. Guard the tongue, the thoughts. Take stock. Be diligent. Be strong and alert. Solomon did not stay on guard. His heart-love for God slowly cooled. Tragedy followed. If you… Read More ›
Jesus retreats with His disciples to the city of Caesarea Philippi, located south of great Mt. Hermon, for a season of confidential and important teaching. (Mark 8:27) It is here that Jesus makes His first very plain prediction of His coming humiliation, death and resurrection. (verse 31) Peter shows that he is more in tune… Read More ›
Some complain, I wish God had told us more definite things about heaven. Well, He has told us far more than we search out. Furthermore, as someone has put it, if we knew everything about heaven, we would be so anxious to get there that we would be of no use here. When the Bible speaks… Read More ›
Have you ever felt poor and needy before God? …so much so that you hesitated even to pray? What a distress! The One you need most you feel least like going to. Have you lost confidence that God will hear, forgive and change things? How is your spiritual report card? Do you have a failure… Read More ›