1 TIMOTHY 4:16 Contending for the faith today will mean drawing lines. There will surely be times when, if we are to be faithful to the Lord Jesus, we will be forced to defend the truth of God’s word in public. We will need to separate ourselves from false teaching and those who spread it, … [Read more…]
HEBREWS 12:2 Jesus cautioned His disciples that false doctrine and false teachers would arise within the church. He spoke of thieves, robbers, strangers, hired hands, and wolves in John 10, for example. So it ought not to come as a surprise to us when this happens. The Anglican Reformers also warned, citing Jesus’ teaching in Matthew … [Read more…]
JUDE 1:3 Jude was concerned because the Christian message of the gospel was under attack from false teachers who were spreading dangerous heresies. He urged his readers to contend for the faith against those who seek to undermine and destroy it. Like an athlete striving with extreme intensity to win the victory in a competition, … [Read more…]
MATTHEW 6:27 Worry is considered to be one major cause of health problems. It is normal for everyone to feel fear, worry and apprehension from time to time, but when these feelings develop into extreme proportions, they become disability. The more we dwell on worries, the more they seem to become reality. We must learn to … [Read more…]
GENESIS 17:1 God never calls us to walk before Him and then disappears, leaving us to map out the best path to take by ourselves. He provides everything we need to walk the path which He is taking us through. He promises to be sufficient for anything that He allows in our lives. Do we trust … [Read more…]
l MATTHEW 5:8 Just as it seems impossible to keep an entire nation clean, it can seem impossible to keep our hearts pure all the time. Yet Jesus adds it as a condition for happiness and blessing. (Matthew 5:8) He also reminds us that all things are possible with God. (Matthew 19:26) Blessed are those who … [Read more…]
JOSHUA 1:8 Over the years people have read books of motivational authors, listened to tapes, etc. Most of these authors and speakers make success sound so easy. Well, if they have succeeded through that way – good for them. Today, I present the best motivational Author and His classic work. I submit that we should turn … [Read more…]
ISAIAH 43:19 Everybody likes new things, including God. He is the Ancient of Days, but He loves seeing new things spring up. The Bible begins with Him creating a new world; and ends with His plans to make a new heaven and new earth. Our heavenly Father wants to do new things in the lives of … [Read more…]
JAMES 4:13-14 Even though we have plans, no one knows for certain what a new year will bring. We only hope and pray that it will be better than the last one. We say goodbye to regrets, heartaches, missed opportunities, anxieties, illnesses, and face the coming days with great expectations. While we wonder about the future, … [Read more…]
PSALM 119:18; ROMANS 8:28 All the good, the bad, and the ugly – everything that has ever happened in our lives, as long as we faithfully serve God, works for our good. Until we truly believe God really works out everything in conformity with the purpose of His own will and for our good, we will … [Read more…]
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