When your child has a “boo-boo” and says, “It hurts when I touch it”, what’s the first thing you say? Don’t touch it. And this is right. If something is upsetting you, the first thing to do is to limit its...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The best way to evangelize at work is by being an excellent worker. The best way to evangelize your family is by serving your family. The best way to evangelize your spouse is by being a good spouse. The best way to evangelize your friends is by...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
In John 14:21, Jesus says – Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him. This makes it clear that love-motivated obedience...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“I’m having a hard time giving up this sin because I enjoy it so much.” Well, of course you are. You are receiving something you like when you commit this sin. And it’s something very powerful in your subconscious hierarchy...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Sometimes we will never be validated, justified, or recognized as being right by anyone but God. The scriptures depict many righteous men and women being falsely accused. Sometimes they are vindicated, and sometimes, from an earthly perspective,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
God is the potter, and Christians are his clay (Jeremiah 18:4 / 2 Corinthians 4:7). And he is shaping you into the likeness of Jesus, using all of life to do it. That’s the idea of Romans 8:28-29. But when you go against his guiding hand,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Romans 3:23 – for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God We have all sinned. We have all done things that displease God. No one is innocent. And because of our sin, we are separated from God. And the penalty for our sin is...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
2 Corinthians 2:10-11 – Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. Indeed, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ, so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
What would you think if I told you that what you need is more fear in your life? What if I said that the more fear you have, the happier you’ll be, and the holier you’ll be? And what if I said that the remedy to anxiousness is...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
If you are a Christian, you are God’s, and so you are winning no matter what. This is what the Bible says. You see this “winning faith” in Romans 5:1-5. In vs.1-2, the Apostle Paul repeats the words “we have” three...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
