31 Aug Is That All There Is?
Is a life of faith a hard, troubling walk of sorrows? Are we to just hold on and wait for it to be better on the other side? Is that God’s plan? Is that the life Jesus paid for with His life? Is that the...
Is a life of faith a hard, troubling walk of sorrows? Are we to just hold on and wait for it to be better on the other side? Is that God’s plan? Is that the life Jesus paid for with His life? Is that the...
“By your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned” (Matthew 12:37). Jesus made it clear, our own words will either justify or condemn us—so it really does matter what we say! ...
“Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him” (Mark 11:23 ESV). The fiery darts of...
Every battle you will ever face begins in the same place. They start between your ears. Before the argument escalates, there is a thought. Before the fear takes root, there is a whisper. Before the spiral of anxiety, the paralysis of grief, the slow surrender...
The Apostle Paul gave us some things to think about. He said, “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think...
Satan tempted Eve in the garden, not with an overwhelming frontal assault, but by keeping at her with persistent thoughts and discussion until she embraced what he was suggesting. We must choose to walk above that fray, choosing victory, knowing that God is with us!...
It is important to remember that when Jesus hung on that cross, we hung with Him. Our problem was not just the devil, but also our sin nature. We had to identify with Jesus in His death to identify with Him in His life. Why?...
Our seating together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus is a position of great esteem that we have through no effort of our own. God is inviting us all to sit at the table He has prepared in the presence of our enemies. He is...
The Apostle Paul defined himself as a man who had died and awakened to a second chance at life. He considered himself a dead man, yet still breathing. Dead men do not get offended at other people or scream back when they are screamed at....
The world has forgotten what God looks like. The world’s religions have made Him into images of wood and stone. They hide Him behind walls and ceremonies and shroud His Word in mystery with their dead traditions. By comparison, Jesus came saying, “If you had...