The world tries to imitate God’s peace, and that’s what it gets: imitations. It’s only temporary; for only a moment. Imitations are never the same as the original.
Read MoreOur message is not one of only words. It is a real, living message that begins with each of us. We cannot be negative people giving a positive message. Remember, before it can be good news for others, the message must be good news for you!
Read MoreThose who open their hands receive. But those who open their hands also give. The person God blesses keeps his or her hands open.
Read MoreThe Bible shows a picture of God searching for His lost children, trying to restore His relationship with them. He is sometimes ignored, sometimes forgotten, but that doesn’t stop His love towards us.
Read MoreThink for a moment how God has treated you. He’s patient. He holds no resentment. He gives you another chance. You can say, “That’s God.” But God is in you, through His Holy Spirit, to help you forgive.
Read MoreGod has no interest in anyone being lost. He is not interested in seeing how many people He can keep out of heaven, but rather how many He can have to join Him there.
Read MorePsychologists tell us, “Only you can change and control yourself.” This saying contains some truth, but if we carry it further, we must say, “Only you can permit the Holy Spirit to control and change you.”
Read MoreThe greatest struggle for each of us is to reach the point where we admit that we cannot change, and we allow God to control our life.
Read MoreOne of the ways we show our appreciation for God’s grace is through our faithfulness to Him. Our obedience does not make us worthy of grace, but it does show the value we place on the grace of Jesus.
Read MoreThe Holy Spirit gives us power. We are instructed to ask for it daily. Do we recognize how ready and willing God is to empower us? We must ask to be filled with His power on a daily basis!
Read MoreGod not only teaches us the principles of success and joy; He also generously supplies the miraculous power to live out those principles.
Read MoreGod loves us with a purity that we can hardly fathom because of the enemy’s dark influences upon our minds. Nevertheless, He is perfectly able to pierce through to even the most damaged, sinful minds with His love—a love displayed without a trace of vagueness or ambiguity.
Read MoreThe essential character trait of humility is extended to us by the Holy Spirit—if only we are willing to accept this gift! Acceptance of this priceless gift is the very thing that pushes pride aside, clearing the way for our spiritual growth along with our positive witness to others.
Read MoreIf we wish to truly become like Him, having an eternal impact, we must intercede for others, pleading for victories in the ongoing spiritual battles that comprise the war of the ages, which is soon to come to its prophesied end.
Read MoreIf we are to learn what real victory is, we will learn it through wrestling with God as Jacob did. The new name that God gave him, “Israel,” declared him to be a prevailer with God.
Read MoreWhen we serve, we impact three groups of people in a positive way: the one who serves, the ones you serve, and the ones with whom you serve.
Read MoreJerusalem had a history of being a city that kills the prophets and stones God’s messengers—and that it refused to accept correction. Yet Jesus loved it, ministered to it, preached in it, and sought to transform it anyway.
Read MoreA right vision, shared with the right people, at the right time, for the right reason, will accomplish more, in less time.
Read MoreWhen we claim the promises of Jesus in our lives, we see the same power working in us that we would have if Jesus were physically present.
Read MoreGod will create again. Everything will get a new start. And this is not only a future plan but also a present reality. God continually makes things new. This is the Gospel. This is love. Believe in God as Creator.
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