The absolute best gift we can give to those around us is undiluted obedience to the Lord. To follow Jesus with an undivided heart will make way for His blessings to spill over into the lives of others.
Read MoreThis prayer to be delivered from evil reveals a great truth: we are in need of rescue from something, or several somethings, that if not dealt with, will block the way of entry into God’s eternal kingdom. His plan is to extricate us from the predicament of bondage to sin and evil.
Read MoreBeloved, we are to trust and obey the Lord in every matter which has been made plain to us. Do not fret if your obedience brings criticism from people. Remember that faith also means faithfulness, without which it is impossible to please God.
Read MoreThank Him right now for His blessings; and be sure to include the difficult circumstances that are in your life. There are certainly occurrences that break our hearts, but why shouldn’t our hearts be broken?
Read MoreScripture is replete with illustrations of the sanctuary as a dwelling place for God—ultimately with His people! The Most Holy Place is the resting place where He is seated, enthroned upon His perfect law.
Read MoreGod allows testing in the essential process of refinement and sanctification. He comes to the aid of every dear soul who is wholeheartedly surrendered to Him. Testing, properly endured, will serve to fully destroy the bonds of the enemy that attempt to hold you captive.
Read MoreIn their zeal to jump-start the Reformation in France and catch up to the wonderful progress that Germany and Switzerland had made, they drew up a placard exposing the unbiblical teachings repeated at every mass.
Read MoreAt the stake, he attempted to speak, but the monks yelled at such a pitch, it was impossible for the dying man’s words to be heard.
Read MoreTo treat all people with kindness and courtesy is impossible without the grace that God imparts. Our good and kind treatment of others—all others—is an extension of God’s invitation directly to the heart of each person.
Read MoreThrough each of us there is the potential for His Word, the Spirit-breathed Word, to go forth with power and to breathe life into a dying soul. Each of us has the choice to speak that Word. How readily He dispenses His grace to those who will ask for and receive it!
Read MoreThus, victories in Christ multiplied freely across France. But, in keeping with the familiar old pattern of history, severe persecution lay in wait for the French disciples of Christ….
Read MoreEven though the majority of the people rejected the gospel message, there were many during these brief years who accepted it wholeheartedly.
Read MoreSatan craftily projects two opposite extremes into the world, one being that obedience is unnecessary, while the other extreme encumbers simple truth with added, unbiblical rules, making obedience appear burdensome and unreasonable.
Read MorePerishing or being saved . . . Beloved, it is for you to choose as to which of these processes you will allow to capture and engage your attention and activities.
Read MoreAcceptance of this proposal would confine limited religious liberty to reformed Saxony, but everywhere else free inquiry and profession of the reformed faith were crimes leading to the dungeon’s torture or death by being burned at the stake.
Read MoreIt is incumbent upon every working human mind to be personally responsible for every belief incorporated into thinking.
Read MoreAmazingly, this persecution was accompanied by explosive growth and spread of the original, pure faith. The very intensity of the persecution of those days kept it free from nominal and lukewarm Christians.
Read MoreWhile it is certainly possible to look back into the lives of those who led the charge in the Reformation and find fault or shortcomings, we cannot charge them with failing to act upon that light which the Spirit of God had made clear to them.
Read More…. he could not help but contrast the faith and courage manifested on the martyr’s face with his own inner despair—and all this while living a life of total obedience to the church, just as he had been taught!
Read MoreThus, the first step of reconciliation is illustrated for us. It is “picture” of owning up to and confessing sin before God, and exercising faith in the substitutionary death of the sinless One.
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