Author Archives
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Our Approachable Heavenly Father
By Greg Laurie “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.” —Philippians 4:6 The devil doesn’t want you to know this, but the truth is that you… Read More ›
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Collaboration with God
By Adrian Rogers “We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain.” 2 Corinthians 6:1 The effectual prayer is rooted in the purpose of God. The prayer that gets… Read More ›
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No Draftees in the Lord’s Army
By Adrian Rogers “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.” Romans 12:1 Consecration does not mean giving God anything; it… Read More ›
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What is this World Coming To?
By Adrian Rogers “For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.” Romans 11:36 When we read that all creation was made for God in Romans 11:36, the word “for” is… Read More ›
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The Glue of the Galaxies
By Adrian Rogers “For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.” Colossians… Read More ›
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A Pipeline of Blessings
By Adrian Rogers “I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But through their fall, to provoke them to jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles. Now if their fall is riches for the world, and… Read More ›
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Wild Olive Trees
By Adrian Rogers “For if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches. And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree,… Read More ›
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A Time to Clean
By Greg Laurie “Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.” —2 Corinthians 7:1 I’m a messy person by nature. I… Read More ›
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A Fully Committed Life
By Adrian Rogers “Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.” Colossians 3:2-3 Many of us talk about Jesus being our Savior but we… Read More ›
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Dr. Law and Dr. Grace
By Adrian Rogers “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.” Ezekiel 36:26 A Baptist preacher… Read More ›
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Don’t Put Your Faith in Faith
By Adrian Rogers “For the Scripture says, ‘Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.’ For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him…. Read More ›
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A Nice Car on the Wrong Road
By Adrian Rogers “Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may… Read More ›
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A Gift for the Guilty
By Adrian Rogers “Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant… Read More ›
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The Stubborn Clay
By Adrian Rogers “You will say to me then, ‘Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will?’ But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who… Read More ›
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Turning Worry into Worship
By Greg Laurie “You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.” —Isaiah 26:3 Overcome Worry with Prayer: Turning Worry into Worship Remember what it was like when you first… Read More ›
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More than a Pardon
By Adrian Rogers “But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.” Romans 4:5 What is justification? Justification is an act of God through which He declares those… Read More ›
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Who is Salvation For
By Adrian Rogers “For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these… Read More ›
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What Cancer Cannot Do
By Adrian Rogers “Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,… Read More ›
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You Can Bank on It
By Adrian Rogers “In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, that we who first trusted in Christ should be to… Read More ›
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Predestined to What?
By Adrian Rogers “For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these… Read More ›
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Looking at Life Through a Knothole
By Adrian Rogers “. . . just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus… Read More ›
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Your First Resort
By Greg Laurie “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard… Read More ›
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When You Can’t Even Pray
By Adrian Rogers “Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Now He… Read More ›
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Why Must We Endure Suffering?
By Adrian Rogers “For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting… Read More ›
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We Are Not Weak Enough
By Adrian Rogers “And He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon… Read More ›
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Which Law is Greater?
By Adrian Rogers “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.” Romans 8:1 Because we’re in Christ, there’s no more condemnation for… Read More ›
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Why Doesn’t God Just Destroy Evil Now?
By Adrian Rogers “But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.” … Read More ›
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God’s Special Agent
By Adrian Rogers “But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.” Romans 8:9 What… Read More ›
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All That Really Matters
By Greg Laurie “It’s true that some are preaching out of jealousy and rivalry. But others preach about Christ with pure motives. They preach because they love me, for they know I have been appointed to defend the Good News…. Read More ›
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The Best Part of Waking Up
By Adrian Rogers “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.” Romans 12:1 How do you start your day? Try lifting… Read More ›