By Neil Anderson February 24 Galatians 5:18 If you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law Paul said that walking according to the Spirit is not license: an excessive or undisciplined freedom constituting an abuse… Read More ›
INSPIRATIONAL DEVOTIONS
RELATIONSHIP, NOT REGIMEN
By Neil Anderson February 23 Romans 8:2 The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death Walking according to the Spirit is more a relationship… Read More ›
Truth Should Always Hold the Hand Of Kindness
“I believe that in the end the truth will conquer.” ~ John Wycliffe http://www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com/bible-verses-about-truth-20-great-scripture-quotes/#ixzz2tkrNszvJ “Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet… Read More ›
BE GOD-CENTERED
By Neil Anderson February 21 Luke 9:1, 2 He [Jesus] called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all the demons, and to heal diseases. And He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God, and… Read More ›
THE LIGHT TO OUR PATH
By Neil Anderson February 22 Psalm 119:105 Thy word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path We live in a world where the flip of a switch instantly lightens or darkens a… Read More ›
HE’S ALWAYS THERE
By Neil Anderson February 20 Matthew 28:20 I am with you always, even to the end of the age In the early 1980s I counseled a Christian young woman who was languishing in deep spiritual, mental and… Read More ›
KEEPING AN HONEST ACCOUNT
By Neil Anderson February 19 1 John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us. We deceive ourselves when we say we have no sin. The… Read More ›
THE BATTLE OF THE MIND
By Neil Anderson February 18 Romans 7:25; 8:1 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! . . . There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus Romans 7:22, 23, pinpoints… Read More ›
A STRUGGLING SAINT
By Neil Anderson February 17 Romans 7:15 I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate Perhaps the most vivid description of the contest with sin which goes… Read More ›
YOUR CONCEPT OF GOD
By Neil Anderson February 16 Matthew 7:11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who… Read More ›
THE ACCUSER OF THE BRETHREN
By Neil Anderson February 15 Revelation 12:10 The accuser of our brethren . . . who accuses them before our God day and night Next to temptation, perhaps the most frequent and insistent attack from Satan to which… Read More ›
AN EVERLASTING LOVE
By Neil Anderson February 14 Jeremiah 31:3 I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness One night I came home from work and my wife Joanne met me at the… Read More ›
YOUR JOURNEY TOWARD CHRIST
By Neil Anderson February 13 John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal, and kill, and destroy How do evil spirits interfere with our lives? Let me answer with a simple illustration. Imagine that you are standing at one end… Read More ›
THE ULTIMATE FAITH-OBJECT
By Neil Anderson February 12 Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, yes and forever. The fact that you claim to believe is not the issue of faith. It’s what you believe or in… Read More ›
OVERPOWERING THE CAPTORS
By Neil Anderson February 11 Matthew 12:29 How can anyone enter the strong man’s house and carry off his property, unless he first binds the strong man? A prime target for our authoritative prayer is the “strong… Read More ›
COMBATING SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS
By Neil Anderson February 10 1 John 5:14, 15 If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests… Read More ›
LIMITING ANXIOUS FEELINGS
By Neil Anderson February 9 1 Peter 5:7 NIV Cast all your anxiety on Him [God] because He cares for you Let’s assume you have sought God’s will for a certain direction, and you believe that He has led… Read More ›
NEW WINE
By Neil Anderson February 8 Luke 5:38 New wine must be put into fresh wineskins Jesus taught that the forms of our Christian practice must change. In His parable of the garment and the wineskin in Luke 5:36-39,… Read More ›
BEYOND THE BOUNDARY
By Neil Anderson February 7 1 Corinthians 6:12 All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything Most of us won’t… Read More ›
HOW WE PERCEIVE OURSELVES
By Neil Anderson February 5 Romans 8:16, 17 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ Lydia is… Read More ›
AN ENTIRELY NEW SELF
By Neil Anderson February 4 Ephesians 5:8 You were formerly darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light Ephesians 5:8 describes the essential change of nature which occurs at salvation. It… Read More ›
SALVATION IS REGENERATION
By Neil Anderson February 3 2 Peter 1:4 He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, in order that by them you might become partakers of the divine nature What does the Bible specifically say… Read More ›
OUR TRANSFER
By Neil Anderson February 1 Colossians 1:13 He delivered us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son Perhaps you have heard the illustration of the two dogs. Some people… Read More ›
MODELING GROWTH
By Neil Anderson January 31 James 1:22 Prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves I am learning about pastors and missionaries across the country who are preaching against the very sins… Read More ›
THE DEFINITION OF DISCIPLESHIP
By Neil Anderson January 30 1 Thessalonians 5:11 Encourage one another, and build up one another, just as you also are doing Jesus’ primary call to His disciples is seen in His words “Come to Me” (Matthew… Read More ›
RECKLESS ABANDON
By Neil Anderson January 29 1 Corinthians 10:20 I do not want you to become sharers in demons While Christians have been questioning the reality of demonic influence in the church, the world has charged into the… Read More ›
THE LAWS OF GOD
By Neil Anderson January 28 Luke 11:39 Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the platter; but inside of you, you are full of robbery and wickedness The Talmud , a collection of… Read More ›
CHANGING DIRECTIONS
By Neil Anderson January 27 Psalm 25:5 NIV Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are God my Savior, and my hope is in You all day long. The next five questions [view the first five from yesterday’s… Read More ›
Depression Isn't A Sign Of Weakness
I suffered from clinical depression for ten years. I know that black pit and I want to lift up any who are suffering from depression right now. You are not alone and God will help you. My brain tumor was… Read More ›
FACING DECISIONS
By Neil Anderson January 26 Psalm 25:4 NIV Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths In today’s and tomorrow’s devotionals, I would like to share with you 10 questions you’ll want to ask yourself and pray about when… Read More ›