Psalm 78:1-4 says, “Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: Which we have heard and… Read More ›
INSPIRATIONAL DEVOTIONS
New People In A New Life
Jesus had a life that the grave could not keep. While He carried my sins and yours to the grave and left them there, Jesus came out of that grave risen and victorious! When Jesus rose for me and you… Read More ›
No Fear Of False Cults
False cults did not take our Lord by surprise and they ought not to take you by surprise because this world is full of false cults and apostate Christians. There are many who trudge to church Sunday after Sunday whose… Read More ›
Using The Gifts God Gave Us
God is omniscient. He is all knowing, all seeing, and knowledgeable beyond our comprehension. He is the Creator of all things. There is no limit to His creativity. He is the author of music, language, mathematics, the sciences, and art…. Read More ›
The Lure of False Teachers
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you… (2 Peter 2:1) In the early church there was joy and sound doctrine, but false prophets—spiritual con artists—soon arose, like those we… Read More ›
A Built-In Knowledge Of God
Did you know there is a built-in knowledge of God? St. Augustine said, “The soul of man is restless until it rests in God.” God made man to serve Him and to know Him, and until he does, he’s like… Read More ›
Jesus, The Only Way
Here is a question for believers and unbelievers alike: Is God a righteous God? Is He a just God? If we put it in our terminology, Is God fair to let a person die and go to Hell who has… Read More ›
Praying In The Name Of Jesus
Two boys graduated from high school. They had not seen each other for a long time when they unexpectedly met on the street. One of the boys had become a respected, successful lawyer. The other had become a beggar. The… Read More ›
Knowing Truth Or Knowing Jesus
I want you to read a part of an essay written by a 17-year old boy, but I want to tell you ahead of time the young boy was Karl Marx. Listen to it: If we examine the history of… Read More ›
To Direct His Steps
I was reading recently about a young ensign who had made his first trip on a destroyer. He had impeccable training, so the Captain assigned him the duty to maneuver the destroyer out of the harbor. It was his first… Read More ›
Does The Devil Make You Sin?
A little boy called his little sister a bad name. Then he hit her with a broomstick and spit on her. The mother said to the naughty child, “You shouldn’t have done that.” And the little boy said, “The devil… Read More ›
The Virgin Birth
Is the virgin birth incidental or is it mythological? No, it is ultimate and foundational truth. Your eternal destiny rises or falls on the virgin birth. Without the virgin birth you could not be saved. Why? Had Jesus been born… Read More ›
Worshipping In The Spirit
Have you ever been in a worship service where people are trying to worship God in the flesh? It is like a circus. How tedious and tasteless it is. But hopefully you have been in worship services where those who… Read More ›
The Gifts of the Wise Men and Our Gifts to Jesus
It’s that time of year again…time for gift-buying, gift-wrapping, and gift-exchanging. What are the gifts we could bring Jesus this Christmas? One way we can discover that is to look at Matthew 2:1-12, which tells of the gifts the wise… Read More ›
Knowing The Will Of God
The first step in knowing the will of God is the surrender principle. It’s an insult to tell God, “I want to know Your will, but I’m not willing to do Your will.” Couched in a passage about “serving our… Read More ›
God's Kingdom On Earth
When you pray, “Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done,” where are you praying that His will be done? “…on earth as it is in heaven” (italics mine). When you… Read More ›
The Holy Spirit Is A Person
Ephesians 5:18 commands us to “be filled with the Spirit.” The Holy Spirit is not a substance or a thing—the Holy Spirit is a Person. When asked about the Messiah, Jesus said, “I am He” (John 4:26). If you saw… Read More ›
Christmas Tests and Temptations
For many, Christmas is a time of rejoicing with family and loved ones. Holiday traditions, like decorating the family Christmas tree, occur but once a year. There is cookie baking, fudge making, and many other seasonal temptations that make children… Read More ›
Gospel Opportunities In Evil Days
Is there anybody who would deny that these are evil days? We are up against the organized, mobilized, demonized forces of hell, and it comes in every way. Sometimes it is a frontal attack. Sometimes it is very subtle. If… Read More ›
Filled With The Holy Spirit
Ephesians 5:18-21 says, “And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Giving thanks… Read More ›
Monday Morning Religion
Somebody said, “They’re praising God on Sunday, but they’ll be all right on Monday. It’s just a little habit they’ve acquired.” That’s what the world says when they watch us on Monday. Wouldn’t it be great if we could prove… Read More ›
This Amazing Grace
Grace is the most beautiful word in the Bible other than Jesus. Grace is what makes God love us when there is nothing lovely about us. Romans 5:8 says, “But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we… Read More ›
Overcome Worldliness
When we say someone is “wordly,” we are saying this person loves the world and the things in this world more than God. The love of the Father is not in them. Suppose you’re driving and you notice the oil… Read More ›
Complete What He Begins
Have you ever started anything you weren’t able to finish? I have started many things that I haven’t been able to finish, but God has never started anything, He is not able to finish. Philippians 1:6 says, “Being confident of… Read More ›
The Sinister Minister Of Fear
The devil is the sinister minister of fear. Are you afraid of what the devil may do to you if you take a stand for God? Don’t be afraid. God declares 365 times (once for every day of the year),… Read More ›
What Is Bitterness?
Some bitter people are like a porcupine. They may have a lot of good points, but they are hard to be near. They are harsh, critical, judgmental, sarcastic, and filled with anger. Other bitter people are like an iceberg…very cool,… Read More ›
Unwrapping Your Spiritual Gift
An elderly nurse, a member of Charles Spurgeon’s congregation, was living in the poor house, and the great Spurgeon went to visit her. He saw a framed certificate on her wall that she had received when a wealthy man she… Read More ›
Search Me, O God
Most of us think we know our own hearts. But, the truth of the matter is that we don’t know. Jeremiah 17:9 says, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” A deceitful heart… Read More ›
Do You Have A Critical Spirit?
Do you have a tendency to criticize others? Have you ever frowned on a different approach some co-worker selected to meet a challenge, even though they were successful? Or, are you guilty of rolling your eyes at a stranger’s disheveled… Read More ›
God's Word: The Answer To The Sin Problem
Did you know the Bible is the only book in the world that has the answer to the problem of sin? The primary way to deal with sin is to recognize sin for what it is. We have a generation… Read More ›