Do not allow the actions of others to determine the course of your own life. Not all people are leaders nor should they be – and yet you were not created by God to blindly follow the majority. Just the… Read More ›
Christianity
The True Way to Happiness
MARCH 3 “Blessed are they that keep His testimonies, and that seek Him with the whole heart.” – Psalm 119:2 Have you ever thought that if you lived according to God’s laws, you were going to miss out? Truth is,… Read More ›
What Cancer Cannot Do
MARCH 2 “For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the… Read More ›
God’s Providence
FEBRUARY 28 “Wait on the Lord, and keep His way, and He shall exalt thee to inherit the land.” – Psalm 37:34 We talk about providence, but what is providence? Providence means to see ahead of time and to make… Read More ›
Longing For His Return
FEBRUARY 27 “…we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air.” – 1 Thessalonians 4:17 Is your heart longing for Jesus to return? Are you looking… Read More ›
Obama, ISIS, And The Western Church: The Capitulation Into Evil
This is a long article, I apologize in advance for that but I hope you will be patient with me and read it all the way through, it is worth your time. I did not want it to be long,… Read More ›
MUSIC AS MEDICINE
Today’s guest post is written by Meadow Barrett. There is a link to her Facebook page as well as a link to iTunes for her music at the end of this post. My parents were both singer/songwriters who met through… Read More ›
Understanding Kingdom Prayer, part I
Pray(er): constant communion with God through Jesus Declare: to make known or state clearly, especially in explicit or formal terms: to declare one’s position in a controversy. to announce officially; proclaim to state emphatically Decree: a formal and authoritative order,… Read More ›
Living by Promises Not Explanations
FEBRUARY 25 “Be not therefore like unto them: for your Father knows what things you have need of, before you ask Him.” – Matthew 6:8 According to an article, Henry Ford asked some engineers to box the transmissions for his… Read More ›
What Is Justification?
FEBRUARY 24 “…and whom He justified, them He also glorified.” – Romans 8:30 What does it mean to be justified? It means to be declared righteous. Justification is not being good, though being good gives God glory. When you put… Read More ›
To Be “in Christ Jesus”
FEBRUARY 23 “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.” – Romans 8:1 What does it mean to be “in Christ Jesus?” First, think about… Read More ›
Why Is There Suffering in the World?
FEBRUARY 21 “If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.” – John 8:36 “If there is a God, and that God is a good God, then why is there suffering?” “What kind of a God… Read More ›
Dead To Sin, Alive To Christ
February 20 “Reckon also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.” – Romans 6:11 A woman woke up one morning and noticed that she felt like she had just gone to… Read More ›
Be Still and Know that He Is God
February 19 “Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.” – Psalm 46:10 I read in the newspaper about a fighter plane that fired off a… Read More ›
The Value of a Soul
February 18 “You were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold…but with the precious blood of Christ.” – 1 Peter 1:18-19 I was talking to a man who sold real estate and asked him, “What determines the worth… Read More ›
When in Doubt, Let Jesus Be Your Peace
February 17 “O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.” – Matthew 14:31-32 A man was in the back bedroom of his home getting dressed while his wife… Read More ›
Saints in God’s Sight through Christ
February 16 “You are no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.” – Galatians 4:7 Are you saved? If you are, then you are a saint. Now you’re probably saying,… 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 whom you… Read More ›
The Trouble with God’s Sacrifice
I have had many conversations with atheists, they of course convey many reasons why God does not exist. To which I of course attempt to convey God’s goodness and willingness to forgive which certainly includes atheists. Now do not get… 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 man” mentioned… 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 ›
Thy Kingdom Come
Kingdom Citizenship, part II: John 3:3-5: Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man… 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, the… 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 often… Read More ›
THE ESSENCE OF TEMPTATION
by Neil Anderson February 6 Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin I have found… 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 a middle-aged… Read More ›
AN ENTIRELY NEW SELF
style=”text-align: center;”>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 doesn’t say… Read More ›
A RADICAL, INNER TRANSFORMATION
by Neil Anderson February 2 1 Corinthians 15:10 By the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain If you believe that you are part light and part darkness, part… Read More ›