By Greg Laurie “You have decided the length of our lives. You know how many months we will live, and we are not given a minute longer.” —Job 14:5 There is a lot in life to trouble us these days…. Read More ›
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How Do You Pray to God?
By Adrian Rogers “For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.” Romans 11:36 God is in the business of getting glory for Himself, and the reason many of our prayers… Read More ›
God Wants Me to Pray
By Adrian Rogers “For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s building.” 1 Corinthians 3:9 Why has God allowed us to pray? Have you ever thought about that? Prayer is so mysterious. What is the… Read More ›
Sacrificing to Know God Personally
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 Sacrifice is personal. You present yourself. I can’t… Read More ›
Prayer Bonds Us With God
By Adrian Rogers “For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.” Romans 11:36 What is the origin of effectual prayer? Its roots are in the purpose of God. The prayer… Read More ›
Do You Marvel at God’s Creation?
By Adrian Rogers “Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these things, who brings out their host by number; he calls them all by name, by the greatness of His might and the strength of His… Read More ›
Believing God When We Don’t Understand
By Adrian Rogers “Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out! ‘For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has… Read More ›
Solomon’s First Step Down
By Greg Laurie “They do not compromise with evil, and they walk only in his paths.” —Psalm 119:3 If someone has fallen into gross sin, it began with compromise. In every situation you can think of, that is how it… Read More ›
God’s Plan for Israel
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 ›
How to Accomplish God’s Will
By Adrian Rogers “How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall… Read More ›
God Enables Us to Believe
By Adrian Rogers “For to you it has been granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake.” Philippians 1:29 You can have natural faith in the natural realm; we all… Read More ›
Are You Looking Unto Jesus?
By Adrian Rogers “Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that… Read More ›
Have You Called Upon Jesus?
By Adrian Rogers “For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the Scripture says, ‘Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.’ For there is no distinction between… Read More ›
Leaning Your Whole Weight on Jesus
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 ›
The Wedding Banquet: Invitation, Ingratitude, and Indiscretion, Part I
Have you allowed other people to do your thinking for you when it comes to the state of your soul and where you will spend eternity? By Donald Whitchard Matthew 22:1-14,Isaiah 55:1,John 7:37,Ezekiel 33:11,Isaiah 45:11 Summary: Jesus’ parable… Read More ›
We’re All Vulnerable
By Greg Laurie on May 27, 2023 “You must warn each other every day, while it is still “today,” so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God.” —Hebrews 3:13 In chapter 6 of Matthew’s… Read More ›
God Pours His Love Through Us
By Adrian Rogers “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love… Read More ›
God’s Purpose for Intimacy
By Adrian Rogers “Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well. Should your fountains be dispersed abroad, streams of water in the streets? Let them be only your own, and not for strangers with you…. Read More ›
Do You Honor Your Parents?
By Adrian Rogers “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ‘Honor your father and mother,’ which is the first commandment with promise: ‘that it may be well with you and you may live long on the… Read More ›
Leaving a Legacy for Your Family
By Adrian Rogers “For He established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children; that the generation to come might know them, the children… Read More ›
Do You React in Anger Often?
By Adrian Rogers “‘Be angry, and do not sin’: do not let the sun go down on your wrath.” Ephesians 4:26 James 1:19 says we are to be “slow to wrath.” That means don’t get upset so easily, don’t get… Read More ›
Knowing God Helps Us Trust God
By Adrian Rogers “And He said, ‘My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.’” Exodus 33:14 There’s an often-repeated illustration about the bookmark some of us have in our older Bibles. It’s an embroidered bookmark; on… Read More ›
Our Shield and Defense
By Greg Laurie “For you bless the godly, O LORD; you surround them with your shield of love.” —Psalm 5:12 When the fiery arrows of Hell come flying our way, it’s nice to have a shield. And the Bible promises… Read More ›
Do You Say What You Really Mean?
By Adrian Rogers “And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on… Read More ›
God’s Design for Unity
By Adrian Rogers “And the Lord God said, ‘It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.’ Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and… Read More ›
Unity in Our Differences
By Adrian Rogers “For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one… Read More ›
Do You Love Like Jesus?
By Adrian Rogers “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to… Read More ›
The Most Valuable Family Foundation
By Adrian Rogers “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. And these words which I command… Read More ›
The Humility of Love
By Adrian Rogers “By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need,… Read More ›
For All She Has Done
By Greg Laurie “Her children stand and bless her. Her husband praises her.” —Proverbs 31:28 On Mother’s Day, a gift is fine and a card is good, but it’s important to let mothers know that we appreciate them. Years ago,… Read More ›