By Adrian Rogers “Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things?” Matthew 20:15 In Matthew 20, Jesus told a parable to teach us that it is His prerogative to choose to save people… Read More ›
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Has God Given You Over?
By Adrian Rogers “And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting.” Romans 1:28 Three times in the first chapter… Read More ›
Seek First the Kingdom
By Greg Laurie “These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs.” —Matthew 6:32 If I had the opportunity to speak to my younger self, here’s what I would say: Put God first… Read More ›
How Does God Speak?
By Adrian Rogers “However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you… Read More ›
You are Purposefully Broken
By Adrian Rogers “And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance.” Romans 5:3 For several centuries, a village was known for its exquisite and fragile porcelain. Especially striking were its urns, which were… Read More ›
Are You Putting Off Salvation?
By Adrian Rogers “Seek the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near.” Isaiah 55:6 Somebody told a parable of the devil and his demons in the caverns of darkness, as they were planning how… Read More ›
Have You Grown Too Casual?
By Adrian Rogers “The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways, but a good man will be satisfied from above.” Proverbs 14:14 In the beginning of 2 Samuel 11, David had become casual about the things of… Read More ›
Agree with Your Adversary
By Adrian Rogers “He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.” Proverbs 28:13 David tried to cover up his sin by having Uriah killed. Today’s verse reminds us that those who… Read More ›
Distorting God’s Word
By Greg Laurie “Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, ‘Has God indeed said, “You shall not eat of every tree of… Read More ›
Do Not Put Off Jesus
By Adrian Rogers “Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.” Proverbs 27:1 There is nobody so bad he or she cannot be saved. There is no one so good he or… Read More ›
Have You Heard God?
By Adrian Rogers “He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.” Luke 10:16 No man is prepared to serve the Lord until he’s first heard the… Read More ›
Which Direction Will You Walk In?
By Adrian Rogers “So David sent and inquired about the woman. And someone said, ‘Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?’ Then David sent messengers, and took her; and she came to him,… Read More ›
What Does It Mean to Backslide?
By Adrian Rogers “Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place—unless you repent.” Revelation 2:5 What is a backslider? A… Read More ›
Do You Love Money?
By Adrian Rogers “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.” 1 Timothy 6:10 Money is neither… Read More ›
A False Message Gives False Hope
By Greg Laurie “So stop telling lies. Let us tell our neighbors the truth.” —Ephesians 4:25 I have a friend who is a doctor. Sometimes he has to tell people they have cancer, and it’s very difficult news to deliver…. Read More ›
Are You Listening to God?
By Adrian Rogers “And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.” Ephesians 4:30 Did you know it is possible for God to give up on a person? Did you… Read More ›
God is Not Silent
By Adrian Rogers “He who is often rebuked, and hardens his neck, will suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.” Proverbs 29:1 God gives us all spiritual direction. That is seen in the fact that He says we are, “often… Read More ›
Are You Simple or Prudent?
By Adrian Rogers “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge.” Proverbs 1:22 Who are the simple in this verse? The word simple here comes from a root word… Read More ›
Do You Want to Give Your Faith Away?
by Adrian Rogers “Wisdom calls aloud outside; she raises her voice in the open squares. She cries out in the chief concourses, at the openings of the gates in the city she speaks her words.” Proverbs 1:20-21 The invitation of… Read More ›
Will God’s Prophecies Always Come True?
By Adrian Rogers “Remember the former things of old, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are… Read More ›
God’s Prophecies Are Being Fulfilled
By Adrian Rogers “Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the command to restore and build Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince, there shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; the street shall be built again, and the… Read More ›
Small Things Become Big Things
By Greg Laurie “If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won’t be honest with greater responsibilities.” —Luke 16:10 I read about a study that… Read More ›
What Must Happen Before Jesus Returns?
By Adrian Rogers “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.” Matthew 24:14 What will determine the time Jesus is going to… Read More ›
Who Will You Worship?
By Adrian Rogers “Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above… Read More ›
When We Will Be Reunited…
By Adrian Rogers “And to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels.” 2 Thessalonians 1:7 Eternity is going to be a homecoming. Can you imagine a family… Read More ›
Waiting on the Return
By Adrian Rogers “For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.” 1 Thessalonians 5:2 We don’t know when Jesus is coming again. We may have a feeling that we… Read More ›
Do Not Ignore God
By Adrian Rogers “Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it, saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden… Read More ›
How Was God Pointing to the Messiah?
By Adrian Rogers “Seventy weeks are determined for your people and for your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sins, to make reconciliation for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and… Read More ›
Don’t Underestimate the Enemy
By Greg Laurie “But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, it was all so meaningless—like chasing the wind. There was nothing really worthwhile anywhere.” —Ecclesiastes 2:11 A story is told of a boxer who… Read More ›
Who Have You Impacted?
By Adrian Rogers “And she said, ‘O my lord! As your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here, praying to the Lord.’” 1 Samuel 1:26 Abraham Lincoln said, “All that I am, or ever… Read More ›