By Neil Anderson March 27 2 Timothy 2:4 No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier Once your consideration of… Read More ›
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AT THE THRESHOLD OF TEMPTATION
By Neil Anderson March 26 Titus 2:11, 12 The grace of God has appeared . . . instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age Yielding to temptation… Read More ›
HOW YOU ARE PROGRAMMED
by Neil Anderson March 25 Colossians 2:8 See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men . . . rather than according to Christ The first… Read More ›
STRONGHOLDS OF THE MIND
By Neil Anderson March 24 2 Corinthians 10:5 We are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ The nature of the battle for your mind is clearly presented in 2 Corinthians 10:3-5: “For though we walk in… Read More ›
THE ONLY LIMIT TO FAITH
By Neil Anderson March 22 Romans 10:17 Faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ When people struggle with their faith in God, it’s not because their faith-object is insufficient. It’s because people have unreal expectations of… Read More ›
FALSE SELF-CONCEPTS
By Neil Anderson March 21 Proverbs 12:5 The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful False self-concepts are very common in people under demonic attack. Many will state that they are different, that… Read More ›
ACCUSATION AND CONVICTION
By Neil Anderson March 20 2 Corinthians 7:10 The sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation; but the sorrow of the world produces death A graphic example of the contrast… Read More ›
THE SPIRIT’S CONVICTION
By Neil Anderson March 19 2 Corinthians 7:9 I now rejoice, not that you were made sorrowful, but that you were made sorrowful to the point of repentance; for you were made sorrowful according to the will of God I’m… Read More ›
DEATH of the OLD SELF
By Neil Anderson March 18 Colossians 3:3 For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God A pastor visited me a few years ago, and he was in real turmoil. “I’ve been struggling to live a… Read More ›
NO LONGER UNDER OBLIGATION
By Neil Anderson March 17 Romans 6:6 Our old self was crucified with Him, that our body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin Why did the old self need to… Read More ›
PLACED INTO CHRIST
By Neil Anderson March 16 Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live… Read More ›
EQUIP YOUR CHILDREN
By Neil Anderson March 15 1 Chronicles 29:11 Thine, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty During a conference, I noticed a lady who wouldn’t sing with… Read More ›
GOD WORKS IN THE ORDINARY
By Neil Anderson March 14 Hebrews 13:5 He [God] Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you” A devout Christian heard an urgent news report on his radio that a flash flood… Read More ›
GOD’S FEEDBACK SYSTEM
By Neil Anderson March 13 Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans that I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope” I believe… Read More ›
THE SOURCE OF PLAN B
By Neil Anderson March 12 James 1:7, 8 Let not [the doubting] man expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. When you continue to vacillate between… Read More ›
PUT UP THE SAIL!
By Neil Anderson March 10 John 3:8 The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of… Read More ›
HOW MUCH WE CARE
By Neil Anderson March 9 Romans 15:7 Accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us to the glory of God There are four concepts we deal with as parents in communicating with our children: authority, accountability,… Read More ›
CONFORMING TO THE IMAGE OF GOD
By Neil Anderson March 8 1 Thessalonians 4:3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification. In a personal sense, God’s will for our lives is that we conform to the image of God, something the apostle Paul… Read More ›
A DISTORTED IDENTITY
By Neil Anderson March 6 2 Peter 1:2, 3 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and… Read More ›
YIELDING CONTROL
By Neil Anderson March 5 2 Corinthians 2:11 For we are not ignorant of his [Satan’s] schemes We generally agree that Christians are vulnerable to the enemy’s temptation, accusation and deception. But for some reason, we hesitate to… Read More ›
SPIRITUAL AND UNSPIRITUAL LEADERS
By Neil Anderson March 4 2 Peter 2:9, 10 The Lord knows how . . . to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment, and especially those who indulge the flesh in its corrupt desires and despise… Read More ›
THE TRUE CHAIN OF COMMAND
By Neil Anderson March 3 Luke 10:17 Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name It was an eye-opening experience for the disciples to discover that the demons were subject to them in Jesus’… Read More ›
IN CHRIST
By Neil Anderson March 2 John 3:3 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God Being in Christ, and all that it means to Christian maturity and… Read More ›
THE TWO ADAMS
By Neil Anderson March 1 Romans 5:18 So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men. The reason so many… Read More ›
WALKING BY FAITH
By Neil Anderson February 28 Colossians 2:6, 7 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith … Read More ›
A COMPASSIONATE COUNSELOR
By Neil Anderson February 27 Matthew 9:13 But go and learn what this means, “I desire compassion, and not sacrifice” I used to ask my seminary students two questions: What attributes, strengths and characteristics would you look… Read More ›
FREE TO CHOOSE
By Neil Anderson February 26 2 Corinthians 3:17 The Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty The Spirit-filled walk is neither characterized by license nor legalism, but liberty. Paul… Read More ›
FREE TO LIVE
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›