"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." Mt 5:3 NKJV THE FIRST BEATITUDEWhat does it really mean to be "poor in spirit? This phrase has nothing to do with finances or sta...  Read More

"You will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart." Jer 29:13 NKJVPREVAILING PRAYERIn an old book titled Prevailing Prayer, author Eli Wigle described John Wesley's prayer life...  Read More

"Where sin abounded, grace abounded much more." Ro 5:20 NKJVABOUNDING GRACEThe Scarlet Letter is the story of a woman found in adultery and required to wear ascarlet "A" on her dress as a symbol of sh...  Read More

 "Transformed...from glory to glory...by the Spirit of the Lord." 2Co 3:18 NKJVLIVE FROM "GLORY TO GLORY" Beginning in 2007, the REVEAL research project surveyed the members of more than a thousand ch...  Read More

"I sought the Lord, and He...delivered me from all my fears." Ps 34:4 NIVA PRAYER FOR GOD-CONFIDENCEFather, I come boldly before Your throne of grace to obtain mercy and find grace for deliverance fro...  Read More

"Lord...open his eyes that he may see." 2Ki 6:17 NKJV      BE SENSITIVE TO GOD'S PRESENCE One morning in a city called Dothan, a servant of the prophet Elisha awoke and was terrified because an enemy ...  Read More

The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still' Ex 14:14 NIZ"KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON"During World War II, the British Department of Information designed three "home publicity posters. The first...  Read More

"Bearing with one another, and forgiving one another." Col 3:13 NKJVHAVE YOU BEEN WRONGED? FORGIVE!When you study the lives of those who were greatly used by God in the Bible, yousee that they were no...  Read More

"Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish."Ps 39:8 KJVTHE "DOWNSIDE" OF IMMORALITYAfter his violation of Bathsheba, King David finally got honest and confessed hi...  Read More

"All these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you."Dt 28:2 NKJVCOUNT YOUR BLESSINGSAn observant Jew says a minimum of one hundred blessing prayers each day, beginning with the Hebrew formula: ...  Read More

"I thank my God every time I remember you."Php 1:3 NIVSHOW YOUR APPRECIATIONPaul takes one entire chapter in the book of Romans to name the people who helped him and to express his appreciation for th...  Read More

"We count as blessed those who have persevered."Jas 5:11 NIVKEEP PERSEVERING AND REFUSE TO QUITWe often think of great arts and musicians as having "bursts" of genius. But more often, they're models o...  Read More