"One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty."    Proverbs 11:24 NIVJesus taught His disciples to be distributors of His blessing and "first responders...  Read More

"God will bless you for doing it."     James 1:25 NLTDr. David Jeremiah tells of a well-known seminary professor who spent a summer studying in Jerusalem. In his apartment building lived an orthodox J...  Read More

"Holiness unto the Lord."     Zechariah 14:21Holiness should always be "unto the Lord." Any time we make it "unto men," it's wrong and misguided because it's just pride and pretense. Jesus condemned t...  Read More

"Against You, You only, have I sinned."     Psalm 51:4 NKJVWe need a new way of looking at sin; a fresh understanding of it. John Ortberg writes: "All sin involves denial. It carries with it a certain...  Read More

"Unless a kernel of wheat is planted... it remains alone."     John 12:24 NLTJesus said, "Unless a kernel of wheat is planted in the soil and dies, it remains alone. But its death will produce a stalk...  Read More

"I gave up all that inferior stuff so I could know Christ personally."    Philippians 3:10 MSGOne pastor tells of a lady who was battling a weight problem. She had tried just about every diet there wa...  Read More

"The Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land."    Jonah 2:10 NKJVSome folks question the story of Jonah being swallowed by a whale and living to tell about it. Here are two reasons ...  Read More

"We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ."    2 Corinthians 5:10Paul writes: "We make it our aim... to be well pleasing to Him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ,...  Read More

"Let you speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt."     Colossians 4:6 NKJVThe Chinese Christian leader Watchman Nee devoted a chapter in his book The Normal Christian Worker to watching what y...  Read More

"All things come from You, and of Your own we have given You."    1 Chronicles 29:14 NKJVGenerous people are always comfortable talking about money, and they are even more comfortable giving it. Self-...  Read More

"Cast your burden on the Lord [releasing the weight of it] and He will sustain you."   Psalm 55:22 AMPCAfter preaching about taking our worries to God in prayer, a lady approached the great preacher G...  Read More

"We are... heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ."     Romans 8:16-17 NKJVWhen our favorite sports team wins, we say, "We won!" What do you mean "we?" You weren't on the field. You didn't get tackl...  Read More