"The woman saw that the tree was good for food...pleasant to the eyes, and...desirable."Ge 3:6 NKJVLIVE BY OBEDIENCE, NOT EMOTIONEmotions have a tone we call "feeling." And the tone of feeling is very...  Read More

"Let's not get tired of doing what is good."Gal 6:9 NLTKEEP GOING, AND YOU WILL SUCCEEDIn life, you're going to have all kinds of problems. So, what should you do? Persevere! No matter what's going on...  Read More

"Preach the Word...[Whether it is convenient or inconvenient...]."2Ti 4:2 AMPCDO NOT DISTURBIn training Timothy for ministry, Paul says, "Preach the Word!...[Whether it is convenient or inconvenient.....  Read More

"Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end would increase abundantly."Job 8:7 NKJVREACH FOR YOUR POTENTIALYour personal potential is not what you are today--but the person you can become. G...  Read More

"I delight to do thy will, O my God."Ps 40:8DOING GOD'S WILLDoing God's will can be difficult, but it always brings a sense of fulfillment and reward. David experienced resentment from his family, bet...  Read More

"Along unfamiliar paths I will guide them."Isa 42:16 NIVARE YOU CALLED TO GO OR TO STAYSometimes following God involves leaving a secure and lucrative career. Moses left a palace, Elisha left a farm, ...  Read More

"For even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light."2Co 11:14 ESVKNOWING THE COUNTERFEIT FROM THE GENUINEIn 2 Corinthians 11, Paul reveals four ways in which Satan works like a master counterfeite...  Read More

"God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise."1 Co 1:27 NLTBE WILLING TO LOOK FOOLISHA pastor writes: "Poll after poll has found that most people's num...  Read More

"He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap."Ecc 11:4 NKJVTRUST GOD AND TAKE ACTIONThere is a time to be cautious and a time to throw caution to the wind. And i...  Read More

"Always laboring fervently for you in prayers."Col 4:12 NKJVPRAYING PASSIONATELYHere is what Paul said about Epaphras, a disciple so obscure you probably don't recognize his name: "Epaphras...is...alw...  Read More

"I will celebrate before the Lord"2Sa 6:21 NIVWORSHIP GOD WITH ABANDON (2)True worship calls for being less self-conscious and self-absorbed and more God-conscious and God-absorbed. After watching him...  Read More

"David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was wearing a linen ephod."25a 6:14 NKJVWORSHIP GOD WITH ABANDON (1)In Samuel 6, David had just been crowned king of Israel. He had defeated...  Read More