The Reason for Temptation
Temptation is an invitation or an enticement to commit an immoral act. Right now, Satan is raging over the earth as a roaring lion trying to devour Christians through powerful enticements toward immorality. No one is immune. In fact, the closer you get to God, the more Satan will desire to sift you. Sinners cannot…
Recovery of Faith
I have a special word for all who face impossibilities: A recovery of faith depends on a fuller revelation of the love of our heavenly Father toward us. “The Lord your God in your midst, the Mighty One, will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness, he will quiet you with his love, he…
The Trinity Is More than a Shamrock
When I was in Bible school, one of my classes was a survey of the New Testament. It was an elderly British pastor who was trying to teach us the theology of the Trinity. It almost went like “Okay, there’s Father, Son, Holy Spirit. They’re three; they’re one; they’re like a shamrock; they’re like a…
Standing Out in a Pagan Culture
It’s not your job to qualify yourself for heaven. Jesus delivered us from the power of darkness at the cross. He has invited us to an inheritance of the saints and the light. All the same, it can be difficult to walk with God in the culture that surrounds us. Imagine what the world was…
The Danger of Guilt
Guilt is dangerous because it destroys faith. The enemy of our soul is not at all interested in making Christians into adulterers, addicts or prostitutes. He is interested in one thing only: turning Christians into unbelievers. He uses the lusts of the body to bind the mind. Satan wants you to be so crushed with…
Hearing His Voice Today
Millions have been converted because one man waited to hear the voice of God. Peter allowed the Savior’s voice to come to him. “Peter went up upon the housetop to pray…and a voice came to him” (Acts 10:9, 13, NKJV). The entire Gentile race was welcomed into the kingdom, along with the house of Cornelius,…
Better than Pentecost
John the Baptist never made it to Pentecost. He saw none of the cloven tongues of fire, nor did he hear the mighty rushing wind. He did not see Jerusalem shaken and multitudes converted, but John still said his joy was fulfilled! He had heard something better than the rushing wind, better than good reports,…
Allowing God to Speak to Us
Elijah exercised the power of prayer. He stood on Mount Carmel and mocked the prophets of Baal, killing them right under the king’s nose. Elijah had ever right to believe that a great spiritual awakening was about to take place. The fire of God had fallen and miracles had been witnessed by multitudes. It had…
Living with Holy Dissatisfaction
Hopelessness is borne out of an incorrect view of God, and that’s where Satan comes to kill and destroy our view of God being good and for us. God is powerful, available and present to us at all times; he is with us in the storm when the storms don’t cease. As we become a…
Submitting Ourselves to God
In the days of the early church, some of the Greeks started complaining about how the Jewish believers weren’t helping Greek widows the same as their own. The apostles gathered and made arrangements for how the church would care for the widows. They clearly stated, though, “But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to…