Not Just Turning from Evil
If we’re not careful, we can learn how to live with things that aren’t good for us. Maybe it’s even a pattern of sin that we’ve gone along with for 10 or 15 years. We tell ourselves, “This is just the way it is.” We might be caught in a lack of zealous hunger for…
A Religion of the Face
When we allow Jesus to be Lord of all—when we cast all our cares upon him, fully trusting in his Word and resting in his love—our appearance should undergo a deep change. A quiet calm should begin to radiate from our face. Scripture gives us many examples of this: When Hannah laid down her burden,…
A Holy Ghost Facelift
David boldly declared, “For I shall yet praise him, the help [health] of my countenance” (Psalm 42:11, NKJV). In the original Hebrew, the proper rendering of this verse is “God is the salvation of my face!” I believe David is saying something important here. You see, your face is a billboard that advertises what’s going…
God Is a Jealous Lover
“For the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God” (Exodus 34:14, NKJV). Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? (see 1 Corinthians 10:22). Yes, it is possible. Paul wrote in his letters to the effect of “You have testified that you love him. You’ve even taken his name, yet has someone or something…
Satisfied with Jesus
It is not enough for Jesus to win your heart. He has to be the satisfaction of your heart! There are many believers who have never been satisfied with Jesus. They’re up or down according to their circumstances. That is not a suitable bride for this bridegroom. No, a certain beauty must adorn his bride…
Remembering Our First Love
You may remember Ephesus from the New Testament; it was one of the largest churches during that time. This all started when Apollos was preaching to 12 men, then the Apostle Paul came along. There was a move of the Holy Spirit, then 12 turned into dozens then hundreds then thousands. History tells us that…
Friendship with God
God’s generosity must change our views of friendship, success and eternal life. These three gifts should fill each one of us with not only incredible gratitude but also peace.
Leaving and Forgetting
It’s not the ‘bad’ that is the enemy of the Christian, but the ‘good.’ It’s family, career, job, children. The Lord wants his time alone with us. It is crucial we give him our full attention.
Listen and Consider
If you want to be in the bride of Christ, you must be concerned with more than escaping hell. Rather, you must have a deep desire not to be absent on that great wedding day!
We Yearn for Him
The marriage described in Psalm 45 is a union far grander and more glorious than any earthly one. The bridegroom is our Lord Jesus Christ, and the bride is his church.