Get Ready!!

Last summer, a friend persuaded me to join him in praying a dangerous prayer. What exactly is this dangerous prayer? We began asking God each day to prepare us and our families for...

The city wall, a defensive structure, serves to safeguard a city or kingdom from possible attackers. If it is breached, it can threaten the entire geopolitical stability. Similarly, a person without temperance is...

I knew I had to forgive this woman, but how? I’d forgiven people in the past, but this seemed above and beyond my capacity. I am not a naturally forgiving person. I have a tendency to cling to grudges like a vice grip, but I knew this would eat me alive. I pleaded with God to...

We kept praying. We prayed for the people by name. We prayed for those whom God had called. And the Holy Spirit began to do what was impossible with...

Praying with promises opens God’s treasury for us. Our loving heavenly Father opens an inexhaustible account for us. At the same time, it is important to make a careful distinction between the promises in the Bible. “The spiritual promises—for forgiveness of sin, for the Holy Spirit, for power to do His work—are always...

Whether single or married, our comprehension of God’s love and our experience of it are consistently tested in our everyday lives. At the wedding altar, with our dreamy eyes and hearts full of love, we believe we understand what love truly means. However, the reality often confronts us, revealing that our understanding is...

As I contemplated verses organized by specific themes, this practice also transformed into a rich topical study that enhanced my understanding and appreciation of salvation, righteousness, faith, and...

My wife and I prayed about this new opportunity, and we found a few dollars. Then God worked a miracle to provide a flight over to Zambia and back. But what would I do when I got there? I had no idea. As I prayed for direction, God impressed me to...

Just as it is in the natural, so it is in the spiritual. The Bible speaks of a form of strength training. There exists a spiritual circuit of exercises and principles that cultivates spiritual strength in Christians. One thing that stands out is...

Did you know that Peter was the key to the explosion of the early church because he was...

Simon seemed to sense the underlying conflict unfolding in this drama, and Jesus' gentleness inspired gentleness within him. He took up the bloody, spat-upon cross, carrying it the rest of the way to Golgotha without complaint. Indeed, the essence of gentleness lies in...

Two homeless people asked Esdras for some money. They needed a place to sleep and some food to eat. Esdras had no cash, so he took them to a restaurant and bought them food. Then he...