What is the one thing we need in this world more than anything else? Wisdom! Solomon asked God for wisdom, and he got an overload. His problem was that when he was older, his pride took him down and he did not listen to some of the wisdom he had been given (I Kings 4:29-34). In James 1:5-8, we are told to ask for wisdom, but we have to mix it with faith in order for it to work. In…..
Jesus said an amazing thing right before he was crucified. Matthew 26:53 states, “Do you not think that I can pray to My Father? At once He would send Me more than 70,000 angels” (NLV). Just imagine all those angels coming to fight for Jesus, and to rescue Him. Thank God that he didn’t do it, for it was the Father’s will for him to take away our sins. But! Jesus through the cross gave us the right to become…..
Daniel’s nation had been captured because of their sins. Daniel and some other choice young men had been brought to Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon to serve him and be taught the wisdom and culture of the King, so that they could be of use to him. In this captive prisoner state, Daniel decided in his heart to fast from the King’s rich food and drink in order to honor God. This is how Daniel became great, and was given…..
Jesus said in Matthew 5:37, (GWT) “Simply say yes or no. Anything more than that comes from the evil one.” He was trying to keep us out of trouble. You see, our words are powerful containers of good or evil, and we need to use discipline when using them at all. Be simple with your words. Try to use them in exactly the way you intend. My advice: Don’t use your words at all when you are angry, depressed, or…..
When you open your mouth, who is speaking through you? Is it your intellect, or are you yielding yourself, body, soul, and spirit to Christ-inside, the Holy Spirit, to flow up from your belly with His wisdom and power? There is a switch put inside every born-again believer, that turns on the Holy Spirit’s power or turns Him off. Sometimes, you have to meditate, pray, worship, or read the Word in order to “prime the pump.” The old fashioned water…..
You can read in Mark 5 about the woman who had an issue of blood and had gone to all the doctors and spent all her money, but did not receive healing. After all this, she hears about Jesus. She says to herself, “If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole” (Mark 5:28, KJV). She spoke her healing, and then pushed through the crowd to touch Jesus. She SAID it, and DID it. Say it, and Do…..
There is one thing that all human beings have to do sooner or later, and that is DIE. When faced with someone else’s death, or your own imminent demise, what are your thinking about? Funerals help to get things in focus. No matter how much we might hate death, losing someone close to us causes us to realize how fragile life is, and how every second is precious, and should be lived with all our might. For Christians, death is…..
God has a path for you that only you can walk. “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not into thine own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths” (Proverbs 3:5, KJV). Some may join you on this special walkway, but in the end, it is up to you to stay on the path and not wander off. Interesting little rabbit trails may pop up which cause you to want to…..
Please don’t be ‘religious,’ and just take your own thoughts for absolute truth. How could any one human being have the absolute truth floating around in their head? Your reasonings don’t matter to God. He sees all and knows all, and has perfect vision, so why can’t we just trust Him? Why can’t we just take Him at His Word? Trust and Obey, There’s no other way. Good song that is! Yes, He gave us a brain to see and…..
God will sometimes use the strangest weapons to defeat enemies. In 2 Chronicles 20, we find the great king Jehoshaphat is faced with two armies that were greater than his. His people fasted, prayed, and asked God what to do. Then they waited. Suddenly a word came forth from a prophet that they should not be afraid, that God would fight for them on the next day, and that He would be with them. They worshiped. The next day as…..