Take Courage

Scripture Therefore, keep up your courage, men, for I believe God that it will turn out exactly as I have been told. ~Acts 27:25, NASB Quote God’s aim is to grow your faith and sometimes, that means removing visible evidence so that you rely upon His word. ~Charles Stanley {Every Day In His Presence, p.120}…

A Mixed-Up World

Scripture Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness. ~Isaiah 5:20, NASB Quote “If God doesn’t judge America, He will have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah.” ~Ruth Bell Graham {1965} I’ve been quoting Mrs. Graham for a number of years. I was a sophomore…

Reasons Tp Praise

Scripture Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God… Suddenly, there was a massive earthquake, and the prison was shaken to its foundations. All the doors immediately flew open, and the chains of every prisoner fell off! ~Acts 16:25-26, NLT Quote Praise is the natural response of a grateful heart.…

HALT!

Scripture Now the snake was more able to fool others than any animal of the field which the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God say that you should not eat from any tree in the garden?” ~Genesis 3:1, NLV Quote The devil always begins with our desires. ~Charles Stanley I…

It Gets Lonely At The Top

    Scripture  They were now on the way up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples were filled with awe, and the people following behind were overwhelmed with fear. ~Mark 10:32, NLT Quote Loneliness is a required course for Leadership. ~Elisebeth Elliot Jesus left Jericho and was making His final…

False Doctrine

Scripture We have been informed that certain persons who have gone out from among us have disturbed you with their teaching and have unsettled your minds, without having received any such instruction from us. ~Acts 15:24, Weymouth Quote The objective of false prophets and teachers of whatever stripe is…the influence and control of the minds…

The Sense Of The Goose

Scripture A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken. ~Ecclesiastes 4:12, NLT Quote Unity is power. ~Arabic Proverb I was preparing a lesson on unity for the D-Now and I remembered something I learned in…

The Jesus The World Hates

Scripture The world can’t hate you, but it does hate Me because I accuse it of doing evil. ~John 7:7, NLT Quote One compromise here and another there, and soon enough the so-called Christian and the man in the world look the same. ~Aiden Wilson Tozer I listen to a lot of YouTube sermons and…

Peace That Prevails

Scripture You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You. ~Isaiah 26:3, NKJV Quote Thoughts that arise due to your doubts will disturb your peace, discourage your heart and eventually wear you down. ~Charles Stanley It bothers me that children suffer and I certainly don’t understand birth defects.…

Struggling Faith

Scripture And those who know your name put their trust in You, for You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You. ~Psalm 9:10, NRSV Quote What the Father is asking of you is not supposed to be easy. If trusting Christ with your life was easy, everyone would do it. ~Charles Stanley In some…