We realize that all of us have our days of challenges and also of victories. Today, the church in America is under many pressures. Know that regardless of the outlook of the day, God holds the day. He keeps the upper hand no matter what’s happening today or coming tomorrow. If we are a true …

No matter how you want to believe, you’re here by the choice of not just anyone, but God Himself. Not one person was ever an accident to be born into this world. You didn’t arrive on this earth by your choice. You had exactly nothing to do with it. Believe it or not, neither did your parents. You …

What is deception? It is when someone believes something is true or right, but in reality it is not. We now live in a great day of real, serious deception. More and more people are falling into this; good people or not, they are being deceived. Unless you know the real truth, you’ll let the forces …

We all know what it means when someone is being dishonest with money, and the term “cooking the books” lets us know that someone that oversees this area is arranging numbers to make it look like there’s money where there is not. Proverbs 20:10 talks about how God hates dishonest weights. That, too, …

A real life of prayer takes endurance. Don’t give up after a few half-hearted efforts. If we want God to meet our needs, it takes effort on our part. Personal confession of all known sin is vital to effective prayer. We need to identify and confess all grudges, resentment, and bitter thoughts. …

I don’t know that I am in any way an authority on prayer. I do know that because of the many things that have happened in my life since becoming a Christian, I have had to learn how to pray to just keep going. Sometimes, when I am alone, I am easily distracted with the list of what I have to do …

There is an interesting story told in the Bible- three times in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke- where Jesus sent His disciples to go and untie and bring to him a young colt for Jesus to ride into Jerusalem. I find it interesting that this colt is tied up, and Jesus said if anyone asks, “Why …

No matter who we are or what we have done, God still loves us. He will pardon us by forgiving us of any sin we have confessed and have truly repented of having committed it. Get serious with God about sin, confession, forgiveness and change, and He will then get serious with you about living your …

Now I know this sounds different, but read the rest. It all comes from (familiar to some) an account in the Bible in the book of Judges. It is the story of a supernaturally strong man named Samson, who was to deliver God’s people from oppression by their enemies. As a boy, Samson was set aside to …

How you conduct your life is how you will build on future events that will affect your life and even others. Everyone’s life will be tested at times by the trials of life, and how you’ve established the real, deep growth of your past living will show up during these tough places. Nobody can …