“The Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” 1 Samuel 17:37   Faith is a spiritual muscle that grows stronger the more we use it. Each difficulty we face in[...]

“David said to Saul, ‘Let no man’s heart fail on account of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.’” 1 Samuel 17:32   Believers often see things within their church or community and think, “Someone should do something about that.” Well, God might want you to be[...]

“For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should taunt the armies of the living God?” 1 Samuel 17:26   People are so easily offended these days. And more times than not, beliefs and opinions that support a biblical world-view are quickly labeled as offensive in our culture. Yet many[...]

No doubt, we’re all tired of the phrase, “in these challenging times.” It’s okay to grow weary of the words, as long as we don’t grow weary in the work. Galatians 6:9 reminds us to, “not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do[...]

“And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about?” Judges 6:13   Do you ever wonder, “Why doesn’t God seem to work as powerfully as He did in the past?” That’s what Gideon wondered as well. Like Gideon, we often long for the good old days but[...]

“…if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us?” Judges 6:13   Many people are currently asking the same question Gideon asked in today’s verse. It’s an important question for our generation. It causes us to examine not only what we expect from God, but what He[...]

“All that generation also were gathered to their fathers; and there arose another generation after them who did not know the Lord, nor yet the work which He had done for Israel.” Judges 2:10   Younger generations often receive the blame for moral and cultural decline. But no one age group is[...]

“The people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who survived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of the Lord which He had done for Israel.” Judges 2:7   There’s never been a more powerful statement about a leader than what’s said of Joshua in today’s[...]

“…to walk in God’s law, which was given through Moses, God’s servant, and to keep and to observe all the commandments of God our Lord, and His ordinances and His statutes.” Nehemiah 10:29   Nehemiah 8-10 describes the kind of spiritual renewal our nation needs today. Like these Jewish exiles,[...]