“But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.” Matthew 6:6 A strong prayer life is crucial for every believer. That’s why volumes have been written on[...]
“Because you say, ‘I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,’ and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked” Revelation 3:17 We tend to confuse having a comfortable life with being blessed by God. But health[...]
“But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who…teaches and leads My bond-servants astray so that they commit acts of immorality.” Revelation 2:20 These days, tolerance is often taught alongside love, mercy, and forgiveness. But when Jesus reprimanded the church at Thyatira, it wasn’t for being intolerant but tolerant. So, should Christians[...]
“’Yet even now,’ declares the Lord, ‘Return to Me with all your heart, and with fasting, weeping and mourning; and rend your heart and not your garments.’ Now return to the Lord your God, for He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness and relenting of evil.”[...]
“For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it.” Hebrews 2:1 There’s no such thing as being at a standstill spiritually. We’re either making progress in our relationship with Jesus or we’re drifting away. As[...]
“I have loved you,” says the Lord. But you say, “How have You loved us?” Malachi 1:2 There’s a common misconception about God’s love. Many people think that if God truly loves them He’ll remove their troubles and say, “Yes” to every prayer. Thinking that way can cause us to doubt[...]
“For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again…” Proverbs 24:16 We all experience failure. The question is whether we'll get up when we fall—and how? Some believers fail spiritually and never recover. They surrender to the sin in their lives as an inevitable fact. But a season of[...]
“For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace.” Romans 6:14 In the early 1970s, renowned psychiatrist Karl Menninger wrote a book entitled, Whatever Became of Sin? He warned that moral society would inevitably vanish if open discourse about sin was[...]
“And do not get drunk with wine…but be filled with the Spirit.” Ephesians 5:18 The Holy Spirit is the most misunderstood person of the trinity. That’s because He is often trivialized, symbolized, or emotionalized in modern teaching. Consequently, even many church-goers misunderstand who He is and how He works.[...]