DO I REALLY PRAY? “This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer” (Mark 9:29) “The prayer that the Lord Jesus has in mind is ‘not merely a pious exercise,’ rather it is ‘the sense of complete dependence on God from which sincere prayer springs.’ A life of prayer...
This was the request of the disciples after they had observed the Lord at prayer privately (Luke 11) This must also be our desire, to grow in prayer. Here is a list of ten items that we must pray for specifically. 1. Salvation of the lost (Rom 10:1) 2. Sanctification...
Many Christians are bogged down between Calvary and Pentecost. They have been to Calvary for Pardon, but they have not been to Pentecost for Power. Bethlehem means God with us. Calvary means God for us. But Pentecost means God in us. What can the Holy Spirit do for us today?...
“Then, after doing all those things, I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams, and your young men will see visions. In those days I will pour out my Spirit even on servants—men and women alike. But...
Weep like a bride dressed in black, mourning the death of her husband.9 For there is no grain or wine to offer at the Temple of the LORD. So the priests are in mourning. The ministers of the LORD are weeping.10 The fields are ruined, the land is stripped bare. The grain is destroyed, the grapes have shriveled, and the...
Please read through 1 Samuel 7 1. Recognize your sad, perilous spiritual condition (7:2) Shed tears of deep regret and remorse and Seek God passionately. 2. Return to the Lord sincerely (7:3a) 3. Repent thoroughly of all known sin (7:3b) 4. Reverence Him (“Serve Him only”, 7:3c) 5. Readily obey...
“There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit” (Isaiah 11:1 ESV) Isaiah 10 talks about God’s judgment on Israel where the nation would be reduced to a state of near nothingness. But in chapter 11 we find words of hope....
Every time I read this story I am encouraged as to how God works in the heart of a sinner who is seeking truth. In order for that sinner to come to the Lord Jesus the Gospel MUST be proclaimed to that sinner. This is where you and I come in, as...
WORDS OF WISDOM ‘Never borrow from the future. If you worry about what may happen tomorrow and it doesn’t happen, you have worried in vain. Even if it does happen, you have to worry twice.’ Pray without ceasing Go to bed on time. Get up on time so you can start the...
My Missions trip was to the country of Sri Lanka which is a strongly Buddhist country. Wherever you travel you see statutes of the Buddha, temples and the Bo tree under which the prince supposedly received “enlightenment” I even saw bumper stickers that said “This is a Buddhist country” I...