Who am I? Finding my purpose in Christ Acts 26:16-19. As the popular saying goes “If the purpose of a thing is not known, abuse is inevitable”. This applies to our life of faith in Christ Jesus. After we are saved, we must discover our purpose for existence in Christ, to find out the very…
…baptize you with fire… “He shall baptize you with fire” (Matt. 3 vs 11). Fire is strangely intense and intrinsic. It goes into the very substance of things. It somehow blends with every particle of the thing it touches. There are the severe trials that come to minds more sensitive, to the minds that have…
Surely I am with you always. Matthew 28:20 Never look ahead to the changes and challenges of this life in fear. Instead, as they arise look at them with the full assurance that God, whose you are, will deliver you out of them. Hasn’t He kept you safe up to now? So hold His loving…
The Initiative Against Depression “Arise and eat.” 1 Kings 19:5 The angel did not give Elijah a vision, or explain the Scriptures to him, or do anything remarkable; he told Elijah to do the most ordinary thing, viz., to get up and eat. If we were never depressed we should not be alive; it is…
The Initiative Against Dreaming “Arise, let us go hence.” John 14:31 Dreaming about a thing in order to do it properly is right; but dreaming about it when we should be doing it is wrong. After Our Lord had said those wonderful things to His disciples, we might have expected that He would tell them…
Deliver Us From Evil Part —Part 1 SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: Matthew 6:13– “…deliver us from evil….” This is commonly referred to as the Lord’s Prayer, but really, it is a model prayer for the disciples, guiding them on important points to include in their personal prayers. The High Priestly Prayer of Jesus (the Lord) is found…
Arise and Go. Micah 2 : 10 The hour is approaching when the message will come to us, as it comes to all, “Arise, and leave the home in which you lived, from the city in which you have done your business, from your family, from your friends. Arise, and take your final journey.” And…
Pray for one another. JAMES 5: 16 Be encouraged to cheerfully offer intercessory prayer, by remembering that such prayer is the sweetest God ever hears. The prayer of Christ is of this character. In all the incense that our Great High Priest now puts into the golden censer, there is not a single grain for…
The Inspiration Of Spiritual Initiative “Arise from the dead.” Ephesians 5:14 All initiative is not inspired. A man may say to you – “Buck up, take your disinclination by the throat, throw it overboard, and walk out into the thing!” That is ordinary human initiative. But when the Spirit of God comes in and says,…
