“Do ye look on things after the outward appearance…” 2 Corinthians 10:7 “You can’t judge a book by its cover. You can’t judge a man by his clothes. There’s more to a person than what we can see.” The authors of these sayings may have slipped away to anonymity, yet...

“Therefore, do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward.” Hebrews 10:35 The challenges of life come in various forms and seem to intensify as the times and operations of the world change. Nothing takes God by surprise, however, and He sent His Word which...

How many of us have been burned by someone we trusted? It hurts, doesn’t it? The enemy likes to use those situations to lock us up in a long prison sentence of anger, bitterness, mistrust and offense. The betrayal itself was never the end-objective of the enemy. It’s...

“For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone who believes…”  Romans 1:16 It’s important that we understand the POWER of the Gospel. The message of the death, burial and resurrection of Christ is what separates...

"Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou might still the enemy and the avenger.” Psalms 8:2 The Word of God states emphatically that we were created in the image and likeness of God. That theme begins in...

“For every tree is known by it’s own fruit…” Luke 6:44 If you listen to people talk long enough, you’ll notice startling similarities between their words and their life’scircumstances. That’s because words are powerful. In fact, Jesus taught more about words than He...

“But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.” Romans 8:11 This verse tells us many things, but one thing we can see...

“And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.” Acts 7:59-60 Stephen, to me, was a man whose...

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” Matthew 5:8 Have you ever wondered what it is to have a pure heart? To our way of thinking that would be an impossibility, wouldn’t it? I mean, how pure is pure? Doesn’t it say very plainly, in I John 1:8, “If...

“So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.”  Matthew 18:35 Others have hurt us; but no one has ever hurt us as much as we have hurt Jesus. Others my owe us; but none of them owe us...