YOU WALK around using your cell phone all day. All day talking to this person, talking to that person, and getting stuff done. But at the end of the day, if you want to use that cell phone tomorrow, you’ve got to make it lie down. You’ve got to connect it to the charger, so … Continue reading “REST,
IMPORTANCE OF”
RACE RELATIONS
GOD is not asking blacks to be whites or whites to be blacks. He’s asking both to be biblical. If I say I am a black Christian and somebody else says that they’re a white Christian, what they’ve done is made black or white an adjective. The job of an adjective is to modify a … Continue reading “RACE
RELATIONS”
PURPOSE, UNIQUENESS OF
EVERYBODY has in their homes manufactured products. Appliances such as a toaster, refrigerator, stove, microwave, or an electric can opener are commonly found in people’s homes and each of those has a different workmanship. They are designed differently. They have different parts that make them operate. Each one has its own unique reason for being. … Continue reading “PURPOSE,
UNIQUENESS OF”
PURITY
THE IVORY soap commercial says that the product is 99.7 percent pure. It has no additives, impurities, fragrances, or colors. Other soaps may look better or smell better, but Ivory distinguishes itself by its purity. In the same way, God wants His singles to boast about and distinguish themselves by their purity.738 [God’s Standard; Sex] … Continue reading “PURITY”
PROVISION, GOD’S
BRUCE Wilkinson, the author of The Prayer of Jabez, was meeting with a leader of a growing ministry. The ministry leader hoped to talk with Bruce and glean some principles from him that would help grow his own ministry. After answering many of the leader’s questions, Bruce asked if he might ask a question of … Continue reading “PROVISION,
GOD’S”
PROVIDENCE
PROVIDENCE is the hand of God in the glove of history. It is the work of God whereby He integrates and blends events in the universe in order to fulfill His original design for which it was created. It is God sitting behind the steering wheel of time. Providence refers to God’s governance of all … Continue reading “PROVIDENCE”
PRODIGAL SON
A YOUNG man, a successful wrestler, challenged his father once. He was the all-state wrestling champ, in the unlimited weight category in fact. He weighed 260 pounds as a senior in high school—really big and strong. He had a period of rebellion where his father wanted him to do something and he told his father … Continue reading “PRODIGAL
SON”
PROBLEMS, SOLUTIONS TO
SOMETIMES the solutions we seek from God are quite unexpected. He may tell us to do something that doesn’t make sense or that contradicts our natural reactions or responses. We’ve all seen movies where people get stuck in quicksand. Quicksand is, very simply, sand and water. The problem is that the water loosens up the … Continue reading “PROBLEMS,
SOLUTIONS TO”
PRIDE, PROBLEM OF
PRIDE is the only disease that makes everyone sick, except the one who has it.729 Prov. 16:18; 29:23 A LADY went to her pastor and said, “Pastor, I am terribly in need of counseling. I’ve got this sin. I can’t seem to shake it. The sin is messing with me, but I can’t seem to … Continue reading “PRIDE,
PROBLEM OF”
PRIDE, NATURE OF
TWO brothers went away to college. One brother became a farmer. The other became a brilliant, wealthy lawyer. The lawyer brother visited the farmer brother on the farm. He said, “I can’t believe you’ve not made anything of your life. You’re out here on a farm. Look at me. Look where I am. I’m on … Continue reading “PRIDE,
NATURE OF”