IF A PERSON has accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior, then God has deposited within them a divine nature. Divine nature is the nature of God deposited inside of the believer in seed form. Inside of the seed lies spiritual potential. It’s all in the seed. When a seed of corn is planted, … Continue reading “DIVINE
NATURE”
DISCRIMINATION
I WAS amazed at some of the testimonies I heard as I participated in the funeral of Tom Landry, the former coach of the Dallas Cowboys, especially one testimony by one of the black players. This player said that he would have come even if he had not been asked to speak. He went on … Continue reading “DISCRIMINATION”
DISCIPLINE, LOVE IN
ONCE I got suspended from school in the eighth grade for fighting. Some boy messed with my fried chicken. They served fried chicken for lunch, and this boy took a piece of chicken out of my plate. They had to call my father from his job. Now, my father worked by the hour, which meant … Continue reading “DISCIPLINE,
LOVE IN”
DISCIPLESHIP, IMPACT OF
PERHAPS you don’t know what fifth columnists are. It goes all the way back to when the Spanish army would invade a nation and they would march the soldiers in four columns. The soldiers would march in four columns and do a frontal assault on whatever nation or city they were going to attack. The … Continue reading “DISCIPLESHIP,
IMPACT OF”
DISCIPLESHIP, FREEDOM OF
WHAT IF you were in jail and the bail was twenty-five thousand dollars? What if I came and deposited the bail for you, they did all the paperwork, and documented that you were now free? You would have legally been declared free. The problem is that you would still be in jail. Although the payment … Continue reading “DISCIPLESHIP,
FREEDOM OF”
DEPRESSION, OVERCOMING
PEOPLE have some unique ways of trying to overcome their depression. There was a lady whose husband died. She found herself, of course, extremely lonely. She told herself that she needed to do something to overcome her depression. She took a trip to the pet store to look for something to comfort her in her … Continue reading “DEPRESSION,
OVERCOMING”
DEDICATION, INCOMPLETE
WE HAVE dedications. We dedicate children. We dedicate houses. People ask us to come and dedicate their house. People ask us to come and dedicate their businesses. If you want me or one of the staff to dedicate something of yours, the dedication will be meaningless without an equal commitment to obedience. All you did … Continue reading “DEDICATION,
INCOMPLETE”
DECEPTION, SATAN’S
DECEPTION is like the solicitations that so many of us receive from credit card companies. A person from a bank will call your home and say, “I am happy to let you know that you qualify for our new Visa card. We are privileged to tell you that we have raised your limit to twenty-five … Continue reading “DECEPTION,
SATAN’S”
DECEPTION, COST OF
A GUY went to the doctor one day. He wanted to get a checkup, and the doctor did the traditional things. Then he brought in a little cat. The cat sniffed the guy, rubbed up against the guy, jumped on the guy’s lap, and then the cat left. The man got a bill for two … Continue reading “DECEPTION,
COST OF”
DEBT, BURDEN OF
MOST divorces are related to money. Many of us could be like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: “I owe, I owe, so off to work I go.”193 [Money] Prov. 22:7