Topic: Close your physical eyes in times of trouble and open your spiritual eyes. The first thing to do is close your physical eyes because they’re not helping. Stop measuring your problems against your ability to handle them because the enemy will use your senses to magnify what you’re going through. Then you must open your spiritual eyes—the ones fixed on …

Topic:DESPERATELY HUNGRY FOR GOD I can remember when I had not received the baptismof the Holy Spirit. For nineteen years I pastored churches and did my very best. I knew the presence of God in a shallow way, but I did not have any continuing power. I had learned and accepted the fact that this was the way it was. …

Topic: Excellence in Speech The psalmist David says, in Proverbs 8:6, “Hear, for I will speak excellent and princely things; and the opening of my lips shall be for right things.” He was making a decision about how he would talk and we should do the same thing. Just as we can direct our thoughts, we can also direct our …

Topic: God can reveal how He is protecting you if you have spiritual eyes to see. How did David and Elisha know that God was protecting them? They listened to the Spirit of God. You may think it is difficult to pay attention to God when you face overwhelming troubles, especially those that seem impossible. Like Elisha’s servant, your mind …

Topic : CONTINUAL POWER FROM GOD This is an hour when we need to tell people what Jesus has to say. In Acts 1:1, it tells “of all that Jesus began both to do and teach.” I am so glad Jesus did not finish everything in the Gospels. Of course, He finished the work of redemption through the cross and …

Topic: Excellence in Our Thoughts We can never become excellent in our actions if we don’t first make a commitment to become excellent in our thoughts. The Bible teaches us to think on things that are filled with virtue and excellence (Philippians 4:8). Things like believing the best at all times, things that are honorable, just, pure, lovely, and lovable. …

Topic : You build faith in God by reckoning the victory. A final way to develop a faith that sees beyond human perspective is to reckon the victory. As discussed, even before David stepped onto the battlefield He knew it wasn’t his reputation on the line, but God’s. Elisha was also convinced of victory before the battle began, for he …

Topic :WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES God wrote the Bible for every person. Every believer inevery denomination has a right to know what God has given The mas members of His church. None are to be denied thepower of the Living God in this dark generation in which we are living. All God’s children have a right to know and experience …

Topic: The Rewards of Excellence Every good choice brings a reward and, unfortunately, so does every bad choice. The rewards of excellence are wonderful. I recall a woman who told me she had listened to my teaching on excellence and integrity and that it had totally changed her approach to life. She said she’d had no teaching in this area …

Topic: You build faith in God by relying on His power. The two men clearly relied on the power of God, which is the next step in developing a strong faith. David did not need a spear or a javelin to defeat Goliath, but only a homemade slingshot—and, of course, the power of God. Elisha did not need a weapon …