The Secret of Contentment I pray that you will begin to understand how incredibly great his power is to help those who believe him. It is that same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead . . . —Ephesians 1:19,20 (TLB) Jesus told His disciples that the world would …

Let Christ Live Through Us Matthew 9:9, ‘And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.’ MATTHEW 9:9-10, MARK 2:14-15, LUKE 5:27-29 To ‘follow’ means to come …

Ready for a Breakthrough . . . may the God of peace . . . produce in you through the power of Christ all that is pleasing to him . . . —Hebrews 13:20,21 (TLB) When I was a boy, radio was just coming of age. We would gather around …

Faith That Is Seen Mark 2:5, ‘When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.’ MATTHEW 9: 1-8, MARK 2: 1-12, LUKE 5: 17-26 Faith can be seen. Just as Jesus explained to Nicodemus in John 3:8, faith is like …

Activate the Power Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us. Ephesians 3:20 As a believer, you have the power of the Holy Spirit inside you. But that power won’t go to work …

Touched By Love Mark 1:41, ‘And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him…. and he was cleansed.’ MATTHEW 8:1-4, MARK 1:40-45, LUKE 5:12-15 Only Mark records this important statement that Jesus was ‘moved with compassion’ in the healing of this leper. There are three other instances …

Happiness So don’t be anxious about tomorrow. God will take care of your tomorrow too. Live one day at a time. —Matthew 6:34 (TLB) King George V wrote on the flyleaf of the Bible of a friend, “The secret of happiness is not to do what you like to do, …

Living by Faith—It’s a Lifestyle   Endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 2 Timothy 2:3 Times of hardness are inevitable. You need to know that. It’s true that we’ve been redeemed from the curse, and there’s nothing Satan can do to reverse that, but he is going …

Healing Is God’s Will Matthew 8:2, ‘And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.’ MATTHEW 8:1-4 Leprosy was a hated disease and its symptoms are described in detail in Leviticus 13:1-46. This leper believed Jesus could heal him, but …

God of Order The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust . . . —Psalm 18:2 The trouble with our modern thinking is that we have a conception that God is a haphazard God with no set rules …