True repentance is more than feeling bad because sin brought consequences. It is a Spirit wrought sorrow that sees sin first as an offense against a holy God. David had sinned terribly against Bathsheba and Uriah, yet when brought under conviction he cried, “Against You, You only, I have sinned and done what is…
In our generation, spiritual warfare has become theatre. Loud declarations against the devil, hours spent binding demons over cities, pointing at the air and shouting commands as though the volume of our voice were the weapon. Entire ministries have been built on the idea that the Christian’s main business is a mystical showdown with…
Every idol is shaped by the desires of the worshipper. Man creates a god who will approve his choices, protect his comforts, excuse his sin, and never command him to die to himself. What appears to be devotion to another is often only devotion to self wearing a religious mask. “They exchanged the glory…
The sooner we accept that death will separate us from everything we possess in this life, the sooner we will stop living as though this world were permanent. Our money, home, reputation, achievements, and possessions will all remain behind. Even the spouse we deeply love and the children we have carried in our hearts…
The Holy Spirit is not a higher experience reserved for a spiritual elite. He is God’s gift to every person who truly belongs to Christ. There are no ordinary Christians who possess Christ but remain without the Holy Spirit until they reach a second level of faith. “If anyone does not have the Spirit…
A person’s deepest desires reveal more about him than his public words. We may speak about God, doctrine, ministry, and holiness, but what continually burdens the heart exposes what we truly treasure. “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:21). One man grieves because his reputation has been wounded.…
The moment we begin to believe that God needs us to advance His kingdom, is the moment we will no longer be useful to Him. God does not depend upon our talent, influence, platform, money, intelligence, or strength. He allows us to serve, but He is never sustained by the servants He appoints. “The…
Holy living is not merely avoiding obvious sins or appearing respectable before others. It is the sincere desire to please God in every part of life, including our thoughts, motives, words, relationships, work, and private conduct. “Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him” (2…
Many Christians keep asking God for a private message while neglecting the public Word He has already given. They want a dream, an impression, a sign, or a voice that will tell them what to do. Meanwhile, the Bible remains unopened, its commands ignored, its warnings softened, and its wisdom treated as though it…
The church does not need more Christians who borrow their convictions from the culture, shape their beliefs around popular opinion, and then search for a verse to support what they have already decided. We need believers whose minds, consciences, homes, work, relationships, worship, and public witness are governed by the Word of God. Scripture…