DO YOU ENJOY SPIRITUAL PROSPERITY? – Part 1

Psalm 143:10 “Teach me to do your will, for you are my God!  Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground!” (ESV) How can I enjoy spiritual prosperity?  The answer to this sincere heart-cry is the direct outcome of doing God’s will – not merely knowing it.  Note the psalmist’s passionate prayer was not

CARNALITY, COURAGE, & CONFIDENCE – Part 3

Confidence Revived I Samuel 17:32-50 “And David said, “The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” For the battle is the LORD’s and he will give you into our hand.” (vs. 37, 47 ESV) David was

CARNALITY, COURAGE, & CONFIDENCE – Part 2

Courage Reviled I Samuel 17:11, 20-31 “And David said, . . . For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?” . . .And David said to Saul, ‘Let no man’s heart fail because of him.  Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.’” (vs. 26, 32)

CARNALITY, COURAGE, & CONFIDENCE – Part 1

Carnality Revealed I Samuel 17:1-10 “And the Philistine said, ‘I defy the ranks of Israel this day.’” (v. 10 ESV) Life was a constant battle for Israel.  The Philistines pestered them all through Saul’s and David’s reigns.  The difference was that David did something about it. Goliath gives us a picture of the carnal mind

DO WE BELIEVE WHAT WE PROFESS?

Hebrews 11:1, 10:23-25,35-39; John 14:1-3; 2 Corinthians 5:1 “Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.” Heb. 10:23 (NIV) In a movie called “Heaven Is for Real”, an eight-year-old boy almost dies during an emergency surgery: he sees himself being operated on from above; then goes to heaven,

THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS

I Chronicles 16:23-24; Colossians 3:12-17 “Oh, worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness! Tremble before Him, all the earth.” Psalm 96:9 (NKJV) There have been times when I wished I could force people to travel the highway of holiness for just a few days even, and surely if they could only taste the “Joy

DEDICATION

Matthew 6:5-15 “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. . . But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret.  And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. . . for your Father knows what you need

SUCCESS

Hebrews 6 “And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:  That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.” (vs. 6:11, 12 KJV)  A young man, just beginning the study of musical composition,

KILLERS INCORPORATED

Colossians 3:1-14 “Put to death therefore what is earthly in you; sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.” (v. 5 ESV) What a title for a devotional thought!  But it is the name of an organization where my son heads a franchise, a good business, by the way.  But before you

THE GOD OF PEACE

I Thess. 5:23-24 “Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.  Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will do it.” (NASB) When Paul prays this what is to many