What Can You Say to the Carnal Christian?

Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong. And do everything with love. You know that Stephanas and his household were the first of the harvest of believers in Greece, and they are spending their lives in service to God’s people. I urge…

The Blessing of Surrender

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is in the law of the LORD. (Psalm 1:1–2 NKJV)

Dying to Sin

For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin… (Romans 6:6 NIV)

The hardest thing for any human to give up is his claim to his own life. This is precisely where the inner…

Enlarging Your Steps

Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. (Psalm 18:36 KJV)

Here is a promise for us that was an experience for David. Twice in the Holy Book he described his experience in these terms: God enlarging his steps. In his psalm recorded in 2…

As I was with Moses, so shall I be with you.

As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you. Be strong and of good courage … (Joshua 1:5–6 NKJV)

Here is a simple verse that teaches us a divine principle of our heavenly Father’s workings…

The Comfort of God

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as we share…

Having a Confident Conscience

For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you… Because I was sure of this, I wanted to come to you first, so that you might…

The Uniqueness of Christ

As surely as God is faithful, our word to you has not been Yes and No. For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you, Silvanus and Timothy and I, was not Yes and No, but in him it is always Yes. For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is…

Integrity

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than the one who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. (Proverbs 19:1 NKJV)

And do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them… (Jeremiah 45:5 NKJV)

Constant Dependence on the Lord

For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, regarding the affliction that happened to us in the province of Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of living. Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been…