“….. who through faith and patience inherit the promises.” Hebrews 6:12… Faith and patience have been called the power twins for good reason; they need one another. Faith without patience won’t last long, but patience without faith is just putting up with things. Both need to work together if we’re going to see powerful results…
Reaching, Teaching, Refreshing
“At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me. May it not be charged against them.” 2 Timothy 4:16 NKJV……….. The Apostle Paul is talking about the time in his ministry when he was first arrested for preaching the Gospel. This wasn’t the last time, as there were other times to…
“Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!” Philippians 4:4 NKJV……. The book of Philippians is known as Paul’s letter from prison. As he wrote to the Philippians’ from the dire conditions of prison life, (which was especially harsh in those days), he mentions joy or rejoicing 16 times! Obviously, it wasn’t Paul’s…
“And take the helmet of salvation…..” Ephesians 6:17…. Part of the armor of God is the helmet of salvation. A helmet of course covers your head, which spiritually is representative of your mind. So to me, the helmet of salvation is having on the knowledge of your redemption. We need to keep our minds full…
“And Jehovah saith unto me, ‘Thou hast well seen: for I am watching over My Word to do it.’ “ Jeremiah 1:12 YLT…. Did you know that God’s Word is His integrity? God will ALWAYS keep His Word! Integrity is a word that doesn’t mean much in today’s society. It seems that a lot of…
“If any man come to Me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life, he cannot be My disciple.” Luke 14:26…. Wow, that’s a pretty strong word coming from Jesus! We’re supposed to hate our father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, and our…
“For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.” Romans 8:5-6…… So what’s your mind set on during…
“And he said unto me, The Lord, before whom I walk, will send His angel with thee, and prosper thy way.”…. Genesis 24:40….. I think it’s enlightening that Abraham said this about the angel prospering his servant’s way. I tells me he knew something about the ministry of angels. He believed they would get involved…
“But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, Lord, save me.” ~ Matthew 14:30 Have you ever felt like you…
“Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. But everyone…