I am presently reading a book about dog training. The author says that the way to teach a dog to come every time you call is to attach the dog to a light 10-metre rope and take it to a park. Let out half of the rope then call the dog back. If it does […]
Commenting on prayer, Warren Wiersbe said, “The pages of the Bible and the pages of history are filled with reports of answered prayer. Prayer is not spiritual self-hypnosis. Nor do we pray because it makes us feel better. We pray because God has commanded us to pray and because prayer is the God-appointed means for […]
When a witness is called on to testify in a court of law, he must promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. John has presented Jesus as the Christ, the Son of God, the giver of eternal life. John declared that Jesus came by water and by blood (v.6). […]
We live in a spiritually hostile world. The world includes all that is against God. The world is ungodly people, ungodly activities, ungodly entertainment, ungodly talk and anything else that is ungodly. In 2Co 4:4, Satan is called the god of this world. The cares of this world while we live on earth seek to […]
A young man spent an entire evening telling his sweetheart how much he loved her. He said that he could not live without her; that he would go to the ends of the earth for her; yes, he said he would even die for her. However, on leaving, he said, “I’ll see you tomorrow night […]
The Love of God “Could we with ink the ocean fill, And were the skies of parchment made, Were every stalk on earth a quill, And every man a scribe by trade, To write the love of God above, Would drain the ocean dry. Nor could the scroll contain the whole, Though stretched from sky […]
The word try in our text means to test, examine, prove, or approve. God tells us to test spirits and only accept what passes God’s test. When I am pickling olives, I first approve them. I look at each one and those with bad spots I discard and the good ones I keep. God wants […]
Reflections are amazing. Reflections on a lake can be almost as clear as the landscape behind it if the water is totally calm. Spiritually, God wants us to be a clear reflection of His love. The greatest evidence that God loves us is the fact that He laid down His life for us. God’s love […]
A teacher asked her student if he had done his homework. He said, “Yes”. Looking for evidence, she asked why his homework paper was still blank. He said he that when he did his homework his pencil just never touched the paper. He lacked evidence! Transition An evidence of abiding in Christ is doing right […]
Can a Christian live without ever sinning? Some seem to think so. However, the Apostle Paul did not believe that. He said in Romans 7:19, “For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.” Others say that a true Christian will not live in habitual […]