Acts 24:24-25. Felix was a man just like most of us. He heard the Gospel preached by Paul himself. But waited for a better time. He stopped short of receiving Jesus as his Lord and Savior. So many of us today do the same thing. We want to live our...
Genesis 25:29-34. Esau was a hungry man. So hungry, in fact, that his birthright had no value
Numbers 32:5-7, 15-22. Some of the tribes of Israel wanted their inheritance to be on the other side of the Jordan from the rest. They stopped just short of the blessing of God. How often do we stop just short because we want to stay in the place we...
Genesis 11:31, 12:1-4. How many times have we stopped just short of where God wants us to be? How any times do we continue to dwell in the place we stopped at instead of going on to the place where God wants us? Had Abram not followed God’s...
Luke 9:61-62. As much as I don’t want to say this, sometimes our families and friends become a barrier to our faith. They can also be a contributor to helping build a strong faith.
Luke 9:59-60. God has called each of us into a relationship with Him. The question is this, have you answered that call? Are you doing what God has called you to do, or are you telling Him “Tomorrow, Lord.” Whatever God has called you to do, do it...
Luke 9:57-58, 2 Corinthians 8:9-12. If you want to build a rock solid faith in Jesus, then you must understand what you are getting into. Living the Christian life is not for the faint of heart. It’s hard, it is troublesome. But, you always have your...
Psalm 12:8, 1 Kings 19:9, 18. No doubt about it, the wicked are all around us. So much so that, at times, we may feel all alone, isolated from other Christian’s. We may even feel that we are the only ones left. But we are not, God wants us to stand...
Psalm 12:6-7, Psalm 19:14. We see a big contrast between the words of men and the word of God. We need to make sure that our words are pleasing to God and just as pure as His words are. How is your speech today?
Psalm 12:5. Make no mistake about this one thing. God will stand and protect those who need protecting from their oppressors. You may be getting away with sin right now, but God will arise, and will step in. Here is an interesting stat that I shared...
Psalm 12:3-4, John 15:2, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. In these verses, we see the judgement of God on those who have fallen away from Him. The tongue boasts a great many things, none of which is true. Confess your sin and get back to things with God.
Psalm 12:1-2. David says the godly men have ceased and the faithful have failed. It seems that he is painting a picture of our world, our society today. We must commit to being the faithful, godly people we need to be, and we need to commit to praying...
1 Corinthians 16:3. In this verse, Paul is encouraging us to put our faith into practice. There are four things found in this verse that we must do to build a solid faith in Jesus. What are they?
Psalm 39:1, James 3:5-12. Our speech can either build people up, or tear them down. We should use our speech to glorify God, while telling others about all the things God has done for you. What do you use your speech for? To talk about the latest...
1 Timothy 4:16. Paul teaches us to pay special attention to to what we believe, and what we proclaim to others. Each day we need to make sure our beliefs and our speech line up. Guard what you know and what you believe
1 Peter 5:8-9, Job 1-2.
1 John 5:21, 1 Corinthians 10:14, Psalm 135:15-18, 2 Corinthians 6:16-17. Our world today is FULL of idols. You probably don’t need me to tell you that. Some idols are easy to spot, while others will take God to reveal them. As Christians, we need to...
Matthew 22:36-38. This is going to be a tough pill to swallow. Which do you love more: The things of God, or the things of this world? You can’t tiptoe on a tightrope and fool God into thinking that you are right with Him while living with the devil...
Matthew 6:19-21. Where is your treasure today? Jesus said that your heart will be wherever your treasure is. What things do you treasure most? Is it earthly things, or Heavenly things?
Proverbs 4:23, 20-27. If you are going to take what we learned yesterday and put it into practice, we must be ready to replace the evil that is present in our hearts, with the good things of God and His words and sayings. When was the last time you...
Psalm 51:10. If you listened to yesterday’s episode, you know that the heart is deceitful and wicked. You must pray and ask God to reveal things in your heart and in your life that should not be there. Ask God to create a clean heart, one that isn’t...
Jeremiah 17:9-10, 5, 7. Each of us needs some surgery done on our hearts. None of us, I am positive about this, enjoy getting surgery. It’s painful. It’s tiring. It’s expensive. But, sometimes surgery is needed to fix things up and make them better.