Standing for Truth and Defending Your Freedom
Standing for Truth and Defending Your Freedom
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February 3 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report… — Philippians 4:8

The Mirror Of The World

Whatever we hide in our hearts reflects in our behavior, and our behavior reflects our hearts to the world. If you could see your heart in a mirror, what characteristics would that mirror reflect? A family decided to move to a town across the river from where they lived. They could only cross the river by sailing on a large raft. The family members asked the man who operated the raft, "What kind of people live in our new town?" He said,... More
February 2 You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. — James 4:3

Transforming Prayers

Unanswered prayers are a stumbling block. Often when people pray but don't hear answers from God, they believe that God doesn't listen, that He doesn't care, or even that He doesn't exist. But God is most definitely there, and He wants to answer our prayers. However, we often get in His way. God doesn't answer some of our prayers because we ask "amiss," as James puts it. In other words, there's something wrong with the sender (us), not the... More
February 1 "You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss…" — James 4:3

Transforming Your Prayer Life

What do the following bestseller titles communicate to you about our society: The Virtue of Selfishness and Looking Out for Number One ? What does it mean to you that we buy books like these in droves? Tragically, selfishness characterizes our age. Our society has hurled God from the throne and crowned self as monarch. Then we've turned around and treated God as the conduit to all our desires. We "conjure up" God as if He were a genie in... More
January 31 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he… — Proverbs 23:7

Your Thought Life

Many people constantly dwell on negative thoughts. They dwell on their fears, hurts, and problems. They focus on the fly in the ointment,never seeing the ointment but only the fly. With their negativity and destructiveness, these people can ruin the lives of those who have the misfortune of living with them and around them. Most of all, these pessimistic people destroy their own bodies and souls with their negativethoughts. And so their lives... More
January 30 I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to wise and to unwise. — Romans 1:14

Debtors

Are you in debt? These days, it seems, who isn’t? But financial obligations are one thing. We also incur spiritual debts. Paul claimed he was a debtor to the Gentiles, the barbarians, the wise, and the unwise. Yet how could this be? What had those people done for him? Nothing at all! At least, nothing good. In fact five times they beat him with forty stripes minus one. Three times they beat him with rods,and once they stoned him and left... More
January 29 ‘…Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice…’ — 1 Samuel 15:22

To Obey Is Better Than Sacrifice

Do you ever dread going to the doctor or dentist, fearing what he or she might find in the exam? Well, every once in a while, we need tohave a spiritual checkup, as painful as it may seem. Let’s search our hearts today.  Have you neglected any duty in your life that God has called you to perform? God wants us to obey Him. To obey (follow Him inwhatever He asks) is better than sacrifice (the confessions we offer to Him). Husbands... More
January 28 ‘Those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever.’ — Daniel 12:3

Our Footprints

When your time comes to leave this earth, what would you like others to remember about you? Have you thought of how you could make a lasting impact on this world? Most of us would like to know that we’ve made some enduring contribution and that people will never forget us. We hope that our lives will not have been just footprints in the sand along the edge of the water, washed away by the next wave to hit the shore.   Ever since... More