Singing praises at midnight
"About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them" (Acts 16:25 ESV). What a time to start singing! And what a time to start singing praises! If it was you [...]
Nothing Quite So Boring
To be entirely honest, I know of nothing quite so boring as Christianity without Christ. Countless people have stopped going to a place of worship simply because they are sick of going through the motions of a dead religion. They [...]
The Positive Power Invested
Jesus expressed His power in many ways -- to forgive, encourage, heal, love, among others. Jesus knew that all believers needed this power, and so He taught His disciples what it was and how they were to receive it. Just [...]
There’s Positive Power to Heal
One way Jesus Christ expressed the positive power of God was in the field of healing. In fact, you cannot consider the subject of healing without recognizing that Jesus is the foremost exponent of spiritual healing. While there is a [...]
How to Survive a Catastrophe
There is no shortage of catastrophes in the world at this time: famine, earthquakes, industrial accidents, air crashes, wars, assassinations -- the list is almost endless. And on a personal level there are sickness and disease, lost jobs, divorces, car [...]
Why Pray When You Can Worry?
The truth is that some people get more satisfaction out of worry than they do out of prayer. But of course that is not true in a positive church such as yours! I read these words this week: "Some persons, [...]
Christ Is My Supply
Jesus Christ, the miracle worker, is my supply, and abundance overflows into every area of my life. How do we think about supply? If there does not seem to be enough money to meet demands, do we think in terms [...]
Our Daily Walk
The Father desires to have an intimate place in our every day life; not shut out six days of the week, but with us all through our waking moments, a part of everything that we do, a part of all [...]
God Keeps On Giving
"You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing" (Psalm 145:16). God's hand is ever open toward you! David's Psalm of praise quoted above, is proof of a bountiful God. The Bible often assesses character in terms [...]