How I Can Trust THE SUFFICENCY OF GOD “Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God.” 2 Corinthians 3:5 KJV A loving church member asked, “Pastor, you seem to be a bit worried! Is everything OK?” While I don’t remember the actual words I…….Read More
How I Can Grow in My Relationship With God “As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby.” 1 Peter 2:2 Happy Birthday!! As a result of your confession of faith in Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord, you have experienced what the Bible calls a “new…….Read More
HOW I CAN KNOW God’s Will for My Life At its most basic meaning, the will of God is for all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. (2 Timothy 2:4) Once we receive Jesus Christ as our Savior and submit unto Him as our Lord, we are…….Read More
How Husbands and Wives can STAY IN LOVE God’s Gift of Oneness – In Genesis 2:7-25, the Bible declares God’s design and purpose for the relationship called marriage. God formed man out of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the very breath of life, and man became a living soul. God…….Read More
HOW I CAN FACE DEATH With Hope and Peace In Genesis 2:17, God warned Adam and Eve not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, “For in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” In Revelation 21:4, the Apostle John heard a voice from heaven saying…….Read More
How I Can Get ALONE WITH GOD For an hour, or for a Day The only hope for our nation is a genuine revival among God’s people. However, the evangelical church has so little “light and life” left in it there is no drawing power to call wayward Christians to repentance, much less hardened sinners…….Read More
HOW I CAN BE FILLED With the Holy Spirit? Just as it is impossible to become a Christian by our human desire, it is also impossible to live the Christian life in our human strength. The real Christian life is totally dependent upon the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer……..Read More
HOW I CAN BE SURE OF MY SALVATION Eight days after His resurrection, Jesus appeared to His disciples, and especially to Thomas, who had doubted Jesus’ deity. Jesus said to Thomas: “Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but…….Read More
HOW I CAN RECEIVE GOD’S GIFT OF SALVATION The fact that we live in a very sinful world is without question. Man’s inhumanity to man is manifested before our eyes in many ways every day, and the sad reality is, left to himself, man is helpless to change his sinful condition. Despite his best efforts…….Read More
Years ago, in a pastor’s conference, I was asked to explain the sufficiency of Holy Scripture, and my answer was: “The Scriptures are self-interpreted; i.e., we don’t have to go outside of the Scriptures to get our interpretations.” When the Holy Spirit inspired the 40 different authors to write the 66 books of the Bible,…….Read More