“After these things, I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, ‘Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.” Immediately I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne set in […]

“… Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility; for God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.” (1 Peter 5:5 NKJV) How often we have heard this question asked … or even asked it ourselves … on the occasion of seeing a particular attire we did […]

“Between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines garrison, there was a sharp rock on one side and a sharp rock on the other side.” (1 Samuel 14:4 NKJV) When we observe someone who obviously possesses remarkable faith … it can be inspiring!  Jonathan, son of King Saul, and best […]

“Now it came to pass in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray and continued all night in prayer to God.  And when it was day, He called His disciples to Himself; and from them He chose twelve whom He also named apostles.” (Luke 6:12-13, NKJV) Our lives can at times […]

“… according to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.” (Philippians 1:20) Sometimes in our reading, we come across a word, phrase, or perhaps even a sentence or […]

“For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.” (2 Corinthians 5:14,15, NKJV) Motivation … a good word for so […]

“Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the Lord.” And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.” (2 Kings 22:8, NKJV). In the early days of my preaching, I experienced the traumatic loss of a Bible that […]

“Therefore, my beloved and longed for brethren, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, beloved.” (Philippians 4:1)  Joy! Happiness! What’s the difference? Can you have one without the other? Are you living a joyful life, exhibiting this fruit as one among several of those “fruits of the Spirit” found in Galatians 5:22-23? […]

“Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those […]

“Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” (John 14:27, NKJV) There is to be found in God’s Book a great view of life … both now and in eternity!  But along the road of life, there will be challenges, issues, […]