Though we have been born again, we are still clothed in a physical body. That means we still have desires in our flesh that aim to please our fleshly desires and not God. So, what’s a Christian to do? In Paul’s letter to the church at …
We attribute Psalm 40 to King David. In it, he boasts about how God brought him out of a horrible pit and set his feet upon a rock. And then he says, “Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the …
In some things, it’s not how you start but how you finish. That can be said about our relationship with Christ also. Some people seem to start in faith with the Lord but with time their apparent relationship with Him dies. The question is, what is …
“My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord” (Isaiah 55:8, KJV). Accordingly, we need the Word of God to help us bring our thinking and ways in line with God’s. How receptive are you to allowing the Word of …
Jesus taught a parable about the seed and the sower (see Matthew 13:3-8). In summary, a farmer goes about sowing seed. The seeds fall on four kinds of ground. The yield of the seeds is a function of the ground on which they fall. This parable …
When God saved us, He gave us everything we need to develop a strong relationship with Him. But realizing such a relationship with God is not happenstance. In fact, it’s possible to be a genuine Christian and still feel far from God. I have met a …
I serve as the pastor for the English-speaking members of a Korean Full Gospel church. One Sunday evening, my wife and I had dinner with two couples who attend that church. The wives were Korean, and their husbands were white Americans. Both wives spoke English fluently. …
Repentance literally means to “perceive afterwards.” Hence, the word denotes a change of mind subsequent to some event(s) or experience(s). From a biblical standpoint, repentance is a change of mind that results in a turning of one’s heart to God. Consider these words of Apostle Peter …
The world would have us to believe that the “good” guys always finish last. Some of us know someone who appears to personify that saying. Through their cheating or unlawful deeds, they seem to get ahead in life first. That’s why it is vital that …
