Are you struggling with unanswered prayer? Are problems mounting, and you wonder, “where is God in all of this?” David’s prayer life is a useful guide to the believer when heavens are brass, and God seems far away. Psalms 77:1 I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he […]
READ MORE In recent years the nephew of a famous preacher has gained reputation by insisting that the “God of Prosperity” is not the God of the Bible. This man’s parents worked lifelong in ministry. He maintained that they were not saved because they hadn’t rejected the “Prosperity Gospel” and embraced his doctrines of anti-prosperity as commonly […]
READ MORE Did you know the River of God originates in you? Max and David Sapp wrote a song about the River of God that was recorded by the Gaither Band. The lyrics speak eloquently to the flow of God’s Spirit on the inside of you: There is a river, that flows from deep within There is […]
READ MORE Why does God seek praise? Is He a narcissist? When He urges us to praise Him, is He saying, “say nice things about Me and I will bless you?” A more in-depth inquiry into the nature of praise might yield a more accurate understanding. Why would we even bother? Because Psa. 22:3 tells us God […]
READ MORE Psalm 37:23 is a familiar verse to many, declaring that the steps of a good man are ordered of the Lord. Are you are a good person? If you want your steps to be ordered by the Lord this question must be answered. The reply often comes “well, I’m no worse than anyone else…” We […]
READ MORE A murderer, an adulterer, a man after God’s own heart. David knew something about repentance. What do we think of when we think of repentance? When facing difficult times, it is often a season of self-examination. When trouble comes, we tend to reform our ways and shore up our walk with God through intensified fasting […]
READ MORE Psalms 10:4 The wicked … will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. The word of God is the Great Discerner. It cuts right through our opinions of ourselves and our skewed ideas about things going on around us. It is perhaps the most neglected tool of self-disclosure at the Christian’s […]
READ MORE In Proverb 13:10 Solomon declares that contention only comes by pride. He does not add “unless you are in the right…” When you are in contention, the spirit of leviathan rises up and brings himself to birth in your life. Job 41:34 tells us that Leviathan is the king of all the children of pride. […]
READ MORE Does God EVER Afflict? Elihu’s Final Answer to Job: Only what God’s word says has any authority. You cannot allow your experience to speak with more authority than God’s word. You cannot allow someone’s teaching or common Christian consensus to speak louder than God’s word. In the book of Job, there were many opinions […]
READ MORE Why did God allow Satan to attack Job? Why did He take the hedge of protection down from Job’s life? Satan came before God’s throne “among the sons of God” (Job 1:6). He still comes before God among the sons of God (John 1:12), every time a fellow believer speaks ill of his brother or […]
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