"If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?"- Luke 11:13This scripture is a staple of the church. We use it all the time to talk about the nature and character of God. It comes in the context of a discussion on the simplest idea of parenting- when your children are hungry, you feed them...  Read More

Then He taught, saying to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have made it a ‘den of thieves’.” Mark 11:17We all know that every prayer prayed does not produce immediate results, but what do we do when the results are not immediate? The promises of God are there for us, but when they have yet to manifest in our circumstances, what should ...  Read More

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. Matthew 26:41So many believers are not aware of this truth, but it is your spirit that is instantly changed at salvation. Your spirit is actually PERFECT (Hebrews 12:23). It literally cannot sin (1 John 3:9). Everything that is true of Jesus is true of our born again spirit. Your spiritual salva...  Read More

…God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did; Romans 4:17Many times, when we look at ourselves, we do not see what we can become. But when God looks at us, He does see what we can become by His grace. When Jesus first saw Simon, He changed his name to “Peter,” which means “rock.” But did Peter immediately become someone with the characteristics of a...  Read More

For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.”  John 3:17In John 8:1-12, you notice that Jesus didn’t condemn the woman caught in adultery. Notice also that He didn’t say, “Don’t stone her. Show mercy to her.” No, what He said was, “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.” And on their own the Pharisees and religious bunch ...  Read More

Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.  Luke 22:42For us to pray, “Lord, if it be thy will” in response to a promise that God has given us is nothing but unbelief and is not even remotely related to what Jesus did in the Garden of Gethsemane. Some have thought that since Jesus prayed this way in the Garden that this is the proper ...  Read More

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.  Ephesians 1:7The good news of the gospel is that our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, came down from heaven to earth and sacrificed Himself at the cross. His perfect, sinless blood provided forgiveness for all our sins. You and I cannot pay for our own sins, so He did it for us. Now, whosoeve...  Read More

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1It’s absolutely paramount that we as believers respond in the Biblical way to the storms of life when they come. When the storms of life rage, refuse to focus on what you see and hear in the natural. Refuse to go by your negative feelings and emotions. We are faith people which means we live by the truth of God’s Word, which...  Read More

‘And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.’ Mark 11:2Thank God for the gifts of the Spirit, but what if there were no gifts of the spirit and the Lord established that the only way we could receive from Him was through our own faith? There would be some individuals...  Read More

Who was delivered for our offenses and was raised again for our justification. Romans 4:25I want to share an illustration with you to help you understand the significance of Jesus’ resurrection. Let’s say that you are living in a foreign country and one day you happen to break a major law of the land. You appeal to the King for mercy, but he says that a rule is a rule and he can’t bend it for you....  Read More

‘And Jesus, when he had found a young donkey, sat thereon; as it is written, Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on a donkey’s colt.’ John 12:14-15I can imagine you’re wondering how this scripture ties in with the title of this article. Well, I’m going to do my best to show you. This is something the Lord has been teaching me over the past decade or so. In these verses, no...  Read More

For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.  Romans 5:17The word righteousness is a legal term. It means to have right standing before God. Study Bibles define righteousness as “that gracious gift of God to men whereby all who believe in the Lord Jesu...  Read More