PRAISE AND POWER                           RECONCILED                        July 10, 2020
Christianity is all about what God accomplished by way of His son Jesus Christ. Let’s look at Romans 5:6 – 9: “For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ...

PRAISE AND POWER                                   LIFE AND PEACE                                   June 30, 2020
Sometimes it seems that people just cannot get along with each other. We have all been in situations where someone has been critical of us, or have disappointed us, or things don’t go our way. Our response might be to turn on that person or those people and say something hurtful or we might forget to go to God in prayer to help us with the problem. God is...

PRAISE AND POWER              OVERCOMING THE WORLD             June 26, 2020
Many Christians think that because they are born again an adversary cannot touch them. The truth is we continually have to resist the Devil and submit ourselves to God and His Word. James 4:7 tells us, “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” The Devil is an adversary to God’s people. We need to take a stand like...

PRAISE AND POWER                         THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD                     June 22, 2020
“Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.” (Ephesians 6:10) This is an exhortation from God which is tremendous. Believers are told to be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might, not their own. The following verses sets forth how to this is done.
“Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand...

PRAISE AND POWER                      BETTER THAN AN EYEWITNESS                      June 18, 2020
Peter, James and John went with Jesus to a mountain and had an amazing thing happen as recorded in Matthew 17. “And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, 2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. 3 And, behold, there appeared...

PRAISE AND POWER                                     Author of Peace                                      May 31, 2020
Jesus came into the world as the "Prince of Peace." His coming was attended with a divine proclamation: "Peace on earth, good will to men."  Now, 2,000 years later, there is much talk about peace, but there is...

PRAISE AND POWER                                    Blessed and Blessed                                 May 27, 2020
Even though the book of Psalms is not addressed to those of us who live in the grace administration, the administration of the mystery, it is for our learning. We know from Ephesians 1:3: “Blessed be the God and Father...

PRAISE AND POWER                                          BELIEVING                                   May 25, 2020
Hebrews 11:1 says: “Now faith [believing] is the substance [title deed] of things hoped for, the evidence [proof] of things not seen.” The context of this verse deals with people who believed God’s Word. “But without faith [believing] it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh...

PRAISE AND POWER                             KNOWLEDGE AND POWER                            May 21, 2020
“Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures [God’s Word], nor the power of God.” (Matthew 22:29) This was a statement made by Jesus Christ to the Sadducees in a discussion regarding the resurrection. There are two things unknown to these Sadducees; they did not know the Scriptures or the power of God. Both things need to be known. A person cannot...

PRAISE AND POWER                       BEING JUSTIFIED                  May 10, 2020
Here is some good news form God’s Word. “For God so loved the world, that he [God] gave his only begotten Son [Jesus Christ], that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.” (John 3:16, 17) Jesus Christ was not sent to condemn. He was sent by God to...

PRAISE AND POWER                                           FIRST OF ALL                                  April 28, 2020
I and II Timothy were written to Timothy who was a man with a ministry in the Church. What is communicated applied, not only to Timothy, but is also applicable to others who serve as leaders, helpers and ministers within the Christian Church. I Timothy 2:1 says: “I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; …” The Greek word...

PRAISE AND POWER                     PRAYERS BY ALL FOR ALL                   April 21, 2020
The Apostle Paul was a man of prayer. “[I, Paul] Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;” (Ephesians 1:16) This is evidence from God’s Word, Ephesians 1:16, which says that Paul did not cease praying for the Ephesian believers. Then there is I Thessalonians 1:2: “We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; …” Paul...

PRAISE AND POWER                            Deliverance from Troubles                              April 14, 2020
Sometimes believers think that since they are a Christian, nothing bad or challenging will ever happen to them. This simply is not true. If there was ever a person who one would think that he would be immune to troubles and challenges it would be the great Apostle Paul. But let’s look at II Corinthians 1:8: “For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to...

PRAISE AND POWER            MOUNTAINS TO CONQUER           March 31, 2020
Perhaps you have never had a day you felt you could not get through to God? But the children of Israel did when they were trapped at the Red Sea. To them, at first, the sky must have seemed as though it was made of brass. They were caught at a dead end. It was like the mountains were too high and the rivers too wide. They felt...