Basic Principles for making God your Source

To have God as your source one must recognize that there is a world beyond the physical world that we can see; that there is a spiritual world that is above and superior to the physical. That God is a spirit, that He is not limited by the constraints of the physical world. And that […]

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God is our Source of Triumphant Expectations

But Christ (the Messiah) was faithful over His [own Father’s] house as a Son [and Master of it]. And it is we who are [now members] of this house, if we hold fast and firm to the end our joyful and exultant confidence and sense of triumph in our hope [in Christ]. Hebrews 3:6 AMP […]

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What things are holding us back?

What could be going on when the things that we are trusting God for are not showing up in our lives? It may be that we need to do some self-examination. For it may be that we are allowing somethings in our lives which are blocking the flow of God’s favor. Consider each of the […]

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God is Our Source for Overcoming Fear

One again our government has demonstrated its unresponsiveness to the people and many are starting to become fearful. Fear will try to paralyze us and defeat us. But we do not have to give in to it for God is our source of resisting and overcoming fear. Hebrews 2:14, 15 tells us, “Since then the […]

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The Ministry of Singleness

The latest statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau estimate that the number of single or unmarried Americans make up 43% of the population or 95.7 million individuals. 63% of these have never been married. With so many single people one would think it would not be difficult to find romance and settle down with a […]

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God is our Source of Purity

A recent news report came out about a male teacher at a Christian school who had a six month long sexual relationship with a 15 year old female student. Those who posted comments about the story were very critical of the 50 year old teacher saying that he should have known better than to have […]

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God is Our Source of Forbearance

Forbearance is a quality that is rarely taught in our society today. To forbear means to tolerate with what is less than what one is due; to be longsuffering or patience. The Apostle Paul wrote: “Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, Rejoice! Let your gentleness [or forbearing spirit] be known to all […]

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Commit to Submit in 2010

The new year has arrived and with it comes new opportunities and new possibilities. Will we be prepared for them? Will we be able to grow in our walk with the Lord? Will we demonstrate the qualities of a disciple in our lives better this year than in all the previous years? And will we […]

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Christ’s Grace is Sufficient!

Are you facing a tough problem today? Here is some good news: Christ’s grace is sufficient for us. Graces is God’s favor, his unmerited favor. The Apostle John tells us that, “From his fullness we all received grace upon grace, ” John 1:16. In other words we have received one grace after another. And the […]

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The Way Up is Down

Often we want something better in our lives: a better job or a better position in our company or ministry. Or maybe our desire is to live in a better house or in a different neighborhood or to have more responsibility or greater financial resources. But opportunities for such advances seem to slip away from […]

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