Paul says in Phil. 4:13, “I can do all things through Christ, which strengtheneth me.” The problem is not that we do not have the opportunities in life. It is that we do not confront our own inadequacies, face up to them, and seek to conquer life’s difficulties through faith in Christ.

Spurgeon said, "He who lives without prayer, or little prayer, is the Christian whose heart will become dry and barren." You cannot remain a fresh and vibrant Christian without prayer and without being a student of the Word of God.

How important is Jacob’s ladder?  It was a gigantic object lesson God used to point to Jesus. 

An anonymous source has identified some interesting features of spiritual harvests:

1. The harvest God provides: "Seedtime and harvest...shall not cease" (Gen. 8:22).
2. The harvest sin produces: "Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap" (Gal. 6:7)
3. The Gospel harvest: "They (the fields) are white already to harvest" (John 4:35).
4. The harvest of judgment: "The harvest is the end of the world" (Matt. 13:39).

This Christmas, read Mary’s song and allow it to be a primer on worship. Allow it to move you to spontaneous worship. Allow it to cause your soul to magnify the Lord.

Mass shootings are happening tragically often in the United States. Death tolls mount, communities grieve, officials debate, and tempers flare. What’s to be done?

Only civilized people can produce a civilized family, village, city, or nation and make it produce good things.

Finding is all about sight; being is all about faith.

Is God a healing God? Yes–on His terms. Does He heal because we “claim” healing? No. Dare we use Isaiah 53:5 as a rabbit’s foot or magic wand? No.