Someone said, “I asked God for strength that I might achieve. I was made weak that I might learn humbly to obey. I asked for health that I might do greater things. I was given infirmity that I might do better things. I asked for riches that I might be happy. I was given poverty…
To help you walk with God, He begins by showing His power to overcome your inadequacy supernaturally. Once He has your attention, God wants to build your love relationship with Him so you can trust Him in a crisis. Instead of being satisfied with the world’s toys, He wants you to hunger and thirst for…
In Luke 16, you learned the investment strategy for maximum reward: use your time, talent and treasure to help people enter heaven and grow spiritually. The world’s way is to out work, compete, cut corners and evaluate options to find those with greatest potential and highest financial yield. Instead of hard work that is only…
Fear or faith, what do you choose? These are two basic responses to life. Fear leads to complaint. Faith leads to praise. Fear causes stumbling. Faith causes deliverance. Fear produces defeat. Faith produces victory. Fear leads to death. Faith leads to life. Fear focuses on self. Faith focuses on and exalts God. When people attack and fight you…
George Mueller lived during the 1800s and prayed in millions of dollars (in today’s currency) to meet the needs of his orphan houses. He never asked anyone directly for money, but trusted God to put in people’s hearts to send him what he needed. He never took out a loan or went into debt. And…
One of George Barna’s mega themes for 2010: The influence of Christianity on culture and individual lives is largely invisible. He states that Christianity has arguably added more value to American culture than any other religion, philosophy, ideology or community. Although there were a few subgroups that were more likely than average to experience church-based accountability, there…
I often think that God wants me to move quickly or make a big splash when it comes to ministry. It’s just the opposite. In the kingdom of God, He is looking for receptive people who trust God to grow the ministry from small beginnings. Human strategies often get in the way of God working…