Am I Being Tempted or Tested?
Are you being tempted by the enemy or tested by the Lord? Several key indicators can help you know the difference. Temptation: what you need to know The devil is the one who tempts us by or with...
Let Another Praise You: The Testimony of Another
“Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips” (Proverbs 27:2 NASB). In a culture where independence reigns and self-proclamation gushes from social media as expertise, it is imperative that...
Staying Focused on the Father: Choosing Personal Worship Over Personal Work
It is very easy for us as believers to fall on our knees and pray when times are tough. But what about when times are good? Can we maintain that need to pray as earnestly in untroubled seasons...
Do You Know Your Personal Mission?
We each have a mission…times two. I believe that Jeremiah’s words apply to each of us today: “For I know the plans that I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for calamity...
Why Love Is So Important in Times of Lawlessness
As the prince of this world, our adversary seeks to steal, kill, and destroy. He works through a variety of avenues, from physical lawlessness to emotional hopelessness to spiritual lifelessness. In fact, we live in a day...
Three Essentials of an Overcomer
“And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death” (Revelation 12:11 KJV). Revelation 12 is unique picture of the battle...