The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.” John 5:7 REFERENCE John 5:1-9 Painfully, this man had been ‘there’ for 38 years, yet he didn’t (and couldn’t) find ONE PERSON who […]

Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, nor was the word of the LORD yet revealed to him.  I Samuel 3:7   REFERENCE I Samuel 3:1-9   Though Samuel had been ministering in the temple of God for some years, he still didn’t know the Lord. He read the scrolls, but it was just a […]

And they said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah: ‘This day is a day of trouble and rebuke and blasphemy; for the children have come to birth, but there is no strength to bring them forth. Isaiah 37:3    REFERENCE Isaiah 37:1-3 The picture here painted is that of a woman at the point of delivery, […]

When someone becomes a Christian, he becomes a brand new person inside. He is not the same anymore. A new life has begun! – II Corinthians 5:17 (TLB)   REFERENCE II Corinthians 5:17 (TLB)   Christianity is more than a religion; it is more than church attendance or membership. It is the very life of […]

The Lord has brought upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and the Lord has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son. So now you are caught in your own evil, because you are a bloodthirsty man! 2 Samuel 16:8   REFERENCE 2 […]

When the LORD saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her, ‘Do not weep.’  Luke 7:13   REFERENCE Luke 7:11-17   Jesus is our loving Savior who is touched by the things that cause pain and sorrow in our lives. As depicted in this story, He saw how crushed, hopeless and helpless […]

But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? James 2:20   REFERENCE James 2:18-24   Yesterday we concluded with the thought that FAITH has some corresponding actions that make it a dominant and conquering force otherwise it will remain inactive. When faith possesses a man’s heart, it manifests itself in […]

Every God-begotten person conquers the world’s ways. The conquering power that brings the world to its knees is our faith.  I John 5:4 (MSG)   REFERENCE I John 5:4   The natural law and system of this world often fails because the world is a fallen place. That is why we see a lot of […]