Category: Savior

While your enemy is gloating over his defeat of you, remember that God’s plan is to bring you back to a place of peace and rest.

…you will see the king of Babylon eye to eye, and he will speak with you face to face… – Jeremiah 34:3, Amplified Bible (AMP) Like King Zedekiah, we often battle our Enemy in our own strength, and when we do, we lose. On the battlefield, once the dust is settled, we stand face to… Continue reading While your enemy is gloating over his defeat of you, remember that God’s plan is to bring you back to a place of peace and rest.

Let God tell you the point of good preaching.

Whereas the object and purpose of our instruction and charge is love, which springs from a pure heart and a good (clear) conscience and sincere (unfeigned) faith. – 1 Timothy 1:5, Amplified Bible (AMP) There is an old saying that goes, “Birds of a feather flock together.” In other words, people who are alike tend to hang out together.… Continue reading Let God tell you the point of good preaching.

The wilderness has its benefits.

Then Jesus was led (guided) by the [Holy] Spirit into the wilderness (desert) to be tempted (tested and tried) by the devil. – Matthew 4:1, Amplified Bible (AMP) The idea of “wandering in the wilderness” doesn’t gin up happy thoughts. Instead, it usually produces thoughts of pain, anguish, and despair. It was in the wilderness… Continue reading The wilderness has its benefits.

Do you really understand how serious this is?

But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out. – Numbers 32:23, King James Version (KJV) None of us have a true grasp of how horribly destructive sin is. We often excuse our “little” sins by suggesting that no one else… Continue reading Do you really understand how serious this is?

Don’t shine the light into their eyes.

Let your light so shine before men that they may see your moral excellence and your praiseworthy, noble, and good deeds and recognize and honor and praise and glorify your Father Who is in heaven. – Matthew 5:16, Amplified Bible (AMP) A couple of times this Summer, we had the joy of being without power… Continue reading Don’t shine the light into their eyes.

In your next shootout with Satan, make sure you have the right kind of bullets.

Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. – Jude 1:9, KJV Have you ever watched an old Western movie where the hero of the movie faces the villain in a good old-fashioned,… Continue reading In your next shootout with Satan, make sure you have the right kind of bullets.

God doesn’t care how strong you are in your faith, there could come a time when you doubt Him.

And when they saw Him, they fell down and worshiped Him; but some doubted. – Matthew 28:17, Amplified Bible Evangelist Ron Comfort founded Ambassador Baptist College in 1989. Early in the college’s ministry, a gentleman named Ken Love, now in Heaven with The Lord, served alongside Dr. Comfort. A former missionary to Brazil and father… Continue reading God doesn’t care how strong you are in your faith, there could come a time when you doubt Him.

Sorry, but you can’t do one good thing without God.

…all our righteousness (our best deeds of rightness and justice) is like filthy rags… – Isaiah 64:6, Amplified Bible (AMP) Many people – even some who call themselves Christians – adhere to the belief that if they perform more good works than evil ones, they will earn a spot in Heaven when they die. There… Continue reading Sorry, but you can’t do one good thing without God.

God will happily loan you His holiness.

Making the very most of the time [buying up each opportunity], because the days are evil. – Ephesians 5:16, Amplified Bible Where I live, when you buy a car with borrowed money from a bank, you don’t actually own the car. Technically, the bank owns the car because the bank bought the car with its… Continue reading God will happily loan you His holiness.

Sometimes you just have to put on the other guy’s shoes.

For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. – 2 Corinthians 5:21, King James Version (KJV) Our church utilizes a program called Kids4Truth for our Wednesday night children’s ministry. The following story comes from one of their outstanding… Continue reading Sometimes you just have to put on the other guy’s shoes.