February 4 “We have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing …
February 3 “Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.” James 4:7 Starting with this first principle of submitting to God, we can see from the discussion just the last few days that it can be more difficult to submit to God during …
February 2 “Submit therefore to God, Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.” James 4:7-8 We are reviewing the twenty four steps to overcoming …
February 1 “And we proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, that we may present every man complete in Christ.” Colossians 1:28 Some of you are familiar with the Overcoming Temptation booklet that I wrote over ten years ago. In the ten years …
January 31 “Though He slay me, I will hope in Him.” Job 13:15a I love this verse. No matter what God allowed Satan to do to Job, before Job encountered God, in the midst of his sorrow and pain, he declared that he would trust God, that he …
January 30 “Thou has put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the depths. Thy wrath has rested upon me, and Thou hast afflicted me with all Thy waves.” Psalm 88:6-7 Let me continue yesterday’s topic and speak a bit more about how we as Christians …
January 29 “’My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the LORD, Nor faint when you are reproved by Him; for those whom the LORD loves He disciplines, and He scourges every son whom He receives.’” Hebrews 12:5-6 At times it feels like God is against us. …
January 28 “Then Satan answered the LORD, ‘Does Job fear God for nothing? Hast Thou not made a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side? Thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. But …
January 27 “For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please.” Galatians 5:17 I have been amazed by how strong my fleshly desires …
January 26 “Open my eyes, that I may behold wonderful things from Thy law.” Psalm 119:18 The sixth reason people give for not spending time in the Word, “The Bible isn’t interesting,” I personally believe is more of a reflection of the person saying it than the Bible. …