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When Jesus called the early disciples, He called them to leave behind their own lives and to follow Him. When they heard His voice, they dropped their own plans and dreams to follow Jesus. In many parts of the world, the challenge is the same today which is, to take Jesus as lord and lose your own life and to live the life of a disciple. It’s...
Some of us aren’t very strong. We get discouraged easily and frequently feeling like throwing in the towel and it seems like we’re living under a cloud of melancholy or depression, and even though God does frequently bless us, we still tend to stay mostly sad. Others live in a place of one trial and misfortune after another and we’ve had...
The sons of the prophets came to Elisha one day and said, “…Now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.” The sons of the prophets were disciples of the prophets and they were wanting to learn how to walk closely with God in power and victory. That sounds like what you and I want to do, doesn’t it? To walk closely with God in...
If you’re like me, when you first gave your life to the Lord, all your problems would be over. You thought, “Now, I’ll always be happy!” You’d been set free from your sins; guilt had been removed and now you’re ready to go to Heaven. You figured that for the rest of your life, you’d be walking with God and be relatively problem-free. At the end...
At times, I wish I didn’t have a Pastor’s heart and that I didn’t care so much. Sometimes I think that would be so much easier on me and you. When I start thinking about some of the things that are happening to people, something rises up on the inside of me and when that happens, I stop being the kind of “mild mannered” person that people think...
Right now, you’re probably suffering and hurting…having heart wrenching problems for no reason whatsoever. That’s right. Some of your most nagging and recruiting problems are totally unnecessary and can be vanquished almost instantly. Let me explain. See, when faith first is planted in your soul by God, Romans 12:3, it’s like a little mustard...
Every day, thousands of sincere Christians get robbed. Robbed bad and worse than if a gang of thieves broke into their homes and stole all the valuables and broke whatever they didn’t steal, robbed worse than if a carjacker held his gun to their heads and stole their car will all that was in it, robbed worse than if a pickpocket stole their...
The teacher asked the third-grade class to bring in copies of their birth certificates for show and tell. Each student would show his or her birth certificate and then tell how much his or her birth weight, where the hospital was, birth measurements and other particulars. When it was Franny’s turn, she burst into tears and began sobbing saying...