One of the most amazing things about following Jesus is that He knows we are unable to do what He says in our own power. So, He just tells us to follow Him. In that, we make up our mind to go in the direction He leads. He is our perfect strength in our feeble weakness. He makes our paths straight and lights the way … Continue reading

“Remember, therefore, it is not your hold on Christ that saves you – it is Christ. It is not even faith in Christ, though that be the instrument – it is Christ’s blood and merits. Therefore, look not so much to your hand with which you are grasping Christ, as to look at Christ Himself. Look to Jesus, the source of your hope, the author … Continue reading

The warmth of love can only be kindled in the heart by God’s Spirit. How marvelous that when we had rebelled against Him, He would by a display of such amazing love seek to draw us back. We would never have had a grain of love toward God unless it had been sown in us by the sweet seed of His love for us. Love, … Continue reading

It is true that we endure trials, but it is just as true that we are delivered out of them. In looking back, it would be wrong to deny that we have had trials, but it would be equally wicked to forget that we have been through them safely and profitably. The deeper our troubles, the louder our thanks to God who has led us … Continue reading

 Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and to him the Lord said in a vision, “Ananias.” And he said, “Here I am, Lord.” So the Lord said to him, “Arise and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus, for behold, he is praying. And in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias coming in and putting his hand … Continue reading

See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like Him, for we … Continue reading

“You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:6-8 Continue reading

I know not why God’s wondrous graceTo me He has made known,Nor why, unworthy, Christ in loveRedeemed me for His own.But I know Whom I have believèd,And am persuaded that He is ableTo keep that which I’ve committedUnto Him against that day. I know not how this saving faithTo me He did impart,Nor how believing in His WordWrought peace within my heart.But I know Whom … Continue reading

Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling. This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, “These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.” And this she did for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said … Continue reading