As soon as the priests . . . set foot in the Jordan, it's waters . . . will be cut off. [Joshua 3:13]

The Israelistes were not to wait in the camp until the Jordan was opened but to "walk by faith" [2 Cor. 5:7 KJV]. They were to break camp, pack up their belongings, form a marching line, and actually step into the river before it would be opened ( Read more... )

Do not take revenge, my friends. [Romans 12:19]

There are times when doing nothing demands much greater strength than taking action. Maintaining composure is often the best evidence of power. Even to the vilest and deadliest of charges, Jesus responded with deep, unbroken silence. His silence was so profound, it caused His accusers and ( Read more... )

Summon your power, O God; show us your strength. (Psalm 68:28)

The Lord imparts to me the underlying strength of character that gives me the necessary energy and decision-making ability to live my life. He strengthens me "with power through his Spirit in [my] inner being" (Eph. 3:16). And the strength He gives in continuous, for He is a source of ( Read more... )

What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God's faithfulness? (Romans 3:3 ( Read more... )

i've been there, it's more than just stress ( Read more... )

In the book Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, author Stephen Covey instructs his readers to imagine their own funeral; for them to think of things that they would want people to say about them and their life ( Read more... )

The new step has been taken and is being taken. Already the new men are dotted here and there all over the earth. Some, as I have admitted, are still hardly recognisable: but others can be recognised. Every now and then one meets them. Their very voices and faces are different from ours: stronger, quieter, happier, more radiant. They begin where ( Read more... )

"There have been times when I think we do not desire heaven; but more often I find myself wondering whether, in our heart of hearts, we have ever desired anything else. You may have noticed that the books you really love are bound together by a secret thread. You know very well what is the common quality that makes you love them, though you cannot ( Read more... )

"We must guard against the feeling that there is 'safety in numbers'. It is natural to feel that if all men are as bad as the Christians say, then badness must be very excusable. If all the boys plough in the examination, surely the papers must have been too hard? And so the masters at that school feel till they learn that there are other schools ( Read more... )

Lewis, grieving the death of his wife, Joy:      "On the other hand, 'Knock and it shall be opened.' But does knocking mean hammering and kicking the door like a maniac? And there's also 'To him that hath shall be given.' After all, you must have a capacity to receive, or even omnipotence can't give. Perhaps your own passion temporarily destroys ( Read more... )