Psalm 37 speaks about receiving the desires of our heart. How can a believer receive the desires of their heart? The answer is found within Psalm 37. The Desires of the Human Heart Every human alive has a desire of their heart. They aspire to be, they hope to become, they strive to do, something that is in their heart. An intense desire burns within every human heart to have an answered prayer from God or to have a special... Read more
How can you start your own nursing home ministry? What steps do you need to take? Here is how you can begin your own personal nursing home ministry. Pure Religion is…. James 1:27 “Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.” We all probably know what keeping ourselves unspotted from the world means but what about the “pure religion” part? In... Read more
How can you start a prison or jail ministry from scratch? What steps are involved? Is it possible for you to have your own prison or jail ministry? Jesus in Prison? One of the most significant Scriptures in the entire Bible is Matthew 25:36 where Jesus said “I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.” When Jesus comes again in His glory (Matt... Read more
Since Mark was not one of the disciples, why did Mark write a gospel? Was this Mark’s gospel or the gospel of another disciple? Who is real author behind the gospel of Mark? Whose Gospel is This? Some years ago the Gospel of Mark was a mystery to me. I looked at a list of the disciples who were with Jesus during His earthly ministry and I couldn’t find a disciple called Mark. Why then is there a Gospel of... Read more
Are there literal gates of hell? What does the Bible say about this? What did Jesus say about the gates of hell? Where are you Headed? I heard the late Adrian Rogers once describe a young man that was trying to find a bar in Chicago. It was literally called The Gates of Hell. Yes, there was an actually bar called The Gates of Hell. I am not sure if it is still there or not but the literal gates... Read more
Have you heard the term “carnal Christians” before? Is there such a thing as a carnal Christian? Is this in the Bible? Saved for Works not by Works Most Christians are not aware of how serious it is to add works to what Jesus Christ has finished on the cross. It could be the difference between whether or not a person is saved. I am not saying that works are not important because they are evidence that a person has... Read more
How could one man stand against Rome and the power that the Catholic Church held? Here is the courageous story of one man against the church at Rome. The Courageous Martin Luther Martin Luther was by no means perfect. He had anti-Semitic tendencies but he was certainly a courageous man and he often stood alone against the iron hand of Rome. For one thing, he had such certainty in the Word of God, the Bible. This brave man held his... Read more
How can you stop gossip in the church? What strategies can you apply in taming the tongue? Maybe this can stop perhaps the most destructive of all things in the church…gossip. Gossip: A Destroyer of Fellowship I can think of anything that destroys the Body of Christ more than gossip does. Often it is prayer requests that are passed on to others but it turns into gossip. Gossip destroys fellowship, unity, and trust among the members of the church. Perhaps... Read more
Is it possible for couples to fall out of love? What is love? If is a feeling or is it something that you display by your actions? Falling out of Love? I don’t love him anymore. She said that she fell out of love. She said that there was nothing else they could do but to divorce. What a tragedy. A marriage of 18 years disappears, just like that. All because this wife believed that she fell out of love.... Read more
The story of Abram in Genesis 12 and his calling by God contains particular genre characteristics that are unique. The original context of his calling and obedience to go from his country, his kindred, and his father’s house resulted in blessings that have implications to this day. This royal grant-type of covenant “is a golden thread stitching together the whole Scriptural fabric.”1 This covenant is unconditional.2 This thread is interwoven throughout the Old Testament and the New Testament (Gen. 12:1-3,... Read more
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