How is your prayer life with the Lord? If you’ve been a believer for some time, you may have realized the difficulty of building up a prayer life… and possibly even given up. And that’s really a loss because the benefits of prayer are so tremendous. Since it’s so easy to get discouraged and give up on prayer, it’s worth considering
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Have you ever felt that your appreciation for the Lord Jesus was lacking? Even more, have you ever longed for more revelation of Christ? You may know that you’ve believed in the Lord as your Savior. Yet, at the same time, you may long for something more subjective, a revelation of Christ within you. This was my experience. I
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If you’ve received the Lord Jesus as your Savior, you have the most wonderful Person living inside you! But do you know how to enjoy this hidden Christ dwelling in your spirit? Seeing the pattern of God’s Old Testament dwelling place, the tabernacle or temple, can help you to know how to enjoy this
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The Bible is a living book. But, is it living to you? Specifically, do you let the word of God dwell in you in such a way that you experience its vital functions changing you inwardly? Colossians 3:16 says, “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one
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Have you ever wondered what is the real significance of prayer and how you can have a vital prayer life with the Lord? Consider Abraham, Moses and Daniel. Abraham was called the friend of God (James 2:23). Moses was called God’s companion (Exo. 33:11). God called Daniel “a man of preciousness” (Dan. 10:11). They all had something in common—an
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You’ve heard that Jesus died on the cross as the Lamb of God to save you from sin and God’s judgment (John 1:29). That’s precious to every believer. But have you ever heard that He also died as a “grain of wheat”? Before going to the cross, Jesus spoke of Himself as the grain of wheat falling into the ground to die. In
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One of the first things you need to learn after receiving the Lord Jesus as your Savior is the two spirits, the Holy Spirit joined with your human spirit. If you’ve recently believed in Christ, this is an awesome discovery! You didn’t just receive the forgiveness of your sins, and a future salvation from God’s eternal
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What is real Christian fellowship? When I was a young believer, I thought that Christian fellowship referred to a group of Christians coming together to share some common interests, possibly eating together and enjoying a group activity. Later, I had an additional thought that it referred to conversations among believers in seeking to know God’s
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What is resurrection to you…personally? Is it an event recorded in the Bible, a part of the story of Jesus? Is it an item of your Christian faith? Or is Christ’s resurrection, that is, the reality of resurrection, something you experience in your daily life? In this post we’ll consider what the reality of resurrection
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“No resurrection of the dead?!” This was one of the most damaging and destructive heretical sayings circulating among the Corinthian believers at the time the apostle Paul wrote his first epistle to them (around A.D. 59). In confronting the saying of no resurrection, Paul said in 1 Corinthians 15:12-14, 12 But if Christ is proclaimed
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