Holding to Truth

holding to truth in love for the building up of the Body of Christ

What is Your Heart According to the Bible and How Can You Exercise It?

The parts of your heart--mind, emotion, will & conscience

What is your heart according to the Bible? Also, how can you exercise your heart so that it functions normally toward God? Since knowing our heart is basic to our experience of Christ and of God’s salvation, we need to give this point our first consideration. Then it’s also vital to learn how to exercise

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5 Principles for Effective Prayers of Intercession

Are you a believer in Christ seeking a more effective prayer life?  If so, then it’s  important for you to  learn God’s principles for prayer so that your  prayers of intercession may receive His response. These divine principles for effective prayers of intercession are revealed in God’s Word, They’re awaiting our discovery and application. So

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Seeking a Spiritual Beginning to the New Year?

Are you seeking a spiritual beginning to the new year?  Has another year come and gone, leaving you on a quest for something more–for new meaning and a spiritual beginning for the year ahead? If you’re a believer in Christ, your years should be marked with spiritual meaning, with many spiritual beginnings. But how can

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How Precious is the Blood of Jesus Christ to You?

10 precious points concerning the blood of Jesus

How precious is the blood of Jesus to you?  Do you share God’s valuation of it? Do  you sense your need for His blood and use it in a daily way? If you’re a believer seeking to go on in your Christian life, sharing God’s valuation of the blood of Jesus is essential. In The

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What is the Soul and How Does God Heal Soul Sickness?

What is the human soul as revealed in the Bible? The soul is your psychological part composed of your mind, will, and emotion. It’s the part of your inner being created by God for the purpose of reflecting and expressing Him. Listen to what Mary the mother Jesus said after she became pregnant with Jesus,

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7 Tips on How to Meditate or Muse on God’s Word

Do you practice to meditate or muse on God’s Word? If you’re like many of us, you don’t meditate or muse on much of anything. Your thoughts bounce back and forth from your text messages to various forms of social media, with little consideration for God’s Word. Such a habit can be hazardous to your

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3 Ways Man’s Fall Poisoned You (and God’s Antidote)

I don’t think that I was more than three years old when I scared my parents by getting into some poison. Somehow I’d gotten into a cupboard when no one was looking. (Three year olds tend to do that.) I’d opened a bottle of ant poison and had it on my hands and face. They

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How God Created You with a Body, Soul and Spirit to Contain Him

Have you ever considered what was God’s intention in creating you? The first two chapters of the Bible give the answer. He made you in His image–with a body, soul and spirit–to contain Him. Genesis 1:26 says, “And God said, “let us make man in our image after our likeness…” Image and likeness indicate purpose.

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What is God’s Selection and Predestination and Its Goal?

If you’re a believer, God chose you and predestinated you for His purpose. But, have you seen that God’s selection and predestination has a goal? Second, are you cooperating with God to reach this goal? As believers, we need to see that the first blessings God has bestowed on us are His selection and predestination

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How Christ in You Becomes Your Hope of Glory

If you’re a believer, Christ is in you! But do you know that He is in you as your hope of glory? In Colossians 1:27 Paul says, “To whom God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of

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