More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

There was a little boy who had a pet caterpillar. One day he saw the caterpillar making a silk cocoon and asked, “Mommy, what’s he doing?” So his mom replied, “He’s going...

A Bondservant of Jesus


Nov 03, 2010


I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me . . . —Galatians 2:20


These words mean the breaking and collapse of my independence brought about by my own hands, and the surrendering of my life to the supremacy of the Lord Jesus. No one can do this for me, I must do it myself. God may bring me up to this point three hundred and sixty-five times a year, but He cannot...

The sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite. —2 Samuel 12:10

A young teen who was constantly getting into trouble always apologized when his parents confronted him. No matter how much he hurt his parents with his previous wrong-doing, he would soon turn around and do something else wrong—knowing he would be forgiven.
Finally, his dad took him out to the garage for a talk. Dad picked up a hammer and pounded...

"For the truths sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever." — 2 John 1:2



Once let the truth of God obtain an
entrance into the human heart and subdue the whole man unto itself, no power human or infernal can dislodge it. We entertain it not as a guest but as the master of the house—this is a Christian necessity, he is no Christian who doth not thus believe. Those who feel the vital power of the gospel, and know the might of the Holy Ghost...

Too Big to Fail?

For the money has failed.
Genesis 47:15b


When the economy of Egypt collapsed during the days of Joseph, the inhabitants came to him and cried, "Give us bread, for why should we die in your presence? For the money has failed." Nothing in this world is "too big to fail."

Both countries and companies can collapse. Leaders can fall. Economies...