Christian love does not mean that I must like a person and agree with him on everything. I may not like his vocabulary or his habits, and I may not want him for an intimate friend. Christian love means treating others the way God has treated me. It is an...

Jesus gave four instructions to guide us in our praying (Matthew 6:5-15). We must pray in secret before we pray in public. If we pray in public, we should be in the habit of praying in private. We must pray sincerely. The fact that a request is repeated does not...

God’s grace involves something more than giving us salvation. We not only are saved by grace, but we are to live by grace. We stand in grace: it is the foundation for the Christian life. Grace gives us the strength we need to be victorious soldiers. Grace enables us to...

Because we belong to Jesus Christ by faith and are united to Him, we have access to His fullness. We have within us a “well of living water” that perpetually satisfies. More than that, we have a river of living water that flows from Christ to us, and then through...

Beware of “the deceitfulness of sin” (Hebrews 3:13). Sin always promises freedom but in the end brings bondage. It promises life but instead brings death. Sin has a way of gradually binding a person until there is no way of escape, apart from the gracious intervention of the Lord. Even...

The word confidence literally means “freedom of speech, openness.” Believers can come boldly to the throne of grace with openness and freedom and not be afraid. We have this boldness because of the shed blood of Jesus Christ. Because we are too prone to fail, we should not have confidence...

God is omnipotent—all-powerful. The psalmist might have used God’s vast creation as an example of God’s great power, but instead he used the miracle of birth (Psalm 139:13-18). Conception, development, and birth are perpetual wonders that an under- standing of genetics, anatomy, and obstetrics cannot erase. It is tragic that...

“Give, and it shall be given unto you” (Luke 6:38) was our Lord’s promise. It still holds true. The “good measure” He gives back to us is not always money or material goods, but it is always worth far more than what we gave. If our giving is to bless...

We shall be judged “by the Law of liberty.” Why does James (1:25) use this title for God’s Law? When we obey God’s Law, it frees us from sin and enables us to walk in liberty (Psalm 119:45). Liberty does not mean license. License (doing whatever I want to do)...

If God sends a “fiery trial” to His own children, and they are saved “with difficulty,” what will happen to lost sinners when God’s fiery judgment fails? When a believer suffers, he experiences glory and knows that there will be greater glory in the future. But a sinner who causes...