• Confidence in God,  Confidence in God's Word

    What is Quick, Powerful, and Sharper Than Any Two-Edged Sword?

    The Risk of This Powerful Weapon Being Worthless in Your Hand -- God’s Word unlocks the power of His name. But that power is never released if His Word, the Bible, is merely safely stored or displayed somewhere in our offices or homes and not intended to be used as the mighty sword of the Spirit that it is (Ephesians 6:17). We must put it to its intended use in order for God’s Word to be a quick, powerful, and sharp weapon in our lives.

  • Christian Living,  Confidence in God

    Do You Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth?

    What We Can Learn from the Allocation of the Promised Land -- Is it possible that we look a gift horse in the mouth when we receive blessings from God? Don’t be too quick to say, “Ah, no! I would never do that.” We can learn a lot about how people accept God’s blessings by looking at the children of Israel’s responses to how Joshua allocated the Promised Land to them.

  • Confidence in God,  Confidence in My Relationship with God

    Is It Really Possible to be a Friend of God?

    Serving is Good But Friendship is Better -- Friend of God is a song written by Israel Houghton and Michael Gungor. I first heard it on the Let the Worshippers Arise recording by Phillips, Craig & Dean released in 2004. In John 15:15 (NIV), Jesus tells his disciples, “I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.” If we are disciples of Christ, walking in relationship with Him, is it really possible that we…

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