I have good news! The hem of his garment can still be touched by faith! Luke 8:43-44 “Now a woman, having a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her livelihood on physicians and could not be healed by any, came from behind and touched the border
One of the saddest parts of pastoring is hearing the stories from people that you love and care about when they confide in you the brokenness that has transpired in their life. Many times they have to confess: Help my unbelief. It is almost as though they preface the
Every Christian who is honest says these words: It is a struggle to overcome sin. As an avid reader and a pastor and speaker for many years, I realize that the bulk of sermons, books and articles about this subject speak largely of our responsibility. And we do have a huge
In this article I am going to share what the Bible teaches about how to forgive someone. The first thing you must understand is that your enemy doesn’t want you to forgive anyone. I am talking about Satan, Lucifer, the devil, a supernatural created being with real power. The Bible calls
I want to equip you with sufficient knowledge and with the Word so that you will understand that you can win in the biggest spiritual battle of your life. That battle is the struggle against sin. If you have a hunger for God and a desire to please Him, you must
In this article we are going to show you how to resist the devil by understanding his main strategy toward you. This article is a series of articles about the three battle fronts every Christian has: the world, the flesh and the devil. There are two underlying assumptions that
The greatest battle we face as believers is to overcome sin in our lives. Does the world control much of the things you value and love and esteem? If so, this article is for you. This article will equip you to be an effective Christian. We are looking at what the theologians call sanctification.
In this article, I am going to give you some solid biblical strategies about defeating the flesh. Before we look at those, please allow me a moment to set the stage for our discussion. I wish to use some examples from the history of the United States of America.
I believe that many believers struggle in the battle for holiness. Jerry Bridges is a wonderful author and he shares this personal story of his own struggle to be victorious: “The shrill ring of the telephone shattered the stillness of the beautiful, crisp Colorado morning. On the other end was one
As 2020 started many people made plans. They were confident these plans would come to pass. We are going to be looking at a passage in James in this article. The date of the writing of this article is August of 2020. The world is still in the midst