There are two liberty’s mentioned in this verse. Jeremiah said that he had proclaimed liberty to these people, and this liberty that he proclaimed to

We have two groups of people: the rich men and the widow. The rich men gave a large gift into the treasury of the temple, whereas this widow only cast in two mites. In comparison, the rich men gave much more than this

Recently, I had someone come to my office and complain about my staff man doing exactly what I told them to do. Their complaint was that my staff men never thought for

I am a salt lover. As a boy, I often asked for the salt shaker so I could salt my food, but my mother always told me to taste the food before I salted it. Because I loved salt so much, I took a small bite and then asked for the salt

We know the story of how the disciples were commanded to go to the other side of the sea to meet Jesus. As they got in the boat and began to row to the other side, they encountered a great storm. It was the fourth watch of

There is no doubt that we are in the end times, and yet many act like we still have much time before our Lord returns. The end times are not times to sit and do nothing, but they are

You would think Jesus would make coming to Him easy for those who obey, but the decision to obey is often the easiest part of obeying Jesus’ command to come. One would think that

Nine times Jesus said that a person is blessed. Now, what they are blessed for often would not match what the average preacher talks about when it comes to being blessed. Let’s look at what it means to be blessed. Jesus said, Blessed are the poor in spirit… These are they who don't have much spirit left in them

One reason we miss reaching the world is because we get wrapped up in the multitudes instead of reaching the individual. You can't reach the multitudes if you are not

You cannot listen to the wrong type of talkers without their words polluting your mind. One of the great areas many people are very casual about in their lives is in the area of the

There are many things we cannot control in life, but we can control what influences our heart. Protecting your heart is critical because out of it are the issues of your life. Your heart

In school, you are shown examples of how to do something so you can learn how you are to work the same problems yourself. We learn by example. For instance, when I try to teach someone how to go soul winning, I take them

Faith is the key to living a successful Christian life. Many want to experience the blessings that living by faith brings, but they don't want to do the works that living by faith

God said He would punish His people because they were settled on their lees. Lees is the sediment at the bottom. If you have ever had pure fruit juice, the lees settles at

Having the mind of Christ is not a suggestion for the believer, but a command, and if followed, we will be used to reach many lost for Christ. One reason so many have no influence to reach the lost is because they

We often forget how critical it is to have our feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace. The feet are critical to living a life of faith. Faith is a forward-moving motion. Therefore, to keep moving forward by faith, you need healthy feet. If your feet

God warns there is a device Satan uses to gain an advantage over the believer. To gain an advantage means to gain a strategic position that helps Satan to win over us. For instance, when I played basketball in

Daniel was one of the wisest men because of his procedures for answering. Notice the process Daniel went through to give an answer to the king. Before the answer, he got counseling, and the counseling gave him the

Contention has been a part of the world from the beginning of time. It started in Heaven, when Satan rebelled against God and was cast out of Heaven. It continued between Cain and Abel, when Abel offered a blood sacrifice and Cain offered a sacrifice of

One of the great works of the Holy Spirit is to be our helper. A helper is there because we cannot do something alone. God makes it clear that we cannot do life alone, much less try to do