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

Paul was a great preacher and Christian, but great preachers and Christians are still sinners at best. Paul's strength was also his weakness. His strength was his burden to see his

There would seem to be no confidence in fear. Let’s face it: fear seems to bring anxiety in most, but the reason it brings anxiety is that it is placed in the wrong object or person. When you place your fear in man, you naturally will be nervous and be apprehensive when in

Many lazy believers who rarely go soul winning make much about conviction before salvation. Their famous line is, “No conviction, no conversion.” Now, this sounds cute, but the only reason they say this is to

Jesus said that He kept those who were saved and none of them is lost. In other words, while Jesus was alive, He was able to keep those who followed Him doing the right thing. As long as Jesus was with them, the disciples did what they

Much is said about being a disciple of Christ. The Scriptures teach that you can't be a disciple of Christ until you obey the first command of growth to be baptized. We know from Luke 14 that you cannot be Christ’s disciple if you are unwilling to leave family, friends, and

Much is made of discipleship classes in our day, but there was never one class in the Scriptures that taught on discipleship. Rather, the making of a disciple is a decision of the