The ant is one of the most amazing insects and one that God often refers believers to emulate. There is a reason the ant continues to thrive despite people trying to kill them. Their ways are

Your word is your testimony, and breaking your word one time could mar your testimony for life. This is why it is critical that every person is a person of their word. Once you say you will do

The parable of the prodigal son brings many principles with it. This son had everything given to him when he was young, and his future was certainly a bright one. Somehow, he became complacent with what his father

God led Israel through the wilderness by a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. When these moved, Israel was to follow and move. When these stayed, they were to stop and wait for God to go forward. It was critical

When the priests made the bread for the tabernacle in the wilderness, they were to make the bread with fine flour. God could have given the instruction to just use flour, but He chose to

God was very direct with Israel that they were not to look to Egypt or Canaan to determine their way of living. God said we are not to do after their doings, and neither were we to walk in their ordinances. God made it clear

One of my favorite miracles that Jesus performed was the feeding of the five thousand. Jesus had very little to start with, but He ended up with much more after all the fragments were gathered. All Jesus had to start with was

Years ago, I was helping my dad at our church plant grass. Before we planted the grass, someone needed to break up the ground with a rototiller. There was a man in our church who had his own construction business and knew how to work landscaping tools well. He started to break up the ground with

The parable of the great supper should be the challenge for every pastor and church. A certain man made a great supper. This was not just any supper; this was a great supper. You would think everyone would want to come to

It is critical to see the dialogue before this verse to be able to understand what Jesus was teaching. Jesus said there was a man who had a friend come to visit him, but because he had no bread to give, he went to another friend at midnight to ask for bread. Though this

If you have a heart for God, you will want God to use you. Since I was a teenage boy, I have always had a heart for God to use me mightily. My prayer since I was a teenager was that if God would not

The verse above is one of the most amazing verses about the life of Christ. Jesus knew He was about to face the most difficult part of His ministry; He knew what was going to happen to Him. Jesus knew those who would betray Him would take Him and beat

Four times in the Scriptures, God talks about His house not being forsaken. The remnant promised in the verse above, we will not forsake the house of our God. Hebrews 10:25 commands

Compromise promises so much but tears down everything it gets its way into. The Israelites thought that being like all the other nations would make them a stronger and better nation, but look at what compromise brought to

The church Jesus started had the same problems that every church today has. Today’s problems are not any different from the past. Whether it is

The promise of possessions always promises contentment, but it only leaves emptiness and discontentment. The young man had many possessions, but he still knew that he did not have what he needed to get to Heaven. This is why this young man said to

Asa was one of the great kings in Judah for many reasons, but maybe the greatest reason is because he was willing to stand against family for right. It was not just family he stood against, but he stood against his own mother. His mother

Leadership has been so weakened that it is no wonder our churches are floundering. Many make leadership look like a weak person who is afraid of their shadow asking people to follow, but that model has produced dying churches, worldly believers, and believers with

Most people never do something that causes them to be unsafe because we are prone to self-preservation. However, the life of faith often does not seem to be the safe life, but the faith life is the

There is God’s way, and there are always many other ways, but there is only one way that is the right way, and that is God’s way. David found out that it did not matter how sincere he was