Prayer for the Saints

This morning we will be looking at the first of two Spirit-filled prayers that Paul prays for the saints at Ephesus (Ephesians 1:15-20). These prayers, like all the prayers in the bible, can be used to help us in our prayer lives. In fact, I would say that one reason...

My testimony is not the Gospel

1 Cor 15.1-8 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered...

The mirror that talks

James 1.22-25 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway...

The gifts and callings of God; handle with prayer

John 3.27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. Charles a Spurgeon wrote: “The truth stated in this verse should act as an effectual cure for envy and emulation.” It should also be a warning about boasting and...

Not for Sale!

For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s. When the Scripture tells us that we have been bought with a price, it is important that we understand what it means to God and to us. For in understanding...

Giving Glory to God

Daniel 5.21 “but the God in whose hand is your breath, and whose are all your ways, you have not glorified.” We must reject the thinking that giving glory to God is “just for Christians.” How dangerous it is for any human being to think this...