Dealing With Fear (2)

‘I was afraid and hid from You.’ Genesis 3:10 GNT We tend to think that successful people are exempt from fear. Nothing could be further from the truth. Every generation in history has experienced fear. The first person God created was Adam, and the first recorded...

Dealing With Fear (1)

‘The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?’ Psalm 118:6 NKJV During the Great Depression unemployment hit 25% of the American population. Savings accounts were wiped out by bank failures, farmers lost their land to repossessions, and people were...

‘Spinning’ The Truth

‘Love should always make us tell the truth.’ Ephesians 4:15 CEV How do you think Paul, ‘the apostle of grace’, would have handled the following inquiry: ‘Dear Paul: We’re thinking about hiring Alexander the coppersmith as a company manager, and because you know him...

‘Choice Morsels’

‘Words of a gossip are like choice morsels.’ Proverbs 18:8 NIV Gossip can be a ‘choice morsel’ that’s hard to resist. So what’s the solution? Catch yourself before you indulge in it! Ask yourself why you’ve decided to be a bearer of bad news. Is this the only way you...

Trust God’s Saving And Keeping Power

‘Kept by the power of God through faith for salvation.’ 1 Peter 1:5 NKJV If our salvation is assured when we place our trust in Christ, might not some people take advantage of this assurance? Yes, they might—for a time. But as grace goes deep, and as God’s love and...