We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. No, we declare God’s wisdom, a mystery that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. None of the rulers…

Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve. Joshua 24:15. Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called…I charge you to keep this command without spot or blame until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, which God will bring about in his own…

Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth . . . As it is written: “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.” 1 Corinthians 1: 26, 31. Whoever is wise, let him heed these things and consider the great love of the Lord.…

My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power. 1 Corinthians 2:4-5. I have set the Lord continually before me; because He is at my right hand, I shall not…

With what shall I come before the Lord and bow down before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of olive oil? Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of…

Worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water. Revelation 14:7 NKJV. Yesterday we watched the Kentucky Derby. Not for gambling, not for the beautiful hats but for the beautiful thoroughbred horses. And then we watched the movie Secretariat about the most amazing thoroughbred of all. My favorite part was when…

But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. 2 Corinthians 4:7. Do you ever read Scripture and feel unsettled? You have more questions than answers. I felt that reading this psalm, Psalm 99. The Lord reigns, let the nations tremble; he…

The King will reply, “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” Matthew 25:40. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. For now we see only a reflection…

Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Psalm 62:8 NKJV. Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet, but she…

We’re depending on God; he’s everything we need. What’s more, our hearts brim with joy since we’ve taken for our own his holy name. Love us, God, with all you’ve got – that’s what we’re depending on. Psalm 33:20-22 MSG. I love this psalm, Psalm 96, because it speaks of the breakthrough when we come…