“Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel.” (1 Pet. 3:7) Peter writes that part of our responsibilities as a husband is to dwell with our wives according to knowledge. I suppose men have always felt that “you just can’t understand women.” Apparently God...
BEATING THE BLUES
“He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings” (Ps. 40:2). It is a very rare Christian wife who does not experience an occasional “case of the blues.” Discouragement hits just about everyone at some point in life,...
STRENGTH THROUGH YOUR IDENTITY IN CHRIST
“For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive” (1 Cor. 15:22). “Victory rises out of death. Christ went down into the tomb, but three days later he came out! Christ so completely identified with us that he took us to the Cross with Him, buried us with Him,...
THE EXTRAORDINARY FATHER COOPERATES WITH GOD
“Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it” (Psalm 127:1). Exceptional fathers do what other fathers refuse to do. Extraordinary fathers do regularly what others do only occasionally. They discipline their children, protect their children, train their children, teach their children, and put forth incredible effort in raising their children...
BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT
Be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord. Ephesians 5:17–19 One of the greatest truths...
THE PARAMETERS OF REVIVAL
“The prayer for revival is ultimately a prayer based upon a concern for the manifestation of the glory of God.” —D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones “[Revival] changes the moral climate of a community.” —A. W. Tozer A little girl spoke to her father as they were pulling out of the driveway, “Daddy, where are we going?” The...