What does a lukewarm heart look like? A heart that is no longer on fire for God, or perhaps never has been on fire for God, has distinctive characteristics. First, a lukewarm heart is a prayerless heart, one that has…
David wrote: “In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. . . . He sent from above,…
We have a tendency to forget every good thing God has done for us. When we face new challenges we often do not remember our deliverance from old ones. When David stood before Goliath, he rehearsed his past victories in…
The book of Numbers contains a sad example of wasted afflictions. The five daughters of a man called Zelophehad came to Moses asking for a share in the possession of the Promised Land. They told Moses, “Our father died in…
“But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel” (Philippians 1:12). When Paul wrote this, he was an older man with years of experience. In…