God Helps Those who Help Themselves

Many people believe this oft-quoted proverb is in the Bible. It definitely is not. John F. Kennedy made it famous in one of his speeches, but the words actually are not Kennedy’s but are from another noted American, Benjamin Franklin.

That “Light” resides in Christ, for He said, “I am the Light of the world”

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Light which Redeems the Soul

Jimmy Swaggart

The darkness that was here prevalent was taken away only by the Spirit of God, as He moved upon the face of the waters. As someone has well said, The Moving of the Holy Spirit is the first sign of life.

Put your Faith in Him and what He has done for you at the Cross.

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Beginnings are one thing, while endings are another!

Jimmy Swaggart

On this first day of a brand-new year, which is a new beginning of sorts, the Lord offers to every person a brand-new beginning in their life, irrespective as to what the past has been. Millions this year will make New Year’s resolutions, resolutions which invariably will not be kept.

The place where god puts you will not be perfect—even eden was exposed to the possibility of evil. But there is no better place to be than where god has set you down.

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A Place Called Home

Colin S. Smith and Tim Augustyn

The book of genesis is part of the revelation god gave to moses at mount Sinai, so when it says eden was “in the east,” we are talking about a location somewhere east of Sinai.

We were created to come close to a Father who has made himself vulnerable to the longings of his people and to absorb his desires as he cares for and works through ours.

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God’s Heart and Ours

Chris Tiegreen

One of the primary ways God accomplishes his purposes on earth is through the prayers of his people. And one of our primary motivations for prayer is the desires in our hearts.

God’s Word gives us the resilience of a tree with a source of living water that will never dry up.

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The Secret of Strength and Happiness

Timothy Keller

Psalm 1 is the gateway to the rest of the psalms. The “law” is all Scripture, to “meditate” is to think out its implications for all life, and to “delight” in it means not merely to comply but to love what God commands.

God Helps Those who Help Themselves

Light which Redeems the Soul

Beginnings are one thing, while endings are another!

A Place Called Home

God’s Heart and Ours

The Secret of Strength and Happiness

Advice to Young Christians

The Deceitful Nature of Sin

Insidious Temptations

Patience With Youth

Negligence of the Church

Christ and Woman

Heroism of Christian Women

A Lost Woman