The Lord Will Work Out His Plans for Us
When you discover your purpose in Christ, you’ll also understand God has a wonderful plan for your life—plans for good and not for evil.
Spiritual growth
When the Holy Spirit Convicts
“But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come”—John 16:13 (NIV). When I sit down to write, I pray for God’s Holy Spirit to …
The Truth about Deception
“Then the Lord God asked the woman, ‘What have you done?’ ‘The serpent deceived me,’” she replied. “‘That’s why I ate it’”—Genesis 3:13 (NLT). A recent email reminded me of how easy it might be to fall for a scam if we’re not discerning. The idiom, “If something seems too good to be true, it …
Are You Taking God for Granted?
“But don’t take any of this for granted. It was only yesterday that you outsiders to God’s ways had no idea of any of this, didn’t know the first thing about the way God works, hadn’t the faintest idea of Christ. You knew nothing of that rich history of God’s covenants and promises in Israel, …