Our God-given free will is a beautiful and powerful privilege. It is our ability to choose what we will think and what we will do. No matter the situation, we can exercise our free will and choose to elevate our thoughts and actions to the highest level—the love of God. This allows for the greatest… Continue Reading
I never grow tired of searching the Scriptures to learn more about the Apostle Peter. Among the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ, Peter is unique in that so much about his life is recorded in the Gospels that we can get a good glimpse of his character and personality. Then, in the Book of Acts,… Continue Reading
Our loving heavenly Father has planned and prepared for us throughout all eternity. In this life now, we have the more abundant life made available through His Son, Jesus Christ, and for the future, we have the hope of Christ’s return, with the promise “…so shall we ever be with the Lord” (I Thessalonians 4:17).… Continue Reading
In God’s Word we find illustrations referring to the olive tree, which would have communicated clearly to the believers in Bible times. Understanding some of the literal aspects of the olive tree of the East helps our Western minds grasp the meaning of the scriptures relating to the olive tree and its resources. The olive… Continue Reading
On a Monday evening, after partaking of the last supper with his disciples, Jesus Christ, God’s only begotten Son, walked with them to a garden where they would spend their last minutes together. It was the beginning of the thirteenth of Nisan in 28 A.D. Jesus’ betrayal was at hand, and in the face of… Continue Reading
It was the summer of 1979, two weeks before I was to begin my last year of Way Corps training. I was waiting in line to buy an ice-cream cone at an event at The Way International. While in line, I looked for the opportunity to speak the Word to someone. Meeting new people and… Continue Reading
I love the words to this chorus that we sing in our wonderful ministry: “Got any rivers you think are uncrossable, Got any mountains you cannot tunnel through? God specializes in things called impossible, And He can do what no other power can do.” Our God specializes in things that may look impossible to us… Continue Reading
The term used for “farmer” in the Bible is “husbandman.” A husbandman is a plowman, a man of the soil, a tiller of the ground. In All the Trades and Occupations of the Bible, Herbert Lockyer writes that Jesus Christ’s frequent allusions to farmers, fields, and their products indicate how familiar he was with the… Continue Reading
In this series on the love of God, we are learning how to love with God’s love. We received God’s loving nature when we were born again of His spirit, and we have the ability to manifest His amazing love toward one another as we renew our minds to God’s Word. I Corinthians 13 lists… Continue Reading
In our ministry there is a well-known saying that we are “born to live; born again to serve.” When we are born into the world, our first birth is physical. We are born with a body and a soul. When we become born again of God’s spirit, we become a complete person of body, soul,… Continue Reading