Riches can have such a tight hold on man. They grip our hearts in ways very few other things can, but praise God all chains can be broken by Christ!

A heart for God is developed in a man by believing in the heart and obeying from the heart, and is tested in words that come from the heart.

To be sanctified is to be separated from profane things and dedicated to God, to be purified for use by God. This was Jesus' prayer for His disciples.

The Psalms provide comfort and help and encouragement when we face our most difficult moments in life. As we note in this podcast, for good reason.

There should never be a limitation a Christian's scope of concern for people, but our passage of the day doesn't fail to give us specifics.

Our passage of the day begins by contradicting human thinking. It tells us to have joy at the most inconvenient times and reminds us to ask for wisdom.

Paul calls the Roman church to His side in this passage, exhorting them to actively, daily, and deliberately present their whole selves to God.

That which is included in our passage of the day must be taken into account. We must reckon with it - inwardly. It must occupy our thinking.

A man, unable to walk for 38 years, is waiting for healing near the pool of Bethesda, when Jesus arrives and asks “wilt thou be made whole?”

In John 1:43-50 Philip tells Nathanael what he believes about Jesus. When a question is raised, Philip simply says "come and see."

Godly character crosses all age and gender boundaries, but men and women are equipped in different ways, and equipped in different ways at different ages.

To forget is common to man. We are a forgetful people. Thankfully, God has provided reminders in His word. This Psalm is a good place to start.

If things done for ourselves are empty, what then can be done? What is it that is meaningful? These two verses (Ecclesiastes 12:12-13) tell us.

Do we have a desire to follow Jesus and have we made this known to Him and to others? If so, have we considered what it will mean?

The test of our neighborliness is not in proximity, it is a test of our compassion that must certainly come forth of commitment to the God of compassion.

In the church at Antioch, as we find it in Acts 13, there are men committed to local ministry. As we read, we observe the Holy Spirit prompting them beyond!

Bondservants and masters who have faith in Christ are responsible to Him and all of their worldly service must be "as unto Him."

If we can follow Paul's example and heed his advice, we can learn to maximize our role in the church and develop an effective local church ministry.

A common phrase in Christianity appears in Galatians 5: the fruit of the Spirit. It's a way of describing attributes that God works within us to develop.