Prayer That Works

The effective prayer of faith comes from a life given up to the will and the love of God. Not as a result of what I try to be when praying, but because ...

The Road to Success

We must make sure that we do not decide that we shall succeed. If we decide to succeed then we may succeed without succeeding in God's way. But if ...

The Vulnerable Leader

The Christian leader of the future is called to be completely irrelevant and to stand in this world with nothing to offer but his or her vulnerable self. ...

Marriage and Needs

I never got married to get my needs met. My husband does not exist to meet my needs. I exist to meet his needs. And incidentally, while I'm doing ...

Dangerous Doctrine

I saw a cartoon some time ago in which a preacher had prepared the pulpit area like a fortress. He was peering through the crack of a machine gun nest. ...

Inconvenient Rapture?

[Our] striving after wind is motivated by a sinister desire to be independent of God, free from the frightening vulnerability of His watch-care. If we ...

Let God Do the Work

When I exert too much effort of the flesh, I'm in trouble. When I stand aside and let God work, things go differently.

God Gives The Resources

You become stronger only when you become weaker. When you surrender your will to God, you discover the resources to do what God requires.

"One Nation under God"

Abraham Lincoln was the first President to use the phrase, "This nation under God." It inspired President Eisenhower, in 1954, to add the words ...

Only God's Instrument

Your own efforts "did not bring it to pass," only God--but rejoice if God found a use for your efforts in His work.

Rejoice if you feel that ...