Joshua 1:8 tells us, “The Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” The Bible is the greatest book in the world concerning money management that leads to staggering prosperity. God’s children have been historically prosperous. Consider Abraham. The book of Genesis tells us that he was rich in cattle, silver and gold. Solomon was the richest man in the world. By today’s standards he would have been a trillionaire. His horse stables were made of gold. That is prosperity! 3 John 2 says, “Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.” Jesus gave us 38 parables; 16 deal with how to manage your possessions. There are 500 verses in the New Testament dealing with prayer, and less than 500 discussing faith. There are more than 2,000 verses telling...

There are no short or simple answers to your question. Part of the solution lies in realizing that salvation isn’t a matter of instantaneous perfection. Instead, it’s a question of your  relationship  with God. Like all relationships, this one is a  process . It ebbs and flows. It includes periods of growth and advancement as well as times of discouragement and disaffection. That doesn’t mean that the Lord is inconsistent. It simply reflects our own inconstancy. We’re human, and our faith experiences many stops and starts. This relationship is more like a journey than anything else. It has its ups and downs and plenty of seemingly impossible uphill grades. But if Christ has set us upon the road, we can be sure that He will guide us to the final destination. Like Paul, we can be confident “that He who has begun a good work in [us] will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ” (Philippians 1:6). “Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass” (1 Thessalo...

The New Testament was written in Koine Greek. The word  Koine  denotes “common,” because this style of Greek was the language of the common man-on-the-street during the time of Christ. Koine Greek came into vogue about 300 years before the birth of Jesus, and it became an obsolete language about three centuries after the Lord’s death. It was the most precise instrument for the conveyance of human thought that the world has ever known. Without doubt, this language was providentially employed by God in giving the world the New Testament revelation of his Son. The “Love” Vocabulary Koine Greek had several words representing different aspects of love.  Eros  generally had to do with  sexual love . From this term derives the English “erotic.” This word, however, is  never  found in the New Testament. Then there was the noun  storge . This term was primarily employed of  family affection . Paul used a negative form of it in describing the base trai...

Faith Is the Language of Heaven By Anne Durant We all have testimonies of different things we’ve gone through. There have been some tremendous tests! But as you probably know, tests come, basically, just to prove what you already know! In school, they didn’t just pop a test on you on the first day. They taught you first, and you learned things, and then a test was given. You didn’t learn by the test; you learned before the test. The test came to prove what you already knew. Praise God, you can be prepared for the test! No matter what test comes, you can be prepared to ace it! But some of us have some cramming to do. I was always a crammer in school. Every test I took, I crammed for it the night before. I’m not proud of this. I don’t recommend it, but that’s just the way I’ve always been. And when God called me into the ministry, I said, “God, why in the world would You call somebody like me?” And He said (some of you are going to like this), “I know that you’re a crammer. I know you’ve...

Picture Yourself Healed By Kenneth W. Hagin If you need healing, find and meditate on a Bible passage that tells of someone receiving their healing. In other words, as you drive to work, go about your day, cook dinner—even as you begin to go to sleep at night, imagine that person’s  story. Picture the passage in your mind, reliving in your thoughts the experiences that person went through according to the Word. This will paint a picture of God the Healer at work. After you have a picture of that person receiving healing from God firmly painted in your heart and mind, begin to picture yourself receiving healing! Picture Jesus receiving stripes upon His back to obtain your healing. Imagine Him on the Cross, providing total well-being for you—body, soul, and spirit. Dwell on God’s healing power at work in your body, and see it affecting a healing and a cure in your particular situation.  Culled from rhema.org