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2 Corinthians 11:25,26 “Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea…” Paul’s life was one of incredible variety, challenge, adventure and suffering. The last thing you would say about it was that it was dull. As…

1 Thessalonians 5:17 “Pray continually.” Most of us are too busy to pray, but our excuses illustrate our fundamental misunderstanding of the primacy of prayer. If we grasp the importance of prayer, it will undergird our very existence and act as the engine-room for all our activities, such that we will be too busy not…

2 Timothy 4:7 “I have fought the good fight, I have run the race, I have kept the faith.” My first spiritual mentor left his dying wife and four children for a young man. The teacher I idolized most at Bible College left his wife and daughter for a younger woman. Both of these men…

James 1:2-4 “Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.” William Carey is often attributed the title ‘father of modern missions’. He was…

Philippians 4:6,7 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Worry has been described as the interest we pay on tomorrow’s troubles, and it…

Colossians 3:23 “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as for the Lord, not for men.” Some people believe all Christians are born equal, but ‘full-time’ Christians are born more equal than others. What do you think? We need to completely reject that way of viewing things. All vocations are equal, and…

Watch the video here! 1 Corinthians 1: 25 “For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom.” Oswald Chambers wrote: “The simplicity that comes from our natural common sense decisions is apt to be mistaken for the witness of the Spirit, but the Spirit witnesses only to his own nature and to the work…

Romans 1:16 “I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes.” Paul wasn’t ashamed, so why am I? One of our biggest problems has arisen out of the privatization of our faith. The result of a privatized faith is that Christ’s lordship is…

Isaiah 41:10 “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” Fear is such a common emotion that it is addressed almost four hundred times in the Bible. Many of…

1 Thessalonians 2:8 “We loved you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well, because you had become so dear to us.” In my early twenties, I began taking my 14-year-old sister and three of her friends to a lively church each…