Call It Sold!

After church one Sunday, a gentleman grasped my hand as he was leaving and said, “Pastor, I really need for you to agree with me in prayer. My wife and I have a piece of property we have to sell as soon as possible.” He went on to tell me that he had the property

If You Have Been Given a Negative Report

The world is full of negative reports. It seems that everywhere you go, there is someone telling you, “You won’t make it.” “You can’t win.” “God doesn’t want to heal you.” “Faith doesn’t work,” etc. The world does not want you to make it. But here’s the good news. God does! God’s Word is positive.

Hope Does Not Disappoint

“Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us” (Romans 5:5). While listening to a sermon by a traveling minister, I kept hearing him make the following statement. He said, “Wishin’ and hopin’ never got anybody anything. God

Great Faith or Little Faith?

When Jesus was here on earth, He traveled around from village to village teaching about the kingdom of God. In every village He entered He taught the Word and He healed the sick. In fact, Matthew 9:35 says, “Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of

Looking for Faith

According to 1 Thessalonians 4:16, when Jesus returns to the earth, Christians will be caught up in the air to be with Him. From that point on, we who are Christians will be with Him forever. As Christians, we know this, and we are anxiously expecting and looking for His return. But let me ask

Praying in Faith

Sometimes we receive letters from people who say that they have prayed and prayed but have not received an answer from God. Why would someone pray and not get an answer from Him? Does God favor some people over others? Is He a respecter of persons? Does He only answer the prayers of the important

Amazement is Not Faith

“And when the demon was driven out, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowd was amazed and said, ‘Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel’” (Matthew 9:33). Why was the crowd amazed? They were amazed because they saw Jesus doing something they didn’t think He had the ability to do. They

Removing the Guilt of the Past and the Fear of the Future

Recently I received a letter from a lady who had a unique problem. She said that in just a few weeks she was going to attend her 10-year class reunion. Her husband, who had attended the same school, had bought the tickets months ago and was really looking forward to seeing his old school buddies.

According to Your Faith

Then He touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith let it be to you” (Matthew 9:29). In Matthew chapter nine, Jesus touched the eyes of two blind men who were following Him, and He healed them. Notice He didn’t simply say to them, “You are healed,” but instead He said, “According to your faith

What Are You Believing?

We can’t have faith without hope, and we can’t have hope without faith. They go together because faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. The reality is this: the unseen world is the real world, and this world we live in is the created world. God is