20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
Introduction
Leroy “Satchel” Paige was the first black man allowed to pitch in the American League. As a rookie at 42 years of ag...
Sermon
A. J. Cronin said: “Worry, in the final analysis, is a form of atheism.” To worry unduly is to deny faith in a God who can and will help you. Jesus agrees and addressed those in his day who worried unduly with the words: “O ye of little faith.” Unbelief is at the root of most worry.
The solution to worry is faith in God. Faith is the greatest...
Devotional
The Bible warns us against presuming on tomorrow when it says “Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knoweth not what a day may bring forth” (Proverbs 27:1). We are not forbidden to plan for or to think about tomorrow, but we are told not to presume upon it. Instead we are told we should live each day with the consciousness that tomorrow may not be ours....
Devotional
Nothing is more useless than worry. Corrie Ten Boom wrote, “Worry does not empty today of its sorrow—it empties today of its strength.” While worry does no good, it can do much harm. It is also the cause of many physical ills.
Jesus once asked if we could worry our way to a taller stature (Matthew 6:27). The answer is obvious and points out the usel...
Devotional
Some time ago, a man came to Norman Vincent Peale to share with him the problems of his life. The man was the manager of a hotel. He had a nervous breakdown early in his life, and he was afraid that he was about to have another one. He began to share all of his problems and his burdens with Dr. Peale. The more he shared those problems and burdens, the more uptight he...
Illustration
There are three places we can live—in the past, in the present, or in the future.
Some people live in the past. They are always looking back. Their lives are so weighted down by mistakes, failures, regrets, and sins of the past that they don’t enjoy the present.
Others live in the future. They either spend so much time dreaming of the future or dreading...
Devotional
A foreigner, when asked his impression of American people, said, “They impress me as being worried.” Anxiety is part of almost every life. In fact our age has been called “the age of anxiety.”
In the midst of the tensions of today's times many are wondering, “How can I overcome worry?” One of the greatest helps is to remember that...
Devotional
