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1

When a Heart Becomes Proud

2

Walking Humbly vs. Living Selfishly

3

Life After a Crisis

4

One More Assurance in Times of Crisis

5

Assurance of Faith in Times of Crisis

6

Faith Prays for What God Has Promised

7

Faith Is Strengthened by the Word of God

8

How God Can Use a Test of Faith for Our Good

9

An Unexpected Crisis Will Test Your Faith

10

Let Your Anguish Lead You to Jesus—Part 2

11

Let Your Anguish Lead You to Jesus – Part 1

12

The Fear that God Might Be Against You

13

The Fear of Being “Cut Off” by Death

14

The Fear of Leaving Loved Ones Behind

15

The Feelings of a Godly King in the Middle of a Crisis

16

When Your Life Is Slipping Away, This Will Be the Only Question That Matters

17

Things That Only God Can Do

18

Thank God When He Makes the Means Effective

19

How God Can Use You as a Means of Blessing Others

20

Use the Means God Makes Available

21

God Normally Works Through Means

22

How You Can Have a Clear Conscience Before God

23

Is Your Life’s Work Done?

24

The Second Response of a Godly Person to an Unexpected Crisis

25

The First Response of a Godly Person to an Unexpected Crisis

26

When Bad Things Happen to Godly People

27

God Can Redeem Your Background

28

When You Face One Crisis After Another

29

The Opportunity Money Provides

30

The Priority of Giving

31

Four Ways Money Will Tempt You

32

Two Dangers of Money

33

Where Riches Come From

34

How Jesus Approached His Work

35

A Powerful Description of Laziness

36

The Surprising Motive of the Hard-Working Person

37

The Profile of an Unproductive Person

38

Wisdom for Work

39

How You Can Bless Others with Your Words

40

Four Prayers for Wise Words

41

Two Very Surprising Effects of Our Words

42

Why Your Words Matter

43

The Power of Example

44

Wisdom for Parents

45

Wisdom for Children

46

Wisdom for Husbands and Wives

47

Wisdom for Brothers and Sisters

48

How to Find a Best Friend

49

How to Be a True Friend

50

Guard Your Friendships Carefully

51

Choose Your Friends Wisely

52

Be Intentional with Your Friendships

53

“The Fear of the Lord” Is Not Fear of Punishment

54

What Is Your First Reaction to “the Fear of the Lord”?

55

Three Benefits of Wisdom

56

What’s in It (Wisdom) for Me?

57

The Point of the Proverbs

58

How to Read the Book of Proverbs

59

The Kind of Sorrow God Wants You to Experience

60

Where You Will Find the Courage to Repent

61

Where the Prodigal Son’s Repentance Came From

62

This Shows What You Truly Think of Jesus

63

The Danger of an Empty Profession

64

If You Have Doubts About Your Heart

65

How to Offer Yourself to God

66

Offer Yourself to God in Your Present Circumstances

67

Repentance Involves Giving Yourself to God

68

Repentance Cannot Be Confined to Certain Things You No Longer Do

69

Learn How to Kill Your Sin

70

Sin Is Like a Wild Animal

71

Learn How to Stalk Your Sin

72

Use the Bible as a Tool for Self-Examination

73

How God Reveals Our Hidden Sins

74

Why the Christian Life Is Always a Struggle

75

How to Read the Bible, Worship, and Pray

76

The Relationship Between Your Comfort and Your Repentance

77

What Is Your Prevailing Attitude Toward God?

78

How to Live with the Pain of Your Unanswered Questions

79

If You Have a Complaint against God, You’re Not Alone

80

A Curious Story of Repentance

81

What Is the Real Cause of Our Suffering?

82

Meet a Man Who Endured Great Suffering

83

Where All Repentance Begins

84

Don’t Miss the Grace of God

85

Meet the Man Who Could Not Repent

86

Start with a Good Definition of Repentance

87

Repentance Is Much More Than the ABC’s of the Gospel

88

Repentance Is the Hidden Path to a Transformed Life

89

What Is Your Reaction to the Word Repentance?

90

Anticipate Christ’s Coming

91

Christianity Is a Battle, Not a Hobby

92

Distinctive #10: Gospel Hope

93

When God Gives You More

94

If Getting Rich Is Your Goal

95

Distinctive #9: Gospel Lifestyle

96

Leaders Are Not Always What They Appear to Be

97

Why Leaders Must Be Protected AND Accountable

98

Distinctive #8: Gospel Leadership

99

Redefining Your Retirement Dreams

100

Discerning Who to Help

101

Distinctive #7: Gospel Compassion

102

How to Live the Christian Life

103

Why Godliness Is a Mystery to Many

104

Distinctive #6: Gospel Life

105

The Competence of an Effective Christian Leader

106

The Character of an Effective Christian Leader

107

Distinctive #5: Gospel Character

108

Is Jesus for People Like You?

109

The Place of Prayer in Public Worship

110

Distinctive #4: Gospel Ministry

111

Affirm God’s Work in You

112

Remember Your Sins Redemptively

113

Distinctive #3: Gospel Salvation

114

How the Law Can Help You Love

115

How to Properly Use God’s Law Today

116

Distinctive #2: Gospel Freedom

117

3 Things That Can Hold You Back from Loving Others

118

Distinctive #1: Gospel Faith

119

What God Is Looking for in the Church

120

How Then Should We Live?

121

Your Resurrection Body Will Be Powerful and Godly

122

Your Resurrection Body Will Be Imperishable and Glorious

123

Your Resurrection Body Will Be a Physical Body

124

This Is the Crown Jewel of Christian Faith

125

The First False Teaching about Jesus

126

What Sin Has Done to You

127

Two Things to Reconsider in the Light of Heaven

128

How Your Experiences of Joy in This Life Point to Heaven

129

Here Is the Tragedy of Sin

130

You Will Not Spend Eternity Doing Any of These Things

131

These Three Things Will *Not* Be in Heaven

132

Do You Think Life in Heaven Will Be Less Than Your Life Now?

133

Do You Believe That Your Best Life Is Still in Front of You?

134

The Greatest Assurance You Can Have of Heaven

135

Will We Be Reunited with Loved Ones in Heaven?

136

Will We Enjoy Relationships in Heaven?

137

Will We Retain Our Identities in Heaven?

138

Will We Know and Recognise One Another in Heaven?

139

Would You Like to Be Completely at Home?

140

Would You Like a Little Glimpse of Eternity?

141

The Surprising Pattern of the Christian Life

142

What Believers in Heaven Are Compared To

143

Why the Bible Sometimes Describes Death as Sleep

144

What Happens After You Die

145

The Time to Trust Jesus Is Now

146

What It Means to “Trust” Jesus

147

What It Means to “Ask” Jesus

148

What It Means to “Turn” to Jesus

149

How You Can Be Sure About Heaven

150

How Well Prepared Are You for the Future?

151

If Salvation Is in God’s Hands, What Hope Is There for Us?

152

Does It Really Matter Where Salvation Comes From?

153

The Bible Talks about Salvation in Three Tenses

154

#8: Reduce God’s Salvation by Crediting Your Response

155

Did You Know That God Saves Desperate, Repentant People?

156

Did You Know That God Saves Guilty, Believing People?

157

#7: Restrain God’s Praise on Account of Your Pain

158

Parking at the Super Bowl

159

Three Ways to Grow in Compassion

160

#6: Receive God’s Mercy and Withhold It from Others

161

See God's Love for You

162

Two Signs That You May Be Living a Vine-Centred Life

163

#5: Rejoice in God’s Gifts As If They Were Rights

164

What Is Your Reaction to God’s Grace?

165

How to Undermine Your Own Repentance

166

If You Think God Is Too Slow in Dealing with Evil

167

#4: Resent God’s Providence in Ruling the World

168

God Chooses His Moment to Change the City

169

God Uses His Man or Woman to Change the City

170

God Sends His Word to Change the City

171

#3: Resign God’s Work in the Light of Your Experience

172

How to Pursue a Life That Is More Receptive to God’s Provision

173

#2: Refuse God’s Provision Through Someone Else

174

Where Hope Begins

175

Never Trust Circumstances When You Are Resisting God

176

How to Cultivate a Life that Is More Responsive to God’s Call

177

#1: Resist God’s Call to Something New

178

How to Avoid a God-Centred Life

179

God Is Able to Present You to Himself

180

God Is Able to Keep You from Falling (When You Are Tempted)

181

God Is Able to Keep You from Falling (When You Have Failed)

182

God Is Able to Keep You from Falling (by Saving You)

183

Workout #7: Rest in God’s Triumph

184

Grow in Holiness (by Self-Examination)

185

Workout #6: Watch Yourself

186

Grow in Ministry Usefulness (by Taking Up Your Cross)

187

Grow in Ministry Usefulness (by Recognising Your Own Sin)

188

Grow in Ministry Usefulness (by Showing Compassion to Others)

189

Workout #5: Reach Out to Others

190

Grow in Patience (by Waiting on God)

191

Grow in Patience (by Anticipating What God Has Promised)

192

Grow in Patience (by Embracing This Imperfect World)

193

Workout #4: Learn to Wait

194

Experience God’s Love (in Prayer)

195

Experience God’s Love (in the Bible)

196

Experience God’s Love (in the Lord’s Supper)

197

Workout #3: Keep Yourself in God’s Love

198

Pray the Lord’s Prayer

199

Pray with an Open Bible

200

Pray with Confidence

201

Pray in the Name of Jesus

202

Workout #2: Pray in the Holy Spirit

203

Grow Your Faith (by Feeding It)

204

Grow Your Faith (by Exercising It)

205

Grow Your Faith (by Affirming It)

206

Grow Your Faith (by Thanking God for It)

207

Workout #1: Build Yourself Up in the Faith

208

Keeping Yourself in Spiritual Shape

209

Are You Settling or Contending?

210

Whose Voice Are You Listening to?

211

What Is Truth?

212

Do You Long for the Truth?

213

Reason #7: Jesus Came into the World to Bear Witness to the Truth

214

What Will Happen If You Choose to Follow Jesus

215

What Will Happen If You Choose Not to Follow Jesus

216

Reason #6: Jesus Came into the World as Light

217

What a More Abundant Life Could Look Like for You

218

What Does Jesus Mean By “Abundant” Life?

219

Are You Afraid That Jesus Might Be a Thief?

220

Reason #5: Jesus Came into the World to Bring Life

221

Two Reasons to Celebrate the Coming of Jesus

222

How What God Wills Can Become Yours

223

How Jesus Gets the Will of God Done

224

Reason #4: Jesus Came into the World to Do the Will of the Father

225

Three Different Ways People Respond to Jesus

226

Three Surprising Things about Repentance

227

Following Jesus Means Leaving Your Old Life for Something New

228

What It Means to Follow Jesus Today

229

Why Jesus Chose a Tax Collector to Be His Disciple

230

Reason #3: Jesus Came into the World to Call Sinners

231

Have You Counted the Cost of Not Following Jesus?

232

Reason #2: Jesus Came into the World to Bring a Sword

233

One Day There Will Be Peace

234

Jesus Did Not Come into the World to Bring Peace

235

How Do You Read God’s Commands?

236

How to Live a Life That Is Pleasing to God

237

Jesus Came to Bring a New Kind of Righteousness

238

Reason #1: Jesus Came into the World to Fulfil the Law and the Prophets

239

Jesus Did Not Come into the World to Abolish the Law or the Prophets

240

Why Jesus Came into the World

241

Come to Jesus and Ask

242

A Portrait of Your Relationship with Christ

243

Jesus’ Seven-Fold Promise

244

What It Means to See Christ’s Glory

245

Promise #7: Jesus Will Show You His Glory

246

Jesus Wants You in Heaven

247

How Do You Know Jesus Is Coming Back for You?

248

Two Ways Jesus Takes His People into Heaven

249

The Rugby World Cup

250

Where Is Your Hope?

251

Promise #6: Jesus Will Bring You into Heaven

252

If You Know That Jesus Is with You and in You by the Holy Spirit

253

Genuine Faith Is an Inside Job

254

Promise #5: Jesus Will Give You the Holy Spirit

255

Five Ways to Confess Jesus Christ

256

How to Interpret These Words of Jesus

257

What It Means to Confess or Deny Jesus

258

Promise #4: Jesus Will One Day Confess You to the Father

259

The Mission Is to Catch Fish, Not Improve the Lake

260

Seven "Fishing" Observations

261

Promise #3: Jesus Will Make You Useful

262

You Need to Take This In

263

The Son Receives

264

The Sinner Comes

265

The Father Gives

266

Promise #2: Jesus Will Never Drive You Away

267

Jesus’ Rest Is a Gift, Not a Process

268

How to Find the Rest Jesus Promises

269

Promise #1: Jesus Is Willing to Give You Rest

270

Rock-Solid Promises

271

Assurance Grows When You Know What Jesus Will Do

272

Don’t Forget that You’re a Work in Progress

273

The Ministry of the Holy Spirit—Part 3

274

The Ministry of the Holy Spirit—Part 2

275

The Ministry of the Holy Spirit—Part 1

276

How the Holy Spirit Brings Assurance

277

The Reassured Heart

278

The Condemning Heart

279

The Confident Heart

280

Tests, Directions, and Signs

281

Why We Believe in Jesus

282

Two Truths about Jesus that Strengthen Your Assurance

283

Two Lies about Jesus that Undermine Your Assurance

284

Cultivate Love and You Will Grow in Assurance

285

Assurance Grows as You Love God’s People

286

Finding the Freedom that Leads to Assurance

287

Charting the Course Toward Assurance

288

A Perfect Description of Assurance

289

What Happened at the Cross

290

What Is Propitiation?

291

God’s Provision for the Times When We Sin

292

Two Dangerous Approaches to Sin

293

How to Make Progress Against Remaining Sin

294

Sin Hides in Our Hearts Even as We Walk in the Light

295

One Danger for Us as We Walk in the Light

296

How to Respond If You Are Walking in Darkness

297

What It Means to Walk in the Light

298

Two Misconceptions about Walking in the Light

299

The Lie That Our Sin Does Not Matter

300

Assurance Grows as You Gain Clarity about the Gospel

301

How Can You Be Sure That You Have Eternal Life?

302

Three Things God Does for You When You Are “in Christ”

303

Why Jesus Is Uniquely Qualified to Deal With Our Sins

304

God’s Medicine for Your Condemning Heart

305

One of Your Enemy’s Main Strategies to Make You Lose Heart

306

How You Know God Is at Work in Your Life

307

How Jesus Sees You

308

Jesus Changes How We See Ourselves

309

Jesus Changes How We See Others

310

Why People Sometimes Dismiss Jesus

311

Five More Factors That Distinguish Us from One Another

312

Five Factors That Distinguish Us from One Another

313

Why Jesus’ Death Means Hope for You

314

Being Moral and Religious Will Not Free You from This

315

Why Living for Yourself Won’t Make You Happier

316

What It Would Be Like to Die with Christ

317

What It Would Be Like to Die without Christ

318

Whatever Grips Your Mind Controls Your Heart

319

Five Words to Describe Your Experience of Jesus’ Love

320

Ten Opportunities That Are Only Possible During Your Lifetime

321

Are You Living Your Christian Life with This in Mind?

322

Why Christians Sometimes Feel Their Christian Life Doesn’t Matter

323

Why Christians Sometimes Lack Confidence about the Day of Judgement

324

Three Things Christians Need to Know about the Judgement

325

Christians Have One Life in Two Parts

326

God Didn’t Need to Tell Us This

327

Christians Have Two Homes

328

If You Are Wondering Why Your Life Is So Hard

329

Godliness Does Not Vaccinate You against Pain or Difficulty

330

How the Bible Talks about Your Body

331

Don’t Lose Heart

332

A True Story from the Titanic

333

It’s Never Too Late

334

The Difference Between Judas and Peter

335

Judas’ Plunge to Disaster

336

Judas Opened the Door

337

Judas Was in the Grip of Greed

338

Judas’ Series of Tragic Choices

339

The Story of Judas

340

We Need a Greater Deliverer Than Samson

341

You Don’t Need to Stumble

342

Samson’s Plunge to Disaster

343

Samson’s First Step on the Road to Disaster

344

3 Things to Know about Samson

345

The Story of Samson

346

How You Can Avoid Esau’s Plunge to Disaster

347

Esau’s Plunge to Disaster

348

What Happened to Esau’s Blessing

349

The Pattern That Led to Esau’s Plunge to Disaster

350

Esau Was Confused about Values

351

Esau Acted on Impulse

352

Esau’s Hasty Promise

353

The Story of Esau

354

A Potential Turning Point in Cain’s Life

355

Cain Underestimated the Power of Sin

356

Cain’s Plunge to Disaster

357

What God Said to Cain

358

Why Abel's Sacrifice Was More Acceptable Than Cain's

359

Cain and Abel Bring Their Offerings to God

360

Cain and Abel

361

The Story of Cain

362

Deckchairs on the Titanic

363

Give Yourself to Living for Christ

364

Have You Considered the Sting of Death?

365

What Will Happen to Believers Who Are Still Alive When Jesus Returns

366

What You Need to Know about Believers Who Have Died

367

How You Can Enjoy God’s Everlasting Kingdom

368

Your Labour Is Not in Vain

369

Find Hope in What You Will One Day Be

370

The Experience of All Those Who Share in the Life of Jesus

371

The Experience of All Those Who Share in the Life of Adam

372

One Day Your Inner Battle Will Be Over

373

You Can Look Forward to Your Resurrection Body

374

Your Resurrection Body Will Be More, Not Less

375

How Exactly Are the Dead Raised?

376

You Can Have Hope for the Future

377

How You Live Reveals What You Believe about the Resurrection

378

Your Belief in the Resurrection Will Shape How You Live

379

A Faith for “This Life Only” Leads to Indulgence

380

A Faith for “This Life Only” Cannot Deliver Us from Evil

381

A Faith for “This Life Only” Offers No Hope

382

Does Your View of the Resurrection Really Matter?

383

Don’t Put Your Hope in This Kind of Resurrection

384

Your Hope of Sharing in Jesus’ Resurrection Life

385

Why You Won’t Find Hope in This Kind of Faith

386

An Invitation, a Warning, and a Promise

387

You Can Find Strength to Do All That God Has Called You to Do

388

You Can Find Hope in Jesus When You Still Have a Long Way to Go

389

You Can Find Hope in Jesus for Past Sins

390

You Can Find Hope in the Resurrected One

391

What the Bible Tells Us about Sin

392

The Bible Says This Is of First Importance

393

Hope in Jesus

394

What Is the Highest Good in Life?

395

Tell Your Story of God’s Grace

396

Write Out Your Story

397

Salvation Belongs to the Lord

398

What Is the Driving Ambition of Your Life?

399

Don't Miss the Point

400

Heaven Is God-Centered

401

The Joyful Freedom of Confident Faith in God

402

Our Biggest Problem

403

What True Confession Does

404

If God Gives You an Awareness of Your Own Sin

405

Acting on Impulse

406

When the Heart Rules the Head

407

What to Do When You Have a Bitter Spirit

408

This Is Disappearing from Christian Worship

409

How We Are To Confess Our Sins

410

Prayer Flows Out Where Truth Flows In

411

Stop. Think. Confess.

412

An Asaph Experience

413

The Beggar’s Dream

414

Walking on Ice

415

Stay the Course

416

When You Find It Difficult to Pray

417

Do It for Them

418

The First Step in Turning Your Life Around

419

Turning Around Isn’t Easy

420

Don’t Be Surprised When You Feel Like Giving Up

421

The Honest Confession of a Godly Man

422

When Your Faith Is Hanging by a Thread

423

A Godly Man Who Nearly Fell

424

The Gospel Is More Than Law Keeping

425

The Killer Commandment

426

(10) Your Struggle with Contentment

427

Gossip, Flattery, and Exaggeration

428

(9) Your Struggle with Truth

429

The Great Taker and the Great Giver

430

The Holy Spirit Is with You for the Climb

431

(8) Your Struggle for Integrity

432

Act in the Power of the Spirit

433

How to Overcome the Power of Temptation

434

(7) Your Struggle with Purity

435

Pursue Peace

436

The Trouble with Keeping the Sixth Commandment

437

What This Command Is Saying to Us

438

(6) Your Struggle for Peace

439

How to Honour an Unworthy Parent

440

Honoring and Obeying Parents

441

(5) Your Struggle with Authority

442

How You Can Enter God’s Rest

443

(4) Your Struggle with Time

444

Honouring the Name of Jesus

445

(3) Your Struggle with Religion

446

Why Idols Are So Offensive to God

447

(2) Your Struggle to Worship

448

This Is Our Greatest Struggle

449

(1) Your Struggle with God

450

Meet the Commander

451

Where Do You Stand in Relation to the Ten Commandments?

452

The Law Is Like a Mentor

453

The 10 Greatest Struggles of Your Life

454

Life Is a Struggle

455

In the Father’s Hands

456

The Last Time Jesus Spoke from the Cross

457

Is Satan’s Power Really Broken?

458

You Can Rest in All That Jesus Has Done for You

459

Don’t Miss This!

460

Jesus’ Perfect Sacrifice Was Offered

461

The Decisive Battle with Jesus’ Enemy Was Over

462

The Full Course of Jesus’ Obedience Was Complete

463

The Sixth Time Jesus Spoke from the Cross

464

Why Jesus Said He Was Thirsty on the Cross

465

The Fifth Time Jesus Spoke from the Cross

466

How to Rejoice in the Cross

467

How to Rejoice in the Cross

468

The Fourth Time Jesus Spoke from the Cross

469

The Third Time Jesus Spoke from the Cross

470

God Turned Off the Light

471

Why Are You Still Here?

472

Heaven Is Much Nearer than You Think

473

Don’t Spend the Rest of Your Life Waiting

474

Your Entrance into Heaven

475

Simple Faith

476

The Second Time Jesus Spoke from the Cross

477

Raging against God

478

The Heart of the Gospel

479

Jesus Prays for Us Long Before We Ever Pray to Him

480

While They Were Sinning Against Him

481

Crucifying the Son of God

482

Preparing for Themselves an Eternal Hell

483

Shutting Themselves Out of a Glorious Heaven

484

The First Time Jesus Spoke from the Cross

485

Delight Yourself in the Gospel

486

Who Gets the Glory?

487

This Will Help You Make Sense of the Christian Life

488

The Fruit of the Spirit

489

How the Bible Describes Our Ongoing Battle against Sin

490

Why You Will Experience Ongoing Internal Conflict

491

Why Your Struggle against Sin Won’t End This Side of Heaven

492

What Is Christian Freedom?

493

Two Very Different Approaches to Acceptance

494

Where Do You Stand with God?

495

Why We Are More Comfortable with Law than Love

496

Don't Lose Your Freedom

497

Christian, This Is What You Are (Present Tense)

498

Christian, This Is What You Were (Past Tense)

499

What Is the Christian Life Like?

500

How Does a Person Receive the Holy Spirit?

501

What Is the Purpose of God’s Law?

502

One Thing the Law Cannot Do

503

Where You Find Rest

504

The Gospel Is More Than a New Coat of Paint

505

Our Problem with Grace

506

The Gospel Is Grace

507

A Critical World Mission Principle for Every Christian

508

Don’t Limit Your Ministry Horizon

509

The Gospel Is for the Whole World

510

Why There Can Only Be One Gospel

511

Only Jesus Christ Can Do This

512

Why You Can Stake Your Life on the Gospel

513

Where Did the Gospel Come From?

514

Are You Searching for Something More?

515

Do You Ever Doubt the Sufficiency of the Gospel?

516

Do We Really Have the Mind of Christ?

517

The Secret Wisdom of God Is Revealed by the Spirit

518

The Secret Wisdom of God Is Rooted in the Cross

519

Two Ways of Putting Your Life Together

520

In Christ, You Are Wise (Though You Still Make Mistakes)

521

Feed Yourself the Truth

522

What’s Missing from the White-Flour Gospel?

523

The White-Flour Gospel

524

You Are Sent

525

You Are Called

526

You Are Glorified

527

You Are Given

528

Holiness: Position and Process

529

In Christ, You Are Holy (Though You Live in the World)

530

Be Who You Are

531

Learning to Live as a Free Person

532

Christian, Jesus Has Set You Free

533

Christian, You Are in a Position to Fight

534

Christian, Sin Is No Longer Your Master

535

Is Real Change Possible?

536

In Christ, You Are Free (Though You Still Struggle)

537

Christ’s Righteousness Is Yours

538

Christian, Look Here for Your Righteousness

539

Christ Is Your Righteousness

540

God Justifies Sinners

541

In Christ, You Are Clean (Though You Still Sin)

542

What Is True of You When You Are 'in Christ'

543

Don’t Settle for Anything Less Than This

544

Blessings for the World

545

Wisdom for All Ages

546

How the Redeemer Brings Love, Purpose, and Hope

547

How Blessing Comes to Us through the Redeemer

548

Blessing Comes from the LORD

549

Why the Story of Ruth Is in the Bible

550

The Job Description of a Redeemer

551

Jesus Is Our Redeemer

552

How to Come to Jesus

553

Boaz’s Resolve

554

Ruth’s Initiative

555

Naomi’s Counsel

556

A Marvellous Example of Love

557

How to Find Hope

558

How God Provides for His People

559

How God Feeds His People

560

How God Blesses His People

561

How God Welcomes His People

562

New Horizons of Hope

563

Two More Strategies for Growing in Faith

564

Grow in Faith by Affirming That God Is Sovereign

565

Two Temptations You Will Find in Your Sorrow

566

Sorrow Often Comes in Waves

567

Where Loving Commitment Comes From

568

What Your Choices Reveal about Your Love

569

Four Signs of Genuine Love

570

Ruth Is a Story about Redemption

571

God Is the Central Character in the Book of Ruth

572

Take the Most Generous View

573

Ruth Is the Story of Two Weddings and Three Funerals

574

Ruth Is about Ordinary People and an Extraordinary God

575

How You Can Come to Jesus Today

576

How Ten Million Dollars Could Fail to Change Your Life

577

What Christian Faith Hangs On

578

"That's Just Your Interpretation”

579

What It Means If You’re Asking This Question

580

When You Are United to Jesus

581

Jesus Was Forsaken by the Father for Us

582

Jesus Entered the Darkness for Us

583

Jesus Came under the Curse for Us

584

Jesus Consciously Endured the Punishment for Our Sins

585

Did Jesus Really Give His Life as a “Ransom” for Us?

586

The Bible's Explanation of What God Was Doing at the Cross

587

The Bible’s Description of What Actually Happened at the Cross

588

Who You Can Turn to When You Are Suffering

589

Jesus Endured Terrible Physical and Verbal Abuse

590

We Are Tempted by This When We Face Physical Pain

591

Pilate’s Failure to Protect Jesus from False Accusations

592

Was Jesus Really Bound?

593

What to Do When You Are Weary and Losing Heart

594

How Jesus Taught Us to Face Injustice

595

Why You Can Find Comfort in the Experience of Jesus

596

God Doesn’t Manipulate Us with the Sufferings of Jesus

597

The Real Problem for Judas Is Not What You Think

598

How Far a Real Christian Can Fall

599

Why Failure Is Not the End of the Story

600

Why Jesus Tells His Disciples to Watch and Pray

601

What Resulted from Peter’s Denial of Jesus

602

Jesus Was Deserted by All His Trusted Friends

603

Judas’ Painful Goodbye

604

Jesus Suffered at the Hands of His Friends

605

Three Stages of Jesus’ Suffering

606

Real Change Is Possible with God

607

Real Change Is Impossible with Man

608

Salvation Involves Real Change

609

You Must Be Good Like God

610

Jesus Lays Claim to His People’s Possessions

611

Don’t Let Anyone Keep You from Jesus

612

Jesus’ High View of Marriage

613

God’s Pattern for Marriage

614

If You Compartmentalise Your Life

615

Jesus Warns Us about the Terrible Realities of Hell

616

Jesus Warns Us about the Great Consequences of Sin

617

How to Achieve Greatness

618

The Greatest Danger of Your Spiritual Experience

619

Follow Jesus Because You Share in His Work

620

Follow Jesus Because You See His Glory

621

Are You on the Fence about Jesus?

622

Count the Cost of Following Jesus

623

Jesus Calls His People to Sacrifice

624

Jesus Gives This Promise to His Disciples Who See Clearly

625

Jesus Corrects His Disciples Who See in Part

626

Jesus Rebukes His Disciples Who Fail to See

627

How Jesus Gives Sight to His People

628

Put Your Trust in the Right Person

629

Trace Your Sin to the Right Source

630

Measure Your Life by the Right Standard

631

Jesus Cleanses the Hearts of His People

632

Jesus Overcomes Resistance in His People

633

How Hidden Resentment Will Harden Your Heart

634

How Habitual Sin Will Harden Your Heart

635

How Hometown Unbelief Will Harden Your Heart

636

What Life Looks Like Under God’s Blessing

637

Where Do You Need to Start Scattering Seed?

638

Inside Those Who Hear the Word of God

639

What the Bible Actually Does

640

What Kind of Ministry Harvest Are You Looking For?

641

What God's Reign Looks Like in Heaven, on Earth, and in Hell

642

Why Jesus’ Brothers Said That He Was Out of His Mind

643

What Is Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit?

644

Why There Is Antagonism Toward Jesus

645

Freedom Reveals Who You Really Are

646

Many Christians Resist This Teaching

647

Whose Side Are You On?

648

False Religion Imposes Heavy Burdens

649

False Religion Lacks Joy

650

Jesus, Friend of Sinners

651

How You Can Receive What Jesus Has for You

652

Which Is More Important— Healing or Forgiveness?

653

Have We Redefined Sin?

654

Your Greatest Need

655

In Jesus Christ, Troubled People Are Set Free

656

In Jesus Christ, God Has Come Downstairs to Get Us

657

Why Jesus Was Never Frustrated in the Bible

658

What Jesus Can Do with Ordinary People

659

What Was the Priority of Jesus?

660

The Marks of a True Christian

661

The First Thing That Happens When You Come Near to Jesus

662

If You Knew You Were Going to Meet with God

663

What Is the Gospel?

664

Who Believes That Jesus Is the Son of God?

665

Why Is Jesus Called “the Son of God”

666

Why Jesus Is Called “the Christ”

667

God is Able to Present You to Himself

668

God Is Able to Keep You from Falling (When You Are Tempted)

669

God Is Able to Keep You from Falling (When You Have Failed)

670

God Is Able to Keep You from Falling (by Saving You)

671

Rest in God’s Triumph

672

Grow in Holiness (by Self-Examination)

673

Watch Yourself

674

Grow in Ministry Usefulness (by Taking Up Your Cross)

675

Grow in Ministry Usefulness (by Recognising Your Sin)

676

Grow in Ministry Usefulness (by Showing Compassion to Others)

677

Reach Out to Others

678

Grow in Patience (by Waiting on God)

679

Grow in Patience (by Anticipating What God Has Promised)

680

Grow in Patience (by Embracing This Imperfect World)

681

Learn to Wait

682

Experience God’s Love (in Prayer)

683

Experience God’s Love (in the Bible)

684

Experience God’s Love (in the Lord’s Supper)

685

Keep Yourself in God’s Love

686

Praying the Lord’s Prayer

687

Praying with an Open Bible

688

Praying with Confidence

689

Praying in the Name of Jesus

690

Pray in the Holy Spirit

691

Grow Your Faith (by Feeding It)

692

Grow Your Faith (by Exercising It)

693

Grow Your Faith (by Affirming It)

694

Grow Your Faith (by Thanking God for It)

695

Build Yourself Up in the Faith

696

Keeping Yourself in Spiritual Shape

697

Ask God to Do This for You

698

How You Can Face Temptations This Week

699

Does It Feel Like Your Past Is Running after You?

700

Is God Angry or Loving?

701

Are We under God’s Judgement or His Blessing?

702

What to Do When God Seems Far Away

703

The God Who Hides Himself

704

3 Heartbreaking Trends

705

There Is No Forgiveness without Repentance

706

Walk Humbly with Your God

707

Love Mercy

708

Act Justly

709

Our First Instinct When We Feel Guilty

710

Evidence against God’s People

711

Evidence of God’s Love

712

What God Requires of You

713

Why Our Idols Are Worthless

714

The Difference between Love and Manipulation

715

God's Response to Idolatry

716

The Ultimate Identity Theft

717

4 Dimensions of Idolatry

718

There Is No Better Place to Hide from God

719

Our Search for God Is Like a Game of Hide-and-Seek

720

It Is Dangerously Easy to Turn God’s Gifts into Idols

721

What It Looks Like When Idolatry Takes Root

722

Confusion in a Pluralistic Society

723

What’s Holding You Back?

724

Your Position as a Christian Believer

725

We Need a Better Shepherd

726

The Good Shepherd

727

The God Who Shepherds His People

728

God Will Gather, Rule, and Redeem

729

God Will Judge

730

How Peace on Earth Will Happen

731

Peace on Earth

732

How You Can Make a Difference

733

How an Entire Generation Was Saved from Disaster

734

Effective Praying Depends On Right Living

735

When Leaders Are Unfaithful, God Stops Listening

736

Pray for Your Leaders

737

Who Can You Trust?

738

What Has God Entrusted to You?

739

The God Who Holds Leaders Accountable

740

If God Speaks, That Changes Everything

741

The Tragedy of the False Prophet

742

The Principle of Reaping What You Sow

743

God Is Very Interested in How You Make Money

744

How to Interpret God’s Actions

745

What Is Idolatry?

746

The God Who Speaks for Himself

747

Don’t Wait for a Disaster to Do This

748

Why God Sends Disasters

749

Who Controls the Circumstances of Your Life?

750

Is God in Control of Bad Things Too?

751

Do You Share the Heart of God?

752

The God Who Brings Disaster

753

God Speaks through Ordinary People

754

God Can Give a Great Ministry to the Most Ordinary Believer

755

God Can Raise a Great Son from the Worst of Fathers

756

God Can Bring a Great Revival from the Worst Disaster

757

The God Who Brings Revival

758

A Close Encounter with the Living God

759

God Will Restore All Creation

760

People Will Settle Down in Heaven

761

The Joy of Heaven

762

Imagine Almighty God Doing This for You

763

The Bible’s Teaching on Hell

764

The Bible Describes Two Destinies for All People

765

The Reward of God’s Mission

766

The Priority of God’s Mission

767

Where God Sends Missionaries

768

Don’t Despise the Hardships in Your Life

769

This Is a Miracle of Grace

770

How Worship Is Like Visiting the Grand Canyon

771

Worship Fires Mission

772

How God Seeks and Saves

773

What All of Us Need from God

774

Religion Can Also Be a Way of Hiding from God

775

3 More Approaches to Religion That Are Offensive to God

776

3 Approaches to Religion That Are Offensive to God

777

Why Religion Is a Mixed Bag

778

Maybe You Aren’t Really Interested in God

779

What God Says to Secular People

780

A Prayer That You Could Pray Today

781

How to Plead with God in Prayer

782

4 Things That Can Keep You from Praying

783

Effective Prayer Comes from This

784

Praying for God to Make His Power Known

785

Praying for God to Make His Love Known

786

Praying for God to Make Himself Known

787

Where Faith Grows, Prayer Follows

788

Lord, Teach Us to Pray

789

The Beggar

790

God’s Purpose in Sending His Son

791

Jesus Stands with Us as Our Champion

792

Hope for Believers Who Have Neglected Justice

793

Our Culture Is Losing Justice

794

Do You Care about People in Desperate Need?

795

What God Is Looking for in His People

796

What God Says to His Own People

797

How You Can Return to God

798

How God Changes a Stubborn Heart

799

Is Repentance a Command or a Gift?

800

The Roadblock Between You and God

801

The Natural Inclination of Our Hearts

802

Why God Dwells with the Contrite and Lowly

803

When You Feel Far from God

804

Where You Can Find God

805

How God Speaks into Your Life

806

You Can Ask God to Give You New Joy

807

There Is a Back Door to Joy

808

Pursue This Kind of Joy

809

Finding Joy in Unlikely Places

810

Three Places Where We Naturally Seek Happiness

811

One Thing That Unites Us All

812

What’s Your Story?

813

Two Very Different Ways to Look at Your Own Life

814

Preach the Gospel to Yourself Every Day

815

Don’t Make This Costly Mistake

816

Jesus’ Evaluation of the Cross

817

When Will Suffering End?

818

How God Restores Your Soul

819

The Gap between Our Faith and Our Lives

820

How Then Should You Live?

821

Your Resurrection Body Will Be Powerful and Godly

822

Your Resurrection Body Will Be Imperishable and Glorious

823

What Your Resurrection Body Will Be Like

824

This Is the Crown Jewel of Your Faith

825

The First False Teaching about Jesus

826

What Sin Has Done to You

827

You Are on the Last Mile of Your Journey

828

The Ever-Increasing Joy of Heaven

829

The Tragedy of Sin

830

You Will Not Spend Eternity Doing Any of These Things

831

These Things Are Passing Away

832

God Is Making All Things New

833

Your Best Life Is Still in Front of You

834

Jesus Wants You There

835

We Will Be Reunited with Loved Ones in Heaven

836

We Will Enjoy Relationships in Heaven

837

We Will Retain Our Identities in Heaven

838

We Will Know One Another in Heaven

839

A Beautiful Picture of Inclusion

840

A Glimpse of Eternity to Encourage You

841

Good. Better. Best.

842

Believers in Heaven Are Like Angels

843

Why the Bible Sometimes Describes Death as Sleep

844

The Experience of a Christian Immediately after Death

845

Two Thieves

846

Trust

847

Ask

848

Turn

849

How You Can Be Sure about Heaven

850

Living in a Suffering World

851

What Jesus Knows about Psalm 13

852

Pray by Leaning into What You Know

853

How to Pray with a Person Who Feels Abandoned by God

854

How to Pursue an Authentic Prayer Life

855

How Long, O Lord?

856

How to Pray When

857

Anticipate Your Future in Prayer

858

Affirm the Sovereignty of God in Prayer

859

Recognise God’s Hand in the Testing

860

You May Need to Challenge the Well-Meaning Advice of Friends

861

Challenge the Voices of Fear and Frustration in Prayer

862

How to Pray When You Feel Like Giving Up

863

Is Someone Telling You It’s Too Late?

864

Jesus Will Have the Last Word over Wickedness

865

What Jesus Knows about Psalm 10

866

3 Convictions That Will Help You Pray

867

When This Kind of Thinking Creeps into Your Prayer Life

868

How to Pray When God Seems Far Away

869

Understanding the World Better Will Help You to Pray

870

How to Deal with Traces of Wickedness in Your Own Heart

871

When You Are Praying for Someone Who Is Defiant

872

Four Characteristics of Wickedness

873

How to Pray When the Wicked Seem to Be Winning

874

Prayer Helps You Find Jesus and Guard Against Temptation

875

Pray Because Jesus Needed to and So Do You

876

Pray Because God Invites You to Come

877

Pray Because You Have a Great High Priest

878

A Training Manual for Prayer

879

The Limits of Spontaneous Prayer

880

Arrow Prayers

881

What Does It Mean to Be Blessed?

882

7 Promises that Belong to Us

883

7 Secrets That Belong to the Lord

884

Act on What You Know, Leave the Rest to God

885

What It Means to Be a Christian

886

All Authority Belongs to Him

887

Always Seek to Follow the Word of God

888

1 Priority for Leaders to Pursue

889

3 Temptations All Leaders Face

890

Honor Your Spiritual Leaders

891

7 Marks of a Godly Leader

892

How God Gives Authority

893

God Gives Us Leaders

894

This World Is Our Temporary Home

895

The Firstfruits of the Holy Spirit

896

Anticipate Your Resurrection

897

The Mighty Intervention of God

898

The Reason for the Passover

899

What Do You Celebrate?

900

Practice Kindness

901

4 Dangers to Guard against in Your Giving

902

The Kindness of God’s Law

903

Why Poverty Exists

904

Avoid This Mistake with Old Testament Laws and Promises

905

How to Break Out of the Circle of Pride

906

The Subtle Test of Success

907

The Circle of Pride

908

The Circle of Praise

909

When You Experience God’s Blessing

910

Your Life Will Provoke Questions

911

How to Align Your Life around the Lord

912

The Difference between Prioritising, Balancing, and Aligning

913

The Worst Thing You Can Do for Your Family

914

How Would Loving God Affect Your Family?

915

How to Love God More

916

Jesus Has a Question for You

917

Love God with All Your Strength

918

Love God with All Your Heart and Soul

919

Which God Do You Love?

920

Our Message to the World

921

What Love Looks Like

922

God’s Most Important Commands

923

One Final Motivation for Cultivating the Fear of the Lord

924

Three More Motivations for Cultivating the Fear of the Lord

925

Three Motivations for Cultivating the Fear of the Lord

926

The Fear That Love Brings

927

The Fear That Love Removes

928

God’s Word to Us Today

929

We Are Called to a Life of Repentance and Faith

930

The Difference between Repentance and Faith

931

The Power of a Fresh Start

932

Christianity Is Not Primarily about Trying Harder

933

Three More Impulses That Are in Us by Nature

934

Three Impulses That Are in Us by Nature

935

Learn from Your Family Legacy

936

Overcome Your Fear of the Future

937

Break Free from Your Past

938

Are You Facing a Major Transition?

939

What the Book of Deuteronomy Is About

940

Who the Book of Deuteronomy Is For

941

Follow Jesus and You Will Never Walk in Darkness

942

Full Sunlight Is Coming

943

You Are Called to Be Like Starlight

944

Jesus Is Like a Floodlight

945

Jesus Came to Bring Light

946

How to Get the Life That Jesus Came to Give

947

Jesus Gives Life Abundantly

948

Our Lives Are on Loan from God

949

How to Deal with Thieves

950

Jesus Came to Give Life

951

God’s Good Will

952

How What God Wills Can Become Yours

953

It Is God’s Will to Restore All of You

954

How God’s Will Gets Done

955

Jesus Came to Do the Will of God

956

Three Responses to Jesus’ Call

957

Jesus Calls Us to a Life of Repentance

958

Jesus Calls Us to a New Life

959

Why Jesus Calls Sinners

960

Jesus Came to Call Sinners

961

Count the Cost of Not Following Jesus

962

Count the Cost of Following Jesus

963

Jesus Will Bring Peace

964

How the Coming of Jesus Brings a Sword into Our Lives

965

Jesus Came to Bring a Sword

966

Jesus Came to Fulfil the Law in His People

967

The Righteousness Jesus Calls Us to Pursue

968

How Jesus Fulfilled the Law in His Death

969

How Jesus Fulfilled the Law in His Life

970

Jesus Came to Fulfil the Law

971

Why Jesus Came

972

What the World Needs Most from Jesus

973

Learn to Take Appropriate Responsibility

974

Learn to See the Blessing in This

975

Learn Discernment

976

Learn Humility in What You Ask of Jesus

977

Learn to Recognise When You Are Vulnerable to Temptation

978

The Mission of Jesus

979

Tell Someone That You Believe in Jesus

980

What Foundation Is Jesus Building On?

981

Who Is God Using in Your Life?

982

You Don’t Need to Have Your Whole Life Sorted Out to Do This

983

What Faith Is—Part 2

984

The Question That Really Matters

985

What Faith Is—Part 1

986

When You Realise That Jesus Is with You and for You

987

When You Take Your Eyes Off Jesus

988

The Power You Need to Obey Jesus’ Command

989

The Opportunity in Your Trouble

990

Even Authentic Disciples Are Sometimes Afraid

991

There Is No Place, However Dark, Where Jesus Cannot Reach You

992

Sometimes Jesus Feels Far Away

993

The World Will Not Always Be Like This

994

What Jesus Can Do in the Life of a Flawed Disciple

995

If You Are Afraid That God Will Give Up on You

996

If You Feel Unworthy of God

997

If You Feel Like You Have Failed God

998

Where Authentic Discipleship Begins

999

What Obeying God’s Word Could Do for You

1000

Are You Drifting from the Church?