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Here Is a Picture of What Sin Does in Our Lives

2

God Can Work Through You

3

God’s Work Advances Despite Our Inadequacies

4

Two Ways God Protects Us from Our Own Folly

5

God’s Work Continues Despite Our Foolish Mistakes

6

God’s Work Includes Saving Us from Foolish Mistakes

7

God’s Servants Have a Glorious Future

8

God’s Servants Depend on Him

9

God’s Servants Endure Great Sorrow

10

God’s Servants Are Greatly Blessed

11

What God Has Done for Us in Jesus Christ

12

God Works for Our Freedom and Joy

13

God Works Through Our Faith and Obedience

14

God Works with What He Has Already Provided

15

God’s Faithful Servants Are Sometimes Desperate

16

God’s Faithful Servants Sometimes Suffer Greatly

17

God Is Patient with You

18

Life in Heaven Is Very Long

19

Life on Earth Is Very Short

20

When Cynicism Hits Close to Home

21

The Default Position of the Human Heart

22

A Warning and a Promise

23

What Your Familiarity with the Gospel Is Doing to You

24

A Hidden Mark of a Genuine Believer

25

You Will Always Find Hypocrisy in the Church

26

Four More Characteristics of False Teachers

27

Three Characteristics of False Teachers

28

The Trouble with the Perfect Church

29

Don’t Miss the Boat

30

Remembering in the Bible

31

The Prophets Were “Carried Along”

32

A Message from God

33

What the Apostles Saw

34

Is the Bible a Reliable Guide to Knowing Jesus?

35

How to Be an Effective and Fruitful Christian

36

A Wake-Up Call

37

Four More Things to Add to Your Faith

38

Add These Three Things to Your Faith

39

If You Want to Grow in the Christian Life

40

The Kind of Effort It Takes to Live the Christian Life

41

If Your Faith Doesn’t Feel Big Enough

42

How Faith Changes Your Relationship to Sin

43

What God Promises to People of Faith

44

How Faith Is Formed in a Person

45

The First Step of Faith

46

What It Means to Have Faith

47

Everything You Need for Life

48

What to Do When You Feel You’ve Messed Up

49

Grace Prevails When We Humble Ourselves

50

How God Deals with a Proud Heart

51

When a Heart Becomes Proud

52

Walking Humbly vs. Living Selfishly

53

Life After a Crisis

54

One More Assurance in Times of Crisis

55

Assurance of Faith in Times of Crisis

56

Faith Prays for What God Has Promised

57

Faith Is Strengthened by the Word of God

58

How God Can Use a Test of Faith for Our Good

59

An Unexpected Crisis Will Test Your Faith

60

Let Your Anguish Lead You to Jesus—Part 2

61

Let Your Anguish Lead You to Jesus – Part 1

62

The Fear that God Might Be Against You

63

The Fear of Being “Cut Off” by Death

64

The Fear of Leaving Loved Ones Behind

65

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

66

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

67

Things That Only God Can Do

68

Thank God When He Makes the Means Effective

69

How God Can Use You as a Means of Blessing Others

70

Use the Means God Makes Available

71

God Normally Works Through Means

72

How You Can Have a Clear Conscience Before God

73

Is Your Life’s Work Done?

74

The Second Response of a Godly Person to an Unexpected Crisis

75

The First Response of a Godly Person to an Unexpected Crisis

76

When Bad Things Happen to Godly People

77

God Can Redeem Your Background

78

When You Face One Crisis After Another

79

The Opportunity Money Provides

80

The Priority of Giving

81

Four Ways Money Will Tempt You

82

Two Dangers of Money

83

Where Riches Come From

84

How Jesus Approached His Work

85

A Powerful Description of Laziness

86

The Surprising Motive of the Hard-Working Person

87

The Profile of an Unproductive Person

88

Wisdom for Work

89

How You Can Bless Others with Your Words

90

Four Prayers for Wise Words

91

Two Very Surprising Effects of Our Words

92

Why Your Words Matter

93

The Power of Example

94

Wisdom for Parents

95

Wisdom for Children

96

Wisdom for Husbands and Wives

97

Wisdom for Brothers and Sisters

98

How to Find a Best Friend

99

How to Be a True Friend

100

Guard Your Friendships Carefully

101

Choose Your Friends Wisely

102

Be Intentional with Your Friendships

103

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

104

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

105

Three Benefits of Wisdom

106

What’s in It (Wisdom) for Me?

107

The Point of the Proverbs

108

How to Read the Book of Proverbs

109

The Kind of Sorrow God Wants You to Experience

110

Where You Will Find the Courage to Repent

111

Where the Prodigal Son’s Repentance Came From

112

This Shows What You Truly Think of Jesus

113

The Danger of an Empty Profession

114

If You Have Doubts About Your Heart

115

How to Offer Yourself to God

116

Offer Yourself to God in Your Present Circumstances

117

Repentance Involves Giving Yourself to God

118

Repentance Cannot Be Confined to Certain Things You No Longer Do

119

Learn How to Kill Your Sin

120

Sin Is Like a Wild Animal

121

Learn How to Stalk Your Sin

122

Use the Bible as a Tool for Self-Examination

123

How God Reveals Our Hidden Sins

124

Why the Christian Life Is Always a Struggle

125

How to Read the Bible, Worship, and Pray

126

The Relationship Between Your Comfort and Your Repentance

127

What Is Your Prevailing Attitude Toward God?

128

How to Live with the Pain of Your Unanswered Questions

129

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

130

A Curious Story of Repentance

131

What Is the Real Cause of Our Suffering?

132

Meet a Man Who Endured Great Suffering

133

Where All Repentance Begins

134

Don’t Miss the Grace of God

135

Meet the Man Who Could Not Repent

136

Start with a Good Definition of Repentance

137

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

138

Repentance Is the Hidden Path to a Transformed Life

139

What Is Your Reaction to the Word Repentance?

140

Anticipate Christ’s Coming

141

Christianity Is a Battle, Not a Hobby

142

Distinctive #10: Gospel Hope

143

When God Gives You More

144

If Getting Rich Is Your Goal

145

Distinctive #9: Gospel Lifestyle

146

Leaders Are Not Always What They Appear to Be

147

Why Leaders Must Be Protected AND Accountable

148

Distinctive #8: Gospel Leadership

149

Redefining Your Retirement Dreams

150

Discerning Who to Help

151

Distinctive #7: Gospel Compassion

152

How to Live the Christian Life

153

Why Godliness Is a Mystery to Many

154

Distinctive #6: Gospel Life

155

The Competence of an Effective Christian Leader

156

The Character of an Effective Christian Leader

157

Distinctive #5: Gospel Character

158

Is Jesus for People Like You?

159

The Place of Prayer in Public Worship

160

Distinctive #4: Gospel Ministry

161

Affirm God’s Work in You

162

Remember Your Sins Redemptively

163

Distinctive #3: Gospel Salvation

164

How the Law Can Help You Love

165

How to Properly Use God’s Law Today

166

Distinctive #2: Gospel Freedom

167

3 Things That Can Hold You Back from Loving Others

168

Distinctive #1: Gospel Faith

169

What God Is Looking for in the Church

170

How Then Should We Live?

171

Your Resurrection Body Will Be Powerful and Godly

172

Your Resurrection Body Will Be Imperishable and Glorious

173

Your Resurrection Body Will Be a Physical Body

174

This Is the Crown Jewel of Christian Faith

175

The First False Teaching about Jesus

176

What Sin Has Done to You

177

Two Things to Reconsider in the Light of Heaven

178

How Your Experiences of Joy in This Life Point to Heaven

179

Here Is the Tragedy of Sin

180

You Will Not Spend Eternity Doing Any of These Things

181

These Three Things Will *Not* Be in Heaven

182

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

183

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

184

The Greatest Assurance You Can Have of Heaven

185

Will We Be Reunited with Loved Ones in Heaven?

186

Will We Enjoy Relationships in Heaven?

187

Will We Retain Our Identities in Heaven?

188

Will We Know and Recognise One Another in Heaven?

189

Would You Like to Be Completely at Home?

190

Would You Like a Little Glimpse of Eternity?

191

The Surprising Pattern of the Christian Life

192

What Believers in Heaven Are Compared To

193

Why the Bible Sometimes Describes Death as Sleep

194

What Happens After You Die

195

The Time to Trust Jesus Is Now

196

What It Means to “Trust” Jesus

197

What It Means to “Ask” Jesus

198

What It Means to “Turn” to Jesus

199

How You Can Be Sure About Heaven

200

How Well Prepared Are You for the Future?

201

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

202

Does It Really Matter Where Salvation Comes From?

203

The Bible Talks about Salvation in Three Tenses

204

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

205

Did You Know That God Saves Desperate, Repentant People?

206

Did You Know That God Saves Guilty, Believing People?

207

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

208

Parking at the Super Bowl

209

Three Ways to Grow in Compassion

210

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

211

See God's Love for You

212

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

213

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

214

What Is Your Reaction to God’s Grace?

215

How to Undermine Your Own Repentance

216

If You Think God Is Too Slow in Dealing with Evil

217

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

218

God Chooses His Moment to Change the City

219

God Uses His Man or Woman to Change the City

220

God Sends His Word to Change the City

221

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

222

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

223

#2: Refuse God’s Provision Through Someone Else

224

Where Hope Begins

225

Never Trust Circumstances When You Are Resisting God

226

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

227

#1: Resist God’s Call to Something New

228

How to Avoid a God-Centred Life

229

God Is Able to Present You to Himself

230

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

231

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

232

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

233

Workout #7: Rest in God’s Triumph

234

Grow in Holiness (by Self-Examination)

235

Workout #6: Watch Yourself

236

Grow in Ministry Usefulness (by Taking Up Your Cross)

237

Grow in Ministry Usefulness (by Recognising Your Own Sin)

238

Grow in Ministry Usefulness (by Showing Compassion to Others)

239

Workout #5: Reach Out to Others

240

Grow in Patience (by Waiting on God)

241

Grow in Patience (by Anticipating What God Has Promised)

242

Grow in Patience (by Embracing This Imperfect World)

243

Workout #4: Learn to Wait

244

Experience God’s Love (in Prayer)

245

Experience God’s Love (in the Bible)

246

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

247

Workout #3: Keep Yourself in God’s Love

248

Pray the Lord’s Prayer

249

Pray with an Open Bible

250

Pray with Confidence

251

Pray in the Name of Jesus

252

Workout #2: Pray in the Holy Spirit

253

Grow Your Faith (by Feeding It)

254

Grow Your Faith (by Exercising It)

255

Grow Your Faith (by Affirming It)

256

Grow Your Faith (by Thanking God for It)

257

Workout #1: Build Yourself Up in the Faith

258

Keeping Yourself in Spiritual Shape

259

Are You Settling or Contending?

260

Whose Voice Are You Listening to?

261

What Is Truth?

262

Do You Long for the Truth?

263

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

264

What Will Happen If You Choose to Follow Jesus

265

What Will Happen If You Choose Not to Follow Jesus

266

Reason #6: Jesus Came into the World as Light

267

What a More Abundant Life Could Look Like for You

268

What Does Jesus Mean By “Abundant” Life?

269

Are You Afraid That Jesus Might Be a Thief?

270

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

271

Two Reasons to Celebrate the Coming of Jesus

272

How What God Wills Can Become Yours

273

How Jesus Gets the Will of God Done

274

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

275

Three Different Ways People Respond to Jesus

276

Three Surprising Things about Repentance

277

Following Jesus Means Leaving Your Old Life for Something New

278

What It Means to Follow Jesus Today

279

Why Jesus Chose a Tax Collector to Be His Disciple

280

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

281

Have You Counted the Cost of Not Following Jesus?

282

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

283

One Day There Will Be Peace

284

Jesus Did Not Come into the World to Bring Peace

285

How Do You Read God’s Commands?

286

How to Live a Life That Is Pleasing to God

287

Jesus Came to Bring a New Kind of Righteousness

288

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

289

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

290

Why Jesus Came into the World

291

Come to Jesus and Ask

292

A Portrait of Your Relationship with Christ

293

Jesus’ Seven-Fold Promise

294

What It Means to See Christ’s Glory

295

Promise #7: Jesus Will Show You His Glory

296

Jesus Wants You in Heaven

297

How Do You Know Jesus Is Coming Back for You?

298

Two Ways Jesus Takes His People into Heaven

299

The Rugby World Cup

300

Where Is Your Hope?

301

Promise #6: Jesus Will Bring You into Heaven

302

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

303

Genuine Faith Is an Inside Job

304

Promise #5: Jesus Will Give You the Holy Spirit

305

Five Ways to Confess Jesus Christ

306

How to Interpret These Words of Jesus

307

What It Means to Confess or Deny Jesus

308

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

309

The Mission Is to Catch Fish, Not Improve the Lake

310

Seven "Fishing" Observations

311

Promise #3: Jesus Will Make You Useful

312

You Need to Take This In

313

The Son Receives

314

The Sinner Comes

315

The Father Gives

316

Promise #2: Jesus Will Never Drive You Away

317

Jesus’ Rest Is a Gift, Not a Process

318

How to Find the Rest Jesus Promises

319

Promise #1: Jesus Is Willing to Give You Rest

320

Rock-Solid Promises

321

Assurance Grows When You Know What Jesus Will Do

322

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

323

The Ministry of the Holy Spirit—Part 3

324

The Ministry of the Holy Spirit—Part 2

325

The Ministry of the Holy Spirit—Part 1

326

How the Holy Spirit Brings Assurance

327

The Reassured Heart

328

The Condemning Heart

329

The Confident Heart

330

Tests, Directions, and Signs

331

Why We Believe in Jesus

332

Two Truths about Jesus that Strengthen Your Assurance

333

Two Lies about Jesus that Undermine Your Assurance

334

Cultivate Love and You Will Grow in Assurance

335

Assurance Grows as You Love God’s People

336

Finding the Freedom that Leads to Assurance

337

Charting the Course Toward Assurance

338

A Perfect Description of Assurance

339

What Happened at the Cross

340

What Is Propitiation?

341

God’s Provision for the Times When We Sin

342

Two Dangerous Approaches to Sin

343

How to Make Progress Against Remaining Sin

344

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

345

One Danger for Us as We Walk in the Light

346

How to Respond If You Are Walking in Darkness

347

What It Means to Walk in the Light

348

Two Misconceptions about Walking in the Light

349

The Lie That Our Sin Does Not Matter

350

Assurance Grows as You Gain Clarity about the Gospel

351

How Can You Be Sure That You Have Eternal Life?

352

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

353

Why Jesus Is Uniquely Qualified to Deal With Our Sins

354

God’s Medicine for Your Condemning Heart

355

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

356

How You Know God Is at Work in Your Life

357

How Jesus Sees You

358

Jesus Changes How We See Ourselves

359

Jesus Changes How We See Others

360

Why People Sometimes Dismiss Jesus

361

Five More Factors That Distinguish Us from One Another

362

Five Factors That Distinguish Us from One Another

363

Why Jesus’ Death Means Hope for You

364

Being Moral and Religious Will Not Free You from This

365

Why Living for Yourself Won’t Make You Happier

366

What It Would Be Like to Die with Christ

367

What It Would Be Like to Die without Christ

368

Whatever Grips Your Mind Controls Your Heart

369

Five Words to Describe Your Experience of Jesus’ Love

370

Ten Opportunities That Are Only Possible During Your Lifetime

371

Are You Living Your Christian Life with This in Mind?

372

Why Christians Sometimes Feel Their Christian Life Doesn’t Matter

373

Why Christians Sometimes Lack Confidence about the Day of Judgement

374

Three Things Christians Need to Know about the Judgement

375

Christians Have One Life in Two Parts

376

God Didn’t Need to Tell Us This

377

Christians Have Two Homes

378

If You Are Wondering Why Your Life Is So Hard

379

Godliness Does Not Vaccinate You against Pain or Difficulty

380

How the Bible Talks about Your Body

381

Don’t Lose Heart

382

A True Story from the Titanic

383

It’s Never Too Late

384

The Difference Between Judas and Peter

385

Judas’ Plunge to Disaster

386

Judas Opened the Door

387

Judas Was in the Grip of Greed

388

Judas’ Series of Tragic Choices

389

The Story of Judas

390

We Need a Greater Deliverer Than Samson

391

You Don’t Need to Stumble

392

Samson’s Plunge to Disaster

393

Samson’s First Step on the Road to Disaster

394

3 Things to Know about Samson

395

The Story of Samson

396

How You Can Avoid Esau’s Plunge to Disaster

397

Esau’s Plunge to Disaster

398

What Happened to Esau’s Blessing

399

The Pattern That Led to Esau’s Plunge to Disaster

400

Esau Was Confused about Values

401

Esau Acted on Impulse

402

Esau’s Hasty Promise

403

The Story of Esau

404

A Potential Turning Point in Cain’s Life

405

Cain Underestimated the Power of Sin

406

Cain’s Plunge to Disaster

407

What God Said to Cain

408

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

409

Cain and Abel Bring Their Offerings to God

410

Cain and Abel

411

The Story of Cain

412

Deckchairs on the Titanic

413

Give Yourself to Living for Christ

414

Have You Considered the Sting of Death?

415

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

416

What You Need to Know about Believers Who Have Died

417

How You Can Enjoy God’s Everlasting Kingdom

418

Your Labour Is Not in Vain

419

Find Hope in What You Will One Day Be

420

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

421

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

422

One Day Your Inner Battle Will Be Over

423

You Can Look Forward to Your Resurrection Body

424

Your Resurrection Body Will Be More, Not Less

425

How Exactly Are the Dead Raised?

426

You Can Have Hope for the Future

427

How You Live Reveals What You Believe about the Resurrection

428

Your Belief in the Resurrection Will Shape How You Live

429

A Faith for “This Life Only” Leads to Indulgence

430

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

431

A Faith for “This Life Only” Offers No Hope

432

Does Your View of the Resurrection Really Matter?

433

Don’t Put Your Hope in This Kind of Resurrection

434

Your Hope of Sharing in Jesus’ Resurrection Life

435

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

436

An Invitation, a Warning, and a Promise

437

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

438

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

439

You Can Find Hope in Jesus for Past Sins

440

You Can Find Hope in the Resurrected One

441

What the Bible Tells Us about Sin

442

The Bible Says This Is of First Importance

443

Hope in Jesus

444

What Is the Highest Good in Life?

445

Tell Your Story of God’s Grace

446

Write Out Your Story

447

Salvation Belongs to the Lord

448

What Is the Driving Ambition of Your Life?

449

Don't Miss the Point

450

Heaven Is God-Centered

451

The Joyful Freedom of Confident Faith in God

452

Our Biggest Problem

453

What True Confession Does

454

If God Gives You an Awareness of Your Own Sin

455

Acting on Impulse

456

When the Heart Rules the Head

457

What to Do When You Have a Bitter Spirit

458

This Is Disappearing from Christian Worship

459

How We Are To Confess Our Sins

460

Prayer Flows Out Where Truth Flows In

461

Stop. Think. Confess.

462

An Asaph Experience

463

The Beggar’s Dream

464

Walking on Ice

465

Stay the Course

466

When You Find It Difficult to Pray

467

Do It for Them

468

The First Step in Turning Your Life Around

469

Turning Around Isn’t Easy

470

Don’t Be Surprised When You Feel Like Giving Up

471

The Honest Confession of a Godly Man

472

When Your Faith Is Hanging by a Thread

473

A Godly Man Who Nearly Fell

474

The Gospel Is More Than Law Keeping

475

The Killer Commandment

476

(10) Your Struggle with Contentment

477

Gossip, Flattery, and Exaggeration

478

(9) Your Struggle with Truth

479

The Great Taker and the Great Giver

480

The Holy Spirit Is with You for the Climb

481

(8) Your Struggle for Integrity

482

Act in the Power of the Spirit

483

How to Overcome the Power of Temptation

484

(7) Your Struggle with Purity

485

Pursue Peace

486

The Trouble with Keeping the Sixth Commandment

487

What This Command Is Saying to Us

488

(6) Your Struggle for Peace

489

How to Honour an Unworthy Parent

490

Honoring and Obeying Parents

491

(5) Your Struggle with Authority

492

How You Can Enter God’s Rest

493

(4) Your Struggle with Time

494

Honouring the Name of Jesus

495

(3) Your Struggle with Religion

496

Why Idols Are So Offensive to God

497

(2) Your Struggle to Worship

498

This Is Our Greatest Struggle

499

(1) Your Struggle with God

500

Meet the Commander

501

Where Do You Stand in Relation to the Ten Commandments?

502

The Law Is Like a Mentor

503

The 10 Greatest Struggles of Your Life

504

Life Is a Struggle

505

In the Father’s Hands

506

The Last Time Jesus Spoke from the Cross

507

Is Satan’s Power Really Broken?

508

You Can Rest in All That Jesus Has Done for You

509

Don’t Miss This!

510

Jesus’ Perfect Sacrifice Was Offered

511

The Decisive Battle with Jesus’ Enemy Was Over

512

The Full Course of Jesus’ Obedience Was Complete

513

The Sixth Time Jesus Spoke from the Cross

514

Why Jesus Said He Was Thirsty on the Cross

515

The Fifth Time Jesus Spoke from the Cross

516

How to Rejoice in the Cross

517

How to Rejoice in the Cross

518

The Fourth Time Jesus Spoke from the Cross

519

The Third Time Jesus Spoke from the Cross

520

God Turned Off the Light

521

Why Are You Still Here?

522

Heaven Is Much Nearer than You Think

523

Don’t Spend the Rest of Your Life Waiting

524

Your Entrance into Heaven

525

Simple Faith

526

The Second Time Jesus Spoke from the Cross

527

Raging against God

528

The Heart of the Gospel

529

Jesus Prays for Us Long Before We Ever Pray to Him

530

While They Were Sinning Against Him

531

Crucifying the Son of God

532

Preparing for Themselves an Eternal Hell

533

Shutting Themselves Out of a Glorious Heaven

534

The First Time Jesus Spoke from the Cross

535

Delight Yourself in the Gospel

536

Who Gets the Glory?

537

This Will Help You Make Sense of the Christian Life

538

The Fruit of the Spirit

539

How the Bible Describes Our Ongoing Battle against Sin

540

Why You Will Experience Ongoing Internal Conflict

541

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

542

What Is Christian Freedom?

543

Two Very Different Approaches to Acceptance

544

Where Do You Stand with God?

545

Why We Are More Comfortable with Law than Love

546

Don't Lose Your Freedom

547

Christian, This Is What You Are (Present Tense)

548

Christian, This Is What You Were (Past Tense)

549

What Is the Christian Life Like?

550

How Does a Person Receive the Holy Spirit?

551

What Is the Purpose of God’s Law?

552

One Thing the Law Cannot Do

553

Where You Find Rest

554

The Gospel Is More Than a New Coat of Paint

555

Our Problem with Grace

556

The Gospel Is Grace

557

A Critical World Mission Principle for Every Christian

558

Don’t Limit Your Ministry Horizon

559

The Gospel Is for the Whole World

560

Why There Can Only Be One Gospel

561

Only Jesus Christ Can Do This

562

Why You Can Stake Your Life on the Gospel

563

Where Did the Gospel Come From?

564

Are You Searching for Something More?

565

Do You Ever Doubt the Sufficiency of the Gospel?

566

Do We Really Have the Mind of Christ?

567

The Secret Wisdom of God Is Revealed by the Spirit

568

The Secret Wisdom of God Is Rooted in the Cross

569

Two Ways of Putting Your Life Together

570

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

571

Feed Yourself the Truth

572

What’s Missing from the White-Flour Gospel?

573

The White-Flour Gospel

574

You Are Sent

575

You Are Called

576

You Are Glorified

577

You Are Given

578

Holiness: Position and Process

579

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

580

Be Who You Are

581

Learning to Live as a Free Person

582

Christian, Jesus Has Set You Free

583

Christian, You Are in a Position to Fight

584

Christian, Sin Is No Longer Your Master

585

Is Real Change Possible?

586

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

587

Christ’s Righteousness Is Yours

588

Christian, Look Here for Your Righteousness

589

Christ Is Your Righteousness

590

God Justifies Sinners

591

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

592

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

593

Don’t Settle for Anything Less Than This

594

Blessings for the World

595

Wisdom for All Ages

596

How the Redeemer Brings Love, Purpose, and Hope

597

How Blessing Comes to Us through the Redeemer

598

Blessing Comes from the LORD

599

Why the Story of Ruth Is in the Bible

600

The Job Description of a Redeemer

601

Jesus Is Our Redeemer

602

How to Come to Jesus

603

Boaz’s Resolve

604

Ruth’s Initiative

605

Naomi’s Counsel

606

A Marvellous Example of Love

607

How to Find Hope

608

How God Provides for His People

609

How God Feeds His People

610

How God Blesses His People

611

How God Welcomes His People

612

New Horizons of Hope

613

Two More Strategies for Growing in Faith

614

Grow in Faith by Affirming That God Is Sovereign

615

Two Temptations You Will Find in Your Sorrow

616

Sorrow Often Comes in Waves

617

Where Loving Commitment Comes From

618

What Your Choices Reveal about Your Love

619

Four Signs of Genuine Love

620

Ruth Is a Story about Redemption

621

God Is the Central Character in the Book of Ruth

622

Take the Most Generous View

623

Ruth Is the Story of Two Weddings and Three Funerals

624

Ruth Is about Ordinary People and an Extraordinary God

625

How You Can Come to Jesus Today

626

How Ten Million Dollars Could Fail to Change Your Life

627

What Christian Faith Hangs On

628

"That's Just Your Interpretation”

629

What It Means If You’re Asking This Question

630

When You Are United to Jesus

631

Jesus Was Forsaken by the Father for Us

632

Jesus Entered the Darkness for Us

633

Jesus Came under the Curse for Us

634

Jesus Consciously Endured the Punishment for Our Sins

635

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

636

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

637

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

638

Who You Can Turn to When You Are Suffering

639

Jesus Endured Terrible Physical and Verbal Abuse

640

We Are Tempted by This When We Face Physical Pain

641

Pilate’s Failure to Protect Jesus from False Accusations

642

Was Jesus Really Bound?

643

What to Do When You Are Weary and Losing Heart

644

How Jesus Taught Us to Face Injustice

645

Why You Can Find Comfort in the Experience of Jesus

646

God Doesn’t Manipulate Us with the Sufferings of Jesus

647

The Real Problem for Judas Is Not What You Think

648

How Far a Real Christian Can Fall

649

Why Failure Is Not the End of the Story

650

Why Jesus Tells His Disciples to Watch and Pray

651

What Resulted from Peter’s Denial of Jesus

652

Jesus Was Deserted by All His Trusted Friends

653

Judas’ Painful Goodbye

654

Jesus Suffered at the Hands of His Friends

655

Three Stages of Jesus’ Suffering

656

Real Change Is Possible with God

657

Real Change Is Impossible with Man

658

Salvation Involves Real Change

659

You Must Be Good Like God

660

Jesus Lays Claim to His People’s Possessions

661

Don’t Let Anyone Keep You from Jesus

662

Jesus’ High View of Marriage

663

God’s Pattern for Marriage

664

If You Compartmentalise Your Life

665

Jesus Warns Us about the Terrible Realities of Hell

666

Jesus Warns Us about the Great Consequences of Sin

667

How to Achieve Greatness

668

The Greatest Danger of Your Spiritual Experience

669

Follow Jesus Because You Share in His Work

670

Follow Jesus Because You See His Glory

671

Are You on the Fence about Jesus?

672

Count the Cost of Following Jesus

673

Jesus Calls His People to Sacrifice

674

Jesus Gives This Promise to His Disciples Who See Clearly

675

Jesus Corrects His Disciples Who See in Part

676

Jesus Rebukes His Disciples Who Fail to See

677

How Jesus Gives Sight to His People

678

Put Your Trust in the Right Person

679

Trace Your Sin to the Right Source

680

Measure Your Life by the Right Standard

681

Jesus Cleanses the Hearts of His People

682

Jesus Overcomes Resistance in His People

683

How Hidden Resentment Will Harden Your Heart

684

How Habitual Sin Will Harden Your Heart

685

How Hometown Unbelief Will Harden Your Heart

686

What Life Looks Like Under God’s Blessing

687

Where Do You Need to Start Scattering Seed?

688

Inside Those Who Hear the Word of God

689

What the Bible Actually Does

690

What Kind of Ministry Harvest Are You Looking For?

691

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

692

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

693

What Is Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit?

694

Why There Is Antagonism Toward Jesus

695

Freedom Reveals Who You Really Are

696

Many Christians Resist This Teaching

697

Whose Side Are You On?

698

False Religion Imposes Heavy Burdens

699

False Religion Lacks Joy

700

Jesus, Friend of Sinners

701

How You Can Receive What Jesus Has for You

702

Which Is More Important— Healing or Forgiveness?

703

Have We Redefined Sin?

704

Your Greatest Need

705

In Jesus Christ, Troubled People Are Set Free

706

In Jesus Christ, God Has Come Downstairs to Get Us

707

Why Jesus Was Never Frustrated in the Bible

708

What Jesus Can Do with Ordinary People

709

What Was the Priority of Jesus?

710

The Marks of a True Christian

711

The First Thing That Happens When You Come Near to Jesus

712

If You Knew You Were Going to Meet with God

713

What Is the Gospel?

714

Who Believes That Jesus Is the Son of God?

715

Why Is Jesus Called “the Son of God”

716

Why Jesus Is Called “the Christ”

717

God is Able to Present You to Himself

718

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

719

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

720

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

721

Rest in God’s Triumph

722

Grow in Holiness (by Self-Examination)

723

Watch Yourself

724

Grow in Ministry Usefulness (by Taking Up Your Cross)

725

Grow in Ministry Usefulness (by Recognising Your Sin)

726

Grow in Ministry Usefulness (by Showing Compassion to Others)

727

Reach Out to Others

728

Grow in Patience (by Waiting on God)

729

Grow in Patience (by Anticipating What God Has Promised)

730

Grow in Patience (by Embracing This Imperfect World)

731

Learn to Wait

732

Experience God’s Love (in Prayer)

733

Experience God’s Love (in the Bible)

734

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

735

Keep Yourself in God’s Love

736

Praying the Lord’s Prayer

737

Praying with an Open Bible

738

Praying with Confidence

739

Praying in the Name of Jesus

740

Pray in the Holy Spirit

741

Grow Your Faith (by Feeding It)

742

Grow Your Faith (by Exercising It)

743

Grow Your Faith (by Affirming It)

744

Grow Your Faith (by Thanking God for It)

745

Build Yourself Up in the Faith

746

Keeping Yourself in Spiritual Shape

747

Ask God to Do This for You

748

How You Can Face Temptations This Week

749

Does It Feel Like Your Past Is Running after You?

750

Is God Angry or Loving?

751

Are We under God’s Judgement or His Blessing?

752

What to Do When God Seems Far Away

753

The God Who Hides Himself

754

3 Heartbreaking Trends

755

There Is No Forgiveness without Repentance

756

Walk Humbly with Your God

757

Love Mercy

758

Act Justly

759

Our First Instinct When We Feel Guilty

760

Evidence against God’s People

761

Evidence of God’s Love

762

What God Requires of You

763

Why Our Idols Are Worthless

764

The Difference between Love and Manipulation

765

God's Response to Idolatry

766

The Ultimate Identity Theft

767

4 Dimensions of Idolatry

768

There Is No Better Place to Hide from God

769

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

770

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

771

What It Looks Like When Idolatry Takes Root

772

Confusion in a Pluralistic Society

773

What’s Holding You Back?

774

Your Position as a Christian Believer

775

We Need a Better Shepherd

776

The Good Shepherd

777

The God Who Shepherds His People

778

God Will Gather, Rule, and Redeem

779

God Will Judge

780

How Peace on Earth Will Happen

781

Peace on Earth

782

How You Can Make a Difference

783

How an Entire Generation Was Saved from Disaster

784

Effective Praying Depends On Right Living

785

When Leaders Are Unfaithful, God Stops Listening

786

Pray for Your Leaders

787

Who Can You Trust?

788

What Has God Entrusted to You?

789

The God Who Holds Leaders Accountable

790

If God Speaks, That Changes Everything

791

The Tragedy of the False Prophet

792

The Principle of Reaping What You Sow

793

God Is Very Interested in How You Make Money

794

How to Interpret God’s Actions

795

What Is Idolatry?

796

The God Who Speaks for Himself

797

Don’t Wait for a Disaster to Do This

798

Why God Sends Disasters

799

Who Controls the Circumstances of Your Life?

800

Is God in Control of Bad Things Too?

801

Do You Share the Heart of God?

802

The God Who Brings Disaster

803

God Speaks through Ordinary People

804

God Can Give a Great Ministry to the Most Ordinary Believer

805

God Can Raise a Great Son from the Worst of Fathers

806

God Can Bring a Great Revival from the Worst Disaster

807

The God Who Brings Revival

808

A Close Encounter with the Living God

809

God Will Restore All Creation

810

People Will Settle Down in Heaven

811

The Joy of Heaven

812

Imagine Almighty God Doing This for You

813

The Bible’s Teaching on Hell

814

The Bible Describes Two Destinies for All People

815

The Reward of God’s Mission

816

The Priority of God’s Mission

817

Where God Sends Missionaries

818

Don’t Despise the Hardships in Your Life

819

This Is a Miracle of Grace

820

How Worship Is Like Visiting the Grand Canyon

821

Worship Fires Mission

822

How God Seeks and Saves

823

What All of Us Need from God

824

Religion Can Also Be a Way of Hiding from God

825

3 More Approaches to Religion That Are Offensive to God

826

3 Approaches to Religion That Are Offensive to God

827

Why Religion Is a Mixed Bag

828

Maybe You Aren’t Really Interested in God

829

What God Says to Secular People

830

A Prayer That You Could Pray Today

831

How to Plead with God in Prayer

832

4 Things That Can Keep You from Praying

833

Effective Prayer Comes from This

834

Praying for God to Make His Power Known

835

Praying for God to Make His Love Known

836

Praying for God to Make Himself Known

837

Where Faith Grows, Prayer Follows

838

Lord, Teach Us to Pray

839

The Beggar

840

God’s Purpose in Sending His Son

841

Jesus Stands with Us as Our Champion

842

Hope for Believers Who Have Neglected Justice

843

Our Culture Is Losing Justice

844

Do You Care about People in Desperate Need?

845

What God Is Looking for in His People

846

What God Says to His Own People

847

How You Can Return to God

848

How God Changes a Stubborn Heart

849

Is Repentance a Command or a Gift?

850

The Roadblock Between You and God

851

The Natural Inclination of Our Hearts

852

Why God Dwells with the Contrite and Lowly

853

When You Feel Far from God

854

Where You Can Find God

855

How God Speaks into Your Life

856

You Can Ask God to Give You New Joy

857

There Is a Back Door to Joy

858

Pursue This Kind of Joy

859

Finding Joy in Unlikely Places

860

Three Places Where We Naturally Seek Happiness

861

One Thing That Unites Us All

862

What’s Your Story?

863

Two Very Different Ways to Look at Your Own Life

864

Preach the Gospel to Yourself Every Day

865

Don’t Make This Costly Mistake

866

Jesus’ Evaluation of the Cross

867

When Will Suffering End?

868

How God Restores Your Soul

869

The Gap between Our Faith and Our Lives

870

How Then Should You Live?

871

Your Resurrection Body Will Be Powerful and Godly

872

Your Resurrection Body Will Be Imperishable and Glorious

873

What Your Resurrection Body Will Be Like

874

This Is the Crown Jewel of Your Faith

875

The First False Teaching about Jesus

876

What Sin Has Done to You

877

You Are on the Last Mile of Your Journey

878

The Ever-Increasing Joy of Heaven

879

The Tragedy of Sin

880

You Will Not Spend Eternity Doing Any of These Things

881

These Things Are Passing Away

882

God Is Making All Things New

883

Your Best Life Is Still in Front of You

884

Jesus Wants You There

885

We Will Be Reunited with Loved Ones in Heaven

886

We Will Enjoy Relationships in Heaven

887

We Will Retain Our Identities in Heaven

888

We Will Know One Another in Heaven

889

A Beautiful Picture of Inclusion

890

A Glimpse of Eternity to Encourage You

891

Good. Better. Best.

892

Believers in Heaven Are Like Angels

893

Why the Bible Sometimes Describes Death as Sleep

894

The Experience of a Christian Immediately after Death

895

Two Thieves

896

Trust

897

Ask

898

Turn

899

How You Can Be Sure about Heaven

900

Living in a Suffering World

901

What Jesus Knows about Psalm 13

902

Pray by Leaning into What You Know

903

How to Pray with a Person Who Feels Abandoned by God

904

How to Pursue an Authentic Prayer Life

905

How Long, O Lord?

906

How to Pray When

907

Anticipate Your Future in Prayer

908

Affirm the Sovereignty of God in Prayer

909

Recognise God’s Hand in the Testing

910

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

911

Challenge the Voices of Fear and Frustration in Prayer

912

How to Pray When You Feel Like Giving Up

913

Is Someone Telling You It’s Too Late?

914

Jesus Will Have the Last Word over Wickedness

915

What Jesus Knows about Psalm 10

916

3 Convictions That Will Help You Pray

917

When This Kind of Thinking Creeps into Your Prayer Life

918

How to Pray When God Seems Far Away

919

Understanding the World Better Will Help You to Pray

920

How to Deal with Traces of Wickedness in Your Own Heart

921

When You Are Praying for Someone Who Is Defiant

922

Four Characteristics of Wickedness

923

How to Pray When the Wicked Seem to Be Winning

924

Prayer Helps You Find Jesus and Guard Against Temptation

925

Pray Because Jesus Needed to and So Do You

926

Pray Because God Invites You to Come

927

Pray Because You Have a Great High Priest

928

A Training Manual for Prayer

929

The Limits of Spontaneous Prayer

930

Arrow Prayers

931

What Does It Mean to Be Blessed?

932

7 Promises that Belong to Us

933

7 Secrets That Belong to the Lord

934

Act on What You Know, Leave the Rest to God

935

What It Means to Be a Christian

936

All Authority Belongs to Him

937

Always Seek to Follow the Word of God

938

1 Priority for Leaders to Pursue

939

3 Temptations All Leaders Face

940

Honor Your Spiritual Leaders

941

7 Marks of a Godly Leader

942

How God Gives Authority

943

God Gives Us Leaders

944

This World Is Our Temporary Home

945

The Firstfruits of the Holy Spirit

946

Anticipate Your Resurrection

947

The Mighty Intervention of God

948

The Reason for the Passover

949

What Do You Celebrate?

950

Practice Kindness

951

4 Dangers to Guard against in Your Giving

952

The Kindness of God’s Law

953

Why Poverty Exists

954

Avoid This Mistake with Old Testament Laws and Promises

955

How to Break Out of the Circle of Pride

956

The Subtle Test of Success

957

The Circle of Pride

958

The Circle of Praise

959

When You Experience God’s Blessing

960

Your Life Will Provoke Questions

961

How to Align Your Life around the Lord

962

The Difference between Prioritising, Balancing, and Aligning

963

The Worst Thing You Can Do for Your Family

964

How Would Loving God Affect Your Family?

965

How to Love God More

966

Jesus Has a Question for You

967

Love God with All Your Strength

968

Love God with All Your Heart and Soul

969

Which God Do You Love?

970

Our Message to the World

971

What Love Looks Like

972

God’s Most Important Commands

973

One Final Motivation for Cultivating the Fear of the Lord

974

Three More Motivations for Cultivating the Fear of the Lord

975

Three Motivations for Cultivating the Fear of the Lord

976

The Fear That Love Brings

977

The Fear That Love Removes

978

God’s Word to Us Today

979

We Are Called to a Life of Repentance and Faith

980

The Difference between Repentance and Faith

981

The Power of a Fresh Start

982

Christianity Is Not Primarily about Trying Harder

983

Three More Impulses That Are in Us by Nature

984

Three Impulses That Are in Us by Nature

985

Learn from Your Family Legacy

986

Overcome Your Fear of the Future

987

Break Free from Your Past

988

Are You Facing a Major Transition?

989

What the Book of Deuteronomy Is About

990

Who the Book of Deuteronomy Is For

991

Follow Jesus and You Will Never Walk in Darkness

992

Full Sunlight Is Coming

993

You Are Called to Be Like Starlight

994

Jesus Is Like a Floodlight

995

Jesus Came to Bring Light

996

How to Get the Life That Jesus Came to Give

997

Jesus Gives Life Abundantly

998

Our Lives Are on Loan from God

999

How to Deal with Thieves

1000

Jesus Came to Give Life