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

2

Repentance Is the Hidden Path to a Transformed Life

3

What Is Your Reaction to the Word Repentance?

4

Anticipate Christ’s Coming

5

Christianity Is a Battle, Not a Hobby

6

Distinctive #10: Gospel Hope

7

When God Gives You More

8

If Getting Rich Is Your Goal

9

Distinctive #9: Gospel Lifestyle

10

Leaders Are Not Always What They Appear to Be

11

Why Leaders Must Be Protected AND Accountable

12

Distinctive #8: Gospel Leadership

13

Redefining Your Retirement Dreams

14

Discerning Who to Help

15

Distinctive #7: Gospel Compassion

16

How to Live the Christian Life

17

Why Godliness Is a Mystery to Many

18

Distinctive #6: Gospel Life

19

The Competence of an Effective Christian Leader

20

The Character of an Effective Christian Leader

21

Distinctive #5: Gospel Character

22

Is Jesus for People Like You?

23

The Place of Prayer in Public Worship

24

Distinctive #4: Gospel Ministry

25

Affirm God’s Work in You

26

Remember Your Sins Redemptively

27

Distinctive #3: Gospel Salvation

28

How the Law Can Help You Love

29

How to Properly Use God’s Law Today

30

Distinctive #2: Gospel Freedom

31

3 Things That Can Hold You Back from Loving Others

32

Distinctive #1: Gospel Faith

33

What God Is Looking for in the Church

34

How Then Should We Live?

35

Your Resurrection Body Will Be Powerful and Godly

36

Your Resurrection Body Will Be Imperishable and Glorious

37

Your Resurrection Body Will Be a Physical Body

38

This Is the Crown Jewel of Christian Faith

39

The First False Teaching about Jesus

40

What Sin Has Done to You

41

Two Things to Reconsider in the Light of Heaven

42

How Your Experiences of Joy in This Life Point to Heaven

43

Here Is the Tragedy of Sin

44

You Will Not Spend Eternity Doing Any of These Things

45

These Three Things Will *Not* Be in Heaven

46

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

47

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

48

The Greatest Assurance You Can Have of Heaven

49

Will We Be Reunited with Loved Ones in Heaven?

50

Will We Enjoy Relationships in Heaven?

51

Will We Retain Our Identities in Heaven?

52

Will We Know and Recognise One Another in Heaven?

53

Would You Like to Be Completely at Home?

54

Would You Like a Little Glimpse of Eternity?

55

The Surprising Pattern of the Christian Life

56

What Believers in Heaven Are Compared To

57

Why the Bible Sometimes Describes Death as Sleep

58

What Happens After You Die

59

The Time to Trust Jesus Is Now

60

What It Means to “Trust” Jesus

61

What It Means to “Ask” Jesus

62

What It Means to “Turn” to Jesus

63

How You Can Be Sure About Heaven

64

How Well Prepared Are You for the Future?

65

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

66

Does It Really Matter Where Salvation Comes From?

67

The Bible Talks about Salvation in Three Tenses

68

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

69

Did You Know That God Saves Desperate, Repentant People?

70

Did You Know That God Saves Guilty, Believing People?

71

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

72

Parking at the Super Bowl

73

Three Ways to Grow in Compassion

74

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

75

See God's Love for You

76

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

77

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

78

What Is Your Reaction to God’s Grace?

79

How to Undermine Your Own Repentance

80

If You Think God Is Too Slow in Dealing with Evil

81

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

82

God Chooses His Moment to Change the City

83

God Uses His Man or Woman to Change the City

84

God Sends His Word to Change the City

85

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

86

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

87

#2: Refuse God’s Provision Through Someone Else

88

Where Hope Begins

89

Never Trust Circumstances When You Are Resisting God

90

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

91

#1: Resist God’s Call to Something New

92

How to Avoid a God-Centred Life

93

God Is Able to Present You to Himself

94

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

95

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

96

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

97

Workout #7: Rest in God’s Triumph

98

Grow in Holiness (by Self-Examination)

99

Workout #6: Watch Yourself

100

Grow in Ministry Usefulness (by Taking Up Your Cross)

101

Grow in Ministry Usefulness (by Recognising Your Own Sin)

102

Grow in Ministry Usefulness (by Showing Compassion to Others)

103

Workout #5: Reach Out to Others

104

Grow in Patience (by Waiting on God)

105

Grow in Patience (by Anticipating What God Has Promised)

106

Grow in Patience (by Embracing This Imperfect World)

107

Workout #4: Learn to Wait

108

Experience God’s Love (in Prayer)

109

Experience God’s Love (in the Bible)

110

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

111

Workout #3: Keep Yourself in God’s Love

112

Pray the Lord’s Prayer

113

Pray with an Open Bible

114

Pray with Confidence

115

Pray in the Name of Jesus

116

Workout #2: Pray in the Holy Spirit

117

Grow Your Faith (by Feeding It)

118

Grow Your Faith (by Exercising It)

119

Grow Your Faith (by Affirming It)

120

Grow Your Faith (by Thanking God for It)

121

Workout #1: Build Yourself Up in the Faith

122

Keeping Yourself in Spiritual Shape

123

Are You Settling or Contending?

124

Whose Voice Are You Listening to?

125

What Is Truth?

126

Do You Long for the Truth?

127

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

128

What Will Happen If You Choose to Follow Jesus

129

What Will Happen If You Choose Not to Follow Jesus

130

Reason #6: Jesus Came into the World as Light

131

What a More Abundant Life Could Look Like for You

132

What Does Jesus Mean By “Abundant” Life?

133

Are You Afraid That Jesus Might Be a Thief?

134

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

135

Two Reasons to Celebrate the Coming of Jesus

136

How What God Wills Can Become Yours

137

How Jesus Gets the Will of God Done

138

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

139

Three Different Ways People Respond to Jesus

140

Three Surprising Things about Repentance

141

Following Jesus Means Leaving Your Old Life for Something New

142

What It Means to Follow Jesus Today

143

Why Jesus Chose a Tax Collector to Be His Disciple

144

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

145

Have You Counted the Cost of Not Following Jesus?

146

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

147

One Day There Will Be Peace

148

Jesus Did Not Come into the World to Bring Peace

149

How Do You Read God’s Commands?

150

How to Live a Life That Is Pleasing to God

151

Jesus Came to Bring a New Kind of Righteousness

152

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

153

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

154

Why Jesus Came into the World

155

Come to Jesus and Ask

156

A Portrait of Your Relationship with Christ

157

Jesus’ Seven-Fold Promise

158

What It Means to See Christ’s Glory

159

Promise #7: Jesus Will Show You His Glory

160

Jesus Wants You in Heaven

161

How Do You Know Jesus Is Coming Back for You?

162

Two Ways Jesus Takes His People into Heaven

163

The Rugby World Cup

164

Where Is Your Hope?

165

Promise #6: Jesus Will Bring You into Heaven

166

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

167

Genuine Faith Is an Inside Job

168

Promise #5: Jesus Will Give You the Holy Spirit

169

Five Ways to Confess Jesus Christ

170

How to Interpret These Words of Jesus

171

What It Means to Confess or Deny Jesus

172

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

173

The Mission Is to Catch Fish, Not Improve the Lake

174

Seven "Fishing" Observations

175

Promise #3: Jesus Will Make You Useful

176

You Need to Take This In

177

The Son Receives

178

The Sinner Comes

179

The Father Gives

180

Promise #2: Jesus Will Never Drive You Away

181

Jesus’ Rest Is a Gift, Not a Process

182

How to Find the Rest Jesus Promises

183

Promise #1: Jesus Is Willing to Give You Rest

184

Rock-Solid Promises

185

Assurance Grows When You Know What Jesus Will Do

186

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

187

The Ministry of the Holy Spirit—Part 3

188

The Ministry of the Holy Spirit—Part 2

189

The Ministry of the Holy Spirit—Part 1

190

How the Holy Spirit Brings Assurance

191

The Reassured Heart

192

The Condemning Heart

193

The Confident Heart

194

Tests, Directions, and Signs

195

Why We Believe in Jesus

196

Two Truths about Jesus that Strengthen Your Assurance

197

Two Lies about Jesus that Undermine Your Assurance

198

Cultivate Love and You Will Grow in Assurance

199

Assurance Grows as You Love God’s People

200

Finding the Freedom that Leads to Assurance

201

Charting the Course Toward Assurance

202

A Perfect Description of Assurance

203

What Happened at the Cross

204

What Is Propitiation?

205

God’s Provision for the Times When We Sin

206

Two Dangerous Approaches to Sin

207

How to Make Progress Against Remaining Sin

208

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

209

One Danger for Us as We Walk in the Light

210

How to Respond If You Are Walking in Darkness

211

What It Means to Walk in the Light

212

Two Misconceptions about Walking in the Light

213

The Lie That Our Sin Does Not Matter

214

Assurance Grows as You Gain Clarity about the Gospel

215

How Can You Be Sure That You Have Eternal Life?

216

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

217

Why Jesus Is Uniquely Qualified to Deal With Our Sins

218

God’s Medicine for Your Condemning Heart

219

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

220

How You Know God Is at Work in Your Life

221

How Jesus Sees You

222

Jesus Changes How We See Ourselves

223

Jesus Changes How We See Others

224

Why People Sometimes Dismiss Jesus

225

Five More Factors That Distinguish Us from One Another

226

Five Factors That Distinguish Us from One Another

227

Why Jesus’ Death Means Hope for You

228

Being Moral and Religious Will Not Free You from This

229

Why Living for Yourself Won’t Make You Happier

230

What It Would Be Like to Die with Christ

231

What It Would Be Like to Die without Christ

232

Whatever Grips Your Mind Controls Your Heart

233

Five Words to Describe Your Experience of Jesus’ Love

234

Ten Opportunities That Are Only Possible During Your Lifetime

235

Are You Living Your Christian Life with This in Mind?

236

Why Christians Sometimes Feel Their Christian Life Doesn’t Matter

237

Why Christians Sometimes Lack Confidence about the Day of Judgement

238

Three Things Christians Need to Know about the Judgement

239

Christians Have One Life in Two Parts

240

God Didn’t Need to Tell Us This

241

Christians Have Two Homes

242

If You Are Wondering Why Your Life Is So Hard

243

Godliness Does Not Vaccinate You against Pain or Difficulty

244

How the Bible Talks about Your Body

245

Don’t Lose Heart

246

A True Story from the Titanic

247

It’s Never Too Late

248

The Difference Between Judas and Peter

249

Judas’ Plunge to Disaster

250

Judas Opened the Door

251

Judas Was in the Grip of Greed

252

Judas’ Series of Tragic Choices

253

The Story of Judas

254

We Need a Greater Deliverer Than Samson

255

You Don’t Need to Stumble

256

Samson’s Plunge to Disaster

257

Samson’s First Step on the Road to Disaster

258

3 Things to Know about Samson

259

The Story of Samson

260

How You Can Avoid Esau’s Plunge to Disaster

261

Esau’s Plunge to Disaster

262

What Happened to Esau’s Blessing

263

The Pattern That Led to Esau’s Plunge to Disaster

264

Esau Was Confused about Values

265

Esau Acted on Impulse

266

Esau’s Hasty Promise

267

The Story of Esau

268

A Potential Turning Point in Cain’s Life

269

Cain Underestimated the Power of Sin

270

Cain’s Plunge to Disaster

271

What God Said to Cain

272

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

273

Cain and Abel Bring Their Offerings to God

274

Cain and Abel

275

The Story of Cain

276

Deckchairs on the Titanic

277

Give Yourself to Living for Christ

278

Have You Considered the Sting of Death?

279

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

280

What You Need to Know about Believers Who Have Died

281

How You Can Enjoy God’s Everlasting Kingdom

282

Your Labour Is Not in Vain

283

Find Hope in What You Will One Day Be

284

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

285

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

286

One Day Your Inner Battle Will Be Over

287

You Can Look Forward to Your Resurrection Body

288

Your Resurrection Body Will Be More, Not Less

289

How Exactly Are the Dead Raised?

290

You Can Have Hope for the Future

291

How You Live Reveals What You Believe about the Resurrection

292

Your Belief in the Resurrection Will Shape How You Live

293

A Faith for “This Life Only” Leads to Indulgence

294

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

295

A Faith for “This Life Only” Offers No Hope

296

Does Your View of the Resurrection Really Matter?

297

Don’t Put Your Hope in This Kind of Resurrection

298

Your Hope of Sharing in Jesus’ Resurrection Life

299

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

300

An Invitation, a Warning, and a Promise

301

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

302

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

303

You Can Find Hope in Jesus for Past Sins

304

You Can Find Hope in the Resurrected One

305

What the Bible Tells Us about Sin

306

The Bible Says This Is of First Importance

307

Hope in Jesus

308

What Is the Highest Good in Life?

309

Tell Your Story of God’s Grace

310

Write Out Your Story

311

Salvation Belongs to the Lord

312

What Is the Driving Ambition of Your Life?

313

Don't Miss the Point

314

Heaven Is God-Centered

315

The Joyful Freedom of Confident Faith in God

316

Our Biggest Problem

317

What True Confession Does

318

If God Gives You an Awareness of Your Own Sin

319

Acting on Impulse

320

When the Heart Rules the Head

321

What to Do When You Have a Bitter Spirit

322

This Is Disappearing from Christian Worship

323

How We Are To Confess Our Sins

324

Prayer Flows Out Where Truth Flows In

325

Stop. Think. Confess.

326

An Asaph Experience

327

The Beggar’s Dream

328

Walking on Ice

329

Stay the Course

330

When You Find It Difficult to Pray

331

Do It for Them

332

The First Step in Turning Your Life Around

333

Turning Around Isn’t Easy

334

Don’t Be Surprised When You Feel Like Giving Up

335

The Honest Confession of a Godly Man

336

When Your Faith Is Hanging by a Thread

337

A Godly Man Who Nearly Fell

338

The Gospel Is More Than Law Keeping

339

The Killer Commandment

340

(10) Your Struggle with Contentment

341

Gossip, Flattery, and Exaggeration

342

(9) Your Struggle with Truth

343

The Great Taker and the Great Giver

344

The Holy Spirit Is with You for the Climb

345

(8) Your Struggle for Integrity

346

Act in the Power of the Spirit

347

How to Overcome the Power of Temptation

348

(7) Your Struggle with Purity

349

Pursue Peace

350

The Trouble with Keeping the Sixth Commandment

351

What This Command Is Saying to Us

352

(6) Your Struggle for Peace

353

How to Honour an Unworthy Parent

354

Honoring and Obeying Parents

355

(5) Your Struggle with Authority

356

How You Can Enter God’s Rest

357

(4) Your Struggle with Time

358

Honouring the Name of Jesus

359

(3) Your Struggle with Religion

360

Why Idols Are So Offensive to God

361

(2) Your Struggle to Worship

362

This Is Our Greatest Struggle

363

(1) Your Struggle with God

364

Meet the Commander

365

Where Do You Stand in Relation to the Ten Commandments?

366

The Law Is Like a Mentor

367

The 10 Greatest Struggles of Your Life

368

Life Is a Struggle

369

In the Father’s Hands

370

The Last Time Jesus Spoke from the Cross

371

Is Satan’s Power Really Broken?

372

You Can Rest in All That Jesus Has Done for You

373

Don’t Miss This!

374

Jesus’ Perfect Sacrifice Was Offered

375

The Decisive Battle with Jesus’ Enemy Was Over

376

The Full Course of Jesus’ Obedience Was Complete

377

The Sixth Time Jesus Spoke from the Cross

378

Why Jesus Said He Was Thirsty on the Cross

379

The Fifth Time Jesus Spoke from the Cross

380

How to Rejoice in the Cross

381

How to Rejoice in the Cross

382

The Fourth Time Jesus Spoke from the Cross

383

The Third Time Jesus Spoke from the Cross

384

God Turned Off the Light

385

Why Are You Still Here?

386

Heaven Is Much Nearer than You Think

387

Don’t Spend the Rest of Your Life Waiting

388

Your Entrance into Heaven

389

Simple Faith

390

The Second Time Jesus Spoke from the Cross

391

Raging against God

392

The Heart of the Gospel

393

Jesus Prays for Us Long Before We Ever Pray to Him

394

While They Were Sinning Against Him

395

Crucifying the Son of God

396

Preparing for Themselves an Eternal Hell

397

Shutting Themselves Out of a Glorious Heaven

398

The First Time Jesus Spoke from the Cross

399

Delight Yourself in the Gospel

400

Who Gets the Glory?

401

This Will Help You Make Sense of the Christian Life

402

The Fruit of the Spirit

403

How the Bible Describes Our Ongoing Battle against Sin

404

Why You Will Experience Ongoing Internal Conflict

405

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

406

What Is Christian Freedom?

407

Two Very Different Approaches to Acceptance

408

Where Do You Stand with God?

409

Why We Are More Comfortable with Law than Love

410

Don't Lose Your Freedom

411

Christian, This Is What You Are (Present Tense)

412

Christian, This Is What You Were (Past Tense)

413

What Is the Christian Life Like?

414

How Does a Person Receive the Holy Spirit?

415

What Is the Purpose of God’s Law?

416

One Thing the Law Cannot Do

417

Where You Find Rest

418

The Gospel Is More Than a New Coat of Paint

419

Our Problem with Grace

420

The Gospel Is Grace

421

A Critical World Mission Principle for Every Christian

422

Don’t Limit Your Ministry Horizon

423

The Gospel Is for the Whole World

424

Why There Can Only Be One Gospel

425

Only Jesus Christ Can Do This

426

Why You Can Stake Your Life on the Gospel

427

Where Did the Gospel Come From?

428

Are You Searching for Something More?

429

Do You Ever Doubt the Sufficiency of the Gospel?

430

Do We Really Have the Mind of Christ?

431

The Secret Wisdom of God Is Revealed by the Spirit

432

The Secret Wisdom of God Is Rooted in the Cross

433

Two Ways of Putting Your Life Together

434

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

435

Feed Yourself the Truth

436

What’s Missing from the White-Flour Gospel?

437

The White-Flour Gospel

438

You Are Sent

439

You Are Called

440

You Are Glorified

441

You Are Given

442

Holiness: Position and Process

443

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

444

Be Who You Are

445

Learning to Live as a Free Person

446

Christian, Jesus Has Set You Free

447

Christian, You Are in a Position to Fight

448

Christian, Sin Is No Longer Your Master

449

Is Real Change Possible?

450

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

451

Christ’s Righteousness Is Yours

452

Christian, Look Here for Your Righteousness

453

Christ Is Your Righteousness

454

God Justifies Sinners

455

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

456

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

457

Don’t Settle for Anything Less Than This

458

Blessings for the World

459

Wisdom for All Ages

460

How the Redeemer Brings Love, Purpose, and Hope

461

How Blessing Comes to Us through the Redeemer

462

Blessing Comes from the LORD

463

Why the Story of Ruth Is in the Bible

464

The Job Description of a Redeemer

465

Jesus Is Our Redeemer

466

How to Come to Jesus

467

Boaz’s Resolve

468

Ruth’s Initiative

469

Naomi’s Counsel

470

A Marvellous Example of Love

471

How to Find Hope

472

How God Provides for His People

473

How God Feeds His People

474

How God Blesses His People

475

How God Welcomes His People

476

New Horizons of Hope

477

Two More Strategies for Growing in Faith

478

Grow in Faith by Affirming That God Is Sovereign

479

Two Temptations You Will Find in Your Sorrow

480

Sorrow Often Comes in Waves

481

Where Loving Commitment Comes From

482

What Your Choices Reveal about Your Love

483

Four Signs of Genuine Love

484

Ruth Is a Story about Redemption

485

God Is the Central Character in the Book of Ruth

486

Take the Most Generous View

487

Ruth Is the Story of Two Weddings and Three Funerals

488

Ruth Is about Ordinary People and an Extraordinary God

489

How You Can Come to Jesus Today

490

How Ten Million Dollars Could Fail to Change Your Life

491

What Christian Faith Hangs On

492

"That's Just Your Interpretation”

493

What It Means If You’re Asking This Question

494

When You Are United to Jesus

495

Jesus Was Forsaken by the Father for Us

496

Jesus Entered the Darkness for Us

497

Jesus Came under the Curse for Us

498

Jesus Consciously Endured the Punishment for Our Sins

499

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

500

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

501

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

502

Who You Can Turn to When You Are Suffering

503

Jesus Endured Terrible Physical and Verbal Abuse

504

We Are Tempted by This When We Face Physical Pain

505

Pilate’s Failure to Protect Jesus from False Accusations

506

Was Jesus Really Bound?

507

What to Do When You Are Weary and Losing Heart

508

How Jesus Taught Us to Face Injustice

509

Why You Can Find Comfort in the Experience of Jesus

510

God Doesn’t Manipulate Us with the Sufferings of Jesus

511

The Real Problem for Judas Is Not What You Think

512

How Far a Real Christian Can Fall

513

Why Failure Is Not the End of the Story

514

Why Jesus Tells His Disciples to Watch and Pray

515

What Resulted from Peter’s Denial of Jesus

516

Jesus Was Deserted by All His Trusted Friends

517

Judas’ Painful Goodbye

518

Jesus Suffered at the Hands of His Friends

519

Three Stages of Jesus’ Suffering

520

Real Change Is Possible with God

521

Real Change Is Impossible with Man

522

Salvation Involves Real Change

523

You Must Be Good Like God

524

Jesus Lays Claim to His People’s Possessions

525

Don’t Let Anyone Keep You from Jesus

526

Jesus’ High View of Marriage

527

God’s Pattern for Marriage

528

If You Compartmentalise Your Life

529

Jesus Warns Us about the Terrible Realities of Hell

530

Jesus Warns Us about the Great Consequences of Sin

531

How to Achieve Greatness

532

The Greatest Danger of Your Spiritual Experience

533

Follow Jesus Because You Share in His Work

534

Follow Jesus Because You See His Glory

535

Are You on the Fence about Jesus?

536

Count the Cost of Following Jesus

537

Jesus Calls His People to Sacrifice

538

Jesus Gives This Promise to His Disciples Who See Clearly

539

Jesus Corrects His Disciples Who See in Part

540

Jesus Rebukes His Disciples Who Fail to See

541

How Jesus Gives Sight to His People

542

Put Your Trust in the Right Person

543

Trace Your Sin to the Right Source

544

Measure Your Life by the Right Standard

545

Jesus Cleanses the Hearts of His People

546

Jesus Overcomes Resistance in His People

547

How Hidden Resentment Will Harden Your Heart

548

How Habitual Sin Will Harden Your Heart

549

How Hometown Unbelief Will Harden Your Heart

550

What Life Looks Like Under God’s Blessing

551

Where Do You Need to Start Scattering Seed?

552

Inside Those Who Hear the Word of God

553

What the Bible Actually Does

554

What Kind of Ministry Harvest Are You Looking For?

555

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

556

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

557

What Is Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit?

558

Why There Is Antagonism Toward Jesus

559

Freedom Reveals Who You Really Are

560

Many Christians Resist This Teaching

561

Whose Side Are You On?

562

False Religion Imposes Heavy Burdens

563

False Religion Lacks Joy

564

Jesus, Friend of Sinners

565

How You Can Receive What Jesus Has for You

566

Which Is More Important— Healing or Forgiveness?

567

Have We Redefined Sin?

568

Your Greatest Need

569

In Jesus Christ, Troubled People Are Set Free

570

In Jesus Christ, God Has Come Downstairs to Get Us

571

Why Jesus Was Never Frustrated in the Bible

572

What Jesus Can Do with Ordinary People

573

What Was the Priority of Jesus?

574

The Marks of a True Christian

575

The First Thing That Happens When You Come Near to Jesus

576

If You Knew You Were Going to Meet with God

577

What Is the Gospel?

578

Who Believes That Jesus Is the Son of God?

579

Why Is Jesus Called “the Son of God”

580

Why Jesus Is Called “the Christ”

581

God is Able to Present You to Himself

582

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

583

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

584

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

585

Rest in God’s Triumph

586

Grow in Holiness (by Self-Examination)

587

Watch Yourself

588

Grow in Ministry Usefulness (by Taking Up Your Cross)

589

Grow in Ministry Usefulness (by Recognising Your Sin)

590

Grow in Ministry Usefulness (by Showing Compassion to Others)

591

Reach Out to Others

592

Grow in Patience (by Waiting on God)

593

Grow in Patience (by Anticipating What God Has Promised)

594

Grow in Patience (by Embracing This Imperfect World)

595

Learn to Wait

596

Experience God’s Love (in Prayer)

597

Experience God’s Love (in the Bible)

598

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

599

Keep Yourself in God’s Love

600

Praying the Lord’s Prayer

601

Praying with an Open Bible

602

Praying with Confidence

603

Praying in the Name of Jesus

604

Pray in the Holy Spirit

605

Grow Your Faith (by Feeding It)

606

Grow Your Faith (by Exercising It)

607

Grow Your Faith (by Affirming It)

608

Grow Your Faith (by Thanking God for It)

609

Build Yourself Up in the Faith

610

Keeping Yourself in Spiritual Shape

611

Ask God to Do This for You

612

How You Can Face Temptations This Week

613

Does It Feel Like Your Past Is Running after You?

614

Is God Angry or Loving?

615

Are We under God’s Judgement or His Blessing?

616

What to Do When God Seems Far Away

617

The God Who Hides Himself

618

3 Heartbreaking Trends

619

There Is No Forgiveness without Repentance

620

Walk Humbly with Your God

621

Love Mercy

622

Act Justly

623

Our First Instinct When We Feel Guilty

624

Evidence against God’s People

625

Evidence of God’s Love

626

What God Requires of You

627

Why Our Idols Are Worthless

628

The Difference between Love and Manipulation

629

God's Response to Idolatry

630

The Ultimate Identity Theft

631

4 Dimensions of Idolatry

632

There Is No Better Place to Hide from God

633

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

634

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

635

What It Looks Like When Idolatry Takes Root

636

Confusion in a Pluralistic Society

637

What’s Holding You Back?

638

Your Position as a Christian Believer

639

We Need a Better Shepherd

640

The Good Shepherd

641

The God Who Shepherds His People

642

God Will Gather, Rule, and Redeem

643

God Will Judge

644

How Peace on Earth Will Happen

645

Peace on Earth

646

How You Can Make a Difference

647

How an Entire Generation Was Saved from Disaster

648

Effective Praying Depends On Right Living

649

When Leaders Are Unfaithful, God Stops Listening

650

Pray for Your Leaders

651

Who Can You Trust?

652

What Has God Entrusted to You?

653

The God Who Holds Leaders Accountable

654

If God Speaks, That Changes Everything

655

The Tragedy of the False Prophet

656

The Principle of Reaping What You Sow

657

God Is Very Interested in How You Make Money

658

How to Interpret God’s Actions

659

What Is Idolatry?

660

The God Who Speaks for Himself

661

Don’t Wait for a Disaster to Do This

662

Why God Sends Disasters

663

Who Controls the Circumstances of Your Life?

664

Is God in Control of Bad Things Too?

665

Do You Share the Heart of God?

666

The God Who Brings Disaster

667

God Speaks through Ordinary People

668

God Can Give a Great Ministry to the Most Ordinary Believer

669

God Can Raise a Great Son from the Worst of Fathers

670

God Can Bring a Great Revival from the Worst Disaster

671

The God Who Brings Revival

672

A Close Encounter with the Living God

673

God Will Restore All Creation

674

People Will Settle Down in Heaven

675

The Joy of Heaven

676

Imagine Almighty God Doing This for You

677

The Bible’s Teaching on Hell

678

The Bible Describes Two Destinies for All People

679

The Reward of God’s Mission

680

The Priority of God’s Mission

681

Where God Sends Missionaries

682

Don’t Despise the Hardships in Your Life

683

This Is a Miracle of Grace

684

How Worship Is Like Visiting the Grand Canyon

685

Worship Fires Mission

686

How God Seeks and Saves

687

What All of Us Need from God

688

Religion Can Also Be a Way of Hiding from God

689

3 More Approaches to Religion That Are Offensive to God

690

3 Approaches to Religion That Are Offensive to God

691

Why Religion Is a Mixed Bag

692

Maybe You Aren’t Really Interested in God

693

What God Says to Secular People

694

A Prayer That You Could Pray Today

695

How to Plead with God in Prayer

696

4 Things That Can Keep You from Praying

697

Effective Prayer Comes from This

698

Praying for God to Make His Power Known

699

Praying for God to Make His Love Known

700

Praying for God to Make Himself Known

701

Where Faith Grows, Prayer Follows

702

Lord, Teach Us to Pray

703

The Beggar

704

God’s Purpose in Sending His Son

705

Jesus Stands with Us as Our Champion

706

Hope for Believers Who Have Neglected Justice

707

Our Culture Is Losing Justice

708

Do You Care about People in Desperate Need?

709

What God Is Looking for in His People

710

What God Says to His Own People

711

How You Can Return to God

712

How God Changes a Stubborn Heart

713

Is Repentance a Command or a Gift?

714

The Roadblock Between You and God

715

The Natural Inclination of Our Hearts

716

Why God Dwells with the Contrite and Lowly

717

When You Feel Far from God

718

Where You Can Find God

719

How God Speaks into Your Life

720

You Can Ask God to Give You New Joy

721

There Is a Back Door to Joy

722

Pursue This Kind of Joy

723

Finding Joy in Unlikely Places

724

Three Places Where We Naturally Seek Happiness

725

One Thing That Unites Us All

726

What’s Your Story?

727

Two Very Different Ways to Look at Your Own Life

728

Preach the Gospel to Yourself Every Day

729

Don’t Make This Costly Mistake

730

Jesus’ Evaluation of the Cross

731

When Will Suffering End?

732

How God Restores Your Soul

733

The Gap between Our Faith and Our Lives

734

How Then Should You Live?

735

Your Resurrection Body Will Be Powerful and Godly

736

Your Resurrection Body Will Be Imperishable and Glorious

737

What Your Resurrection Body Will Be Like

738

This Is the Crown Jewel of Your Faith

739

The First False Teaching about Jesus

740

What Sin Has Done to You

741

You Are on the Last Mile of Your Journey

742

The Ever-Increasing Joy of Heaven

743

The Tragedy of Sin

744

You Will Not Spend Eternity Doing Any of These Things

745

These Things Are Passing Away

746

God Is Making All Things New

747

Your Best Life Is Still in Front of You

748

Jesus Wants You There

749

We Will Be Reunited with Loved Ones in Heaven

750

We Will Enjoy Relationships in Heaven

751

We Will Retain Our Identities in Heaven

752

We Will Know One Another in Heaven

753

A Beautiful Picture of Inclusion

754

A Glimpse of Eternity to Encourage You

755

Good. Better. Best.

756

Believers in Heaven Are Like Angels

757

Why the Bible Sometimes Describes Death as Sleep

758

The Experience of a Christian Immediately after Death

759

Two Thieves

760

Trust

761

Ask

762

Turn

763

How You Can Be Sure about Heaven

764

Living in a Suffering World

765

What Jesus Knows about Psalm 13

766

Pray by Leaning into What You Know

767

How to Pray with a Person Who Feels Abandoned by God

768

How to Pursue an Authentic Prayer Life

769

How Long, O Lord?

770

How to Pray When

771

Anticipate Your Future in Prayer

772

Affirm the Sovereignty of God in Prayer

773

Recognise God’s Hand in the Testing

774

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

775

Challenge the Voices of Fear and Frustration in Prayer

776

How to Pray When You Feel Like Giving Up

777

Is Someone Telling You It’s Too Late?

778

Jesus Will Have the Last Word over Wickedness

779

What Jesus Knows about Psalm 10

780

3 Convictions That Will Help You Pray

781

When This Kind of Thinking Creeps into Your Prayer Life

782

How to Pray When God Seems Far Away

783

Understanding the World Better Will Help You to Pray

784

How to Deal with Traces of Wickedness in Your Own Heart

785

When You Are Praying for Someone Who Is Defiant

786

Four Characteristics of Wickedness

787

How to Pray When the Wicked Seem to Be Winning

788

Prayer Helps You Find Jesus and Guard Against Temptation

789

Pray Because Jesus Needed to and So Do You

790

Pray Because God Invites You to Come

791

Pray Because You Have a Great High Priest

792

A Training Manual for Prayer

793

The Limits of Spontaneous Prayer

794

Arrow Prayers

795

What Does It Mean to Be Blessed?

796

7 Promises that Belong to Us

797

7 Secrets That Belong to the Lord

798

Act on What You Know, Leave the Rest to God

799

What It Means to Be a Christian

800

All Authority Belongs to Him

801

Always Seek to Follow the Word of God

802

1 Priority for Leaders to Pursue

803

3 Temptations All Leaders Face

804

Honor Your Spiritual Leaders

805

7 Marks of a Godly Leader

806

How God Gives Authority

807

God Gives Us Leaders

808

This World Is Our Temporary Home

809

The Firstfruits of the Holy Spirit

810

Anticipate Your Resurrection

811

The Mighty Intervention of God

812

The Reason for the Passover

813

What Do You Celebrate?

814

Practice Kindness

815

4 Dangers to Guard against in Your Giving

816

The Kindness of God’s Law

817

Why Poverty Exists

818

Avoid This Mistake with Old Testament Laws and Promises

819

How to Break Out of the Circle of Pride

820

The Subtle Test of Success

821

The Circle of Pride

822

The Circle of Praise

823

When You Experience God’s Blessing

824

Your Life Will Provoke Questions

825

How to Align Your Life around the Lord

826

The Difference between Prioritising, Balancing, and Aligning

827

The Worst Thing You Can Do for Your Family

828

How Would Loving God Affect Your Family?

829

How to Love God More

830

Jesus Has a Question for You

831

Love God with All Your Strength

832

Love God with All Your Heart and Soul

833

Which God Do You Love?

834

Our Message to the World

835

What Love Looks Like

836

God’s Most Important Commands

837

One Final Motivation for Cultivating the Fear of the Lord

838

Three More Motivations for Cultivating the Fear of the Lord

839

Three Motivations for Cultivating the Fear of the Lord

840

The Fear That Love Brings

841

The Fear That Love Removes

842

God’s Word to Us Today

843

We Are Called to a Life of Repentance and Faith

844

The Difference between Repentance and Faith

845

The Power of a Fresh Start

846

Christianity Is Not Primarily about Trying Harder

847

Three More Impulses That Are in Us by Nature

848

Three Impulses That Are in Us by Nature

849

Learn from Your Family Legacy

850

Overcome Your Fear of the Future

851

Break Free from Your Past

852

Are You Facing a Major Transition?

853

What the Book of Deuteronomy Is About

854

Who the Book of Deuteronomy Is For

855

Follow Jesus and You Will Never Walk in Darkness

856

Full Sunlight Is Coming

857

You Are Called to Be Like Starlight

858

Jesus Is Like a Floodlight

859

Jesus Came to Bring Light

860

How to Get the Life That Jesus Came to Give

861

Jesus Gives Life Abundantly

862

Our Lives Are on Loan from God

863

How to Deal with Thieves

864

Jesus Came to Give Life

865

God’s Good Will

866

How What God Wills Can Become Yours

867

It Is God’s Will to Restore All of You

868

How God’s Will Gets Done

869

Jesus Came to Do the Will of God

870

Three Responses to Jesus’ Call

871

Jesus Calls Us to a Life of Repentance

872

Jesus Calls Us to a New Life

873

Why Jesus Calls Sinners

874

Jesus Came to Call Sinners

875

Count the Cost of Not Following Jesus

876

Count the Cost of Following Jesus

877

Jesus Will Bring Peace

878

How the Coming of Jesus Brings a Sword into Our Lives

879

Jesus Came to Bring a Sword

880

Jesus Came to Fulfil the Law in His People

881

The Righteousness Jesus Calls Us to Pursue

882

How Jesus Fulfilled the Law in His Death

883

How Jesus Fulfilled the Law in His Life

884

Jesus Came to Fulfil the Law

885

Why Jesus Came

886

What the World Needs Most from Jesus

887

Learn to Take Appropriate Responsibility

888

Learn to See the Blessing in This

889

Learn Discernment

890

Learn Humility in What You Ask of Jesus

891

Learn to Recognise When You Are Vulnerable to Temptation

892

The Mission of Jesus

893

Tell Someone That You Believe in Jesus

894

What Foundation Is Jesus Building On?

895

Who Is God Using in Your Life?

896

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

897

What Faith Is—Part 2

898

The Question That Really Matters

899

What Faith Is—Part 1

900

When You Realise That Jesus Is with You and for You

901

When You Take Your Eyes Off Jesus

902

The Power You Need to Obey Jesus’ Command

903

The Opportunity in Your Trouble

904

Even Authentic Disciples Are Sometimes Afraid

905

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

906

Sometimes Jesus Feels Far Away

907

The World Will Not Always Be Like This

908

What Jesus Can Do in the Life of a Flawed Disciple

909

If You Are Afraid That God Will Give Up on You

910

If You Feel Unworthy of God

911

If You Feel Like You Have Failed God

912

Where Authentic Discipleship Begins

913

What Obeying God’s Word Could Do for You

914

Are You Drifting from the Church?

915

An Authentic Disciple

916

When You Read the Bible

917

I Don’t Know What I Would Do without Him or Her

918

How It Is Possible for You to Have Peace

919

Three Pillars of Peace

920

Is It Possible to Have Peace in This Season of Life?

921

Is This Really Worth It?

922

How to Deal with Discouragement

923

When You Begin to Feel Sorry for Yourself

924

Your Example Matters More Than Your Rights

925

The Dignity of Your Work

926

If You Knew Jesus Would Return in 7 Days

927

You Need This Prayer

928

Don’t Settle for This Kind of Faith

929

God Is Able to Redirect Your Heart

930

Have You Tasted God’s Love?

931

You Can Ask God to Do This for You

932

Pray in the Light of This Truth

933

Who You Are, Christian

934

A Mini-Theology

935

You Will Be Glorified

936

You Are Called

937

Open the Bible Daily – 10th October 2023

938

9th October 2023

939

Open the Bible Daily - 8th October 2023

940

Open the Bible Daily - 7th October 2023

941

Open the Bible Daily - 6th October 2023

942

Open the Bible Daily - 5th October 2023

943

Open the Bible Daily - 4th October 2023

944

Open the Bible Daily - 3rd October 2023

945

Open the Bible Daily - 2nd October 2023

946

Open the Bible Daily - 1st October 2023

947

Open the Bible Daily - 30th September 2023

948

Open the Bible Daily - 29th September 2023

949

Open the Bible Daily - 28th September 2023

950

Open the Bible Daily - 27th September 2023

951

Open the Bible Daily - 26th September 2023

952

Open the Bible Daily - 25th September 2023

953

Open the Bible Daily - 24th September 2023

954

Open the Bible Daily - 23rd September 2023

955

Open the Bible Daily - 22nd September 2023

956

Open the Bible Daily - 21st September 2023

957

Open the Bible Daily - 20th September 2023

958

Open the Bible Daily - 19th September 2023

959

Open the Bible Daily - 18th September 2023

960

Open the Bible Daily - 17th September 2023

961

Open the Bible Daily - 16th September 2023

962

Open the Bible Daily - 15th September 2023

963

Open the Bible Daily - 14th September 2023

964

Open the Bible Daily - 13th September 2023

965

Open the Bible Daily - 12th September 2023

966

Open the Bible Daily - 11th September 2023

967

Open the Bible Daily - 10th September 2023

968

Open the Bible Daily - 9th September 2023

969

Open the Bible Daily - 8th September 2023

970

Open the Bible Daily - 7th September 2023

971

Open the Bible Daily - 6th September 2023

972

Open the Bible Daily - 5th September 2023

973

Open the Bible Daily - 4th September 2023

974

Open the Bible Daily - 3rd September 2023

975

Open the Bible Daily - 2nd September 2023

976

Open the Bible Daily - 1st September 2023

977

Open the Bible Daily - 31st August 2023

978

Open the Bible Daily - 30th August 2023

979

Open the Bible Daily - 29th August 2023

980

Open the Bible Daily - 28th August 2023

981

Open the Bible Daily - 27th August 2023

982

Open the Bible Daily - 26th August 2023

983

Open the bible Daily - 25th August 2023

984

Open the Bible Daily - 24th August 2023

985

Open the Bible Daily - 23rd August 2023

986

Open the Bible Daily - 22nd August 2023

987

Open the Bible Daily - 21st August 2023

988

Open the Bible Daily - 20th August 2023

989

Open the Bible Daily - 19th August 2023

990

Open the Bible Daily - 18th August 2023

991

Open the Bible Daily - 17th August 2023

992

Open the Bible Daily - 16th August 2023

993

Open the Bible Daily - 15th August 2023

994

Open the Bible Daily - 14th August 2023

995

Open the Bible Daily - 13th August 2023

996

Open the Bible Daily - 12th August 2023

997

Open the Bible Daily - 11th August 2023

998

Open the Bible Daily - 10th August 2023

999

Open the Bible Daily - 9th August 2023

1000

Open the Bible Daily - 8th August 2023

1001

Open the Bible Daily - 7th August 2023

1002

Open the Bible Daily - 6th August 2023

1003

Open the Bible Daily - 5th August 2023

1004

Open the Bible Daily - 4th August 2023

1005

Open the Bible Daily - 3rd August 2023

1006

Open the Bible Daily - 2nd August 2023

1007

Open the Bible Daily - 1st August 2023

1008

Open the Bible Daily - Devotional 31st July 2023

1009

Open the Bible Daily - Devotional 30th July 2023

1010

Open the Bible Daily - Devotional 29th July 2023

1011

Open the Bible Daily - Devotional 28th July 2023

1012

Open the Bible Daily - Devotional 27th July 2023

1013

Open the Bible Daily - Devotional 26th July 2023

1014

Open the Bible Daily - Devotional 25th July 2023

1015

Open the Bible Daily - Devotional 24th July 2023

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Open the Bible Daily - Devotional 23rd July 2023

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Open the Bible Daily - Devotional 22nd July 2023

1018

Open the Bible Daily - Devotional 21st July 2023

1019

Open the Bible Daily - Devotional 20th July 2023

1020

Open the Bible Daily - Devotional 19th July 2023

1021

Open the Bible Daily - Devotional 18th July 2023

1022

Open the Bible Daily - Devotional 17th July 2023

1023

Open the Bible Daily - Devotional 16th July 2023

1024

Open the Bible Daily - Devotional 15th July 2023

1025

Open the Bible Daily - Devotional 14th July 2023

1026

Open the Bible Daily - Devotional 13th July 2023

1027

Open the Bible Daily - Devotional 12th July 2023

1028

Open the Bible Daily - Devotional 11th July 2023

1029

Open the Bible Daily - Devotional 10th July 2023

1030

Open the Bible Daily - Devotional 9th July 2023

1031

Open the Bible Daily - Devotional 8th July 2023

1032

Open the Bible Daily - Devotional 7th July 2023

1033

Open the Bible Daily - Devotional 6th July 2023

1034

Open the Bible Daily - Devotional 5th July 2023

1035

Open the Bible Daily - Devotional 4th July 2023

1036

Open the Bible Daily - Devotional 3rd July 2023

1037

What Isaiah 53 Is About