“Jesus replied, ‘I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt…you can say to the mountain, go throw yourself into the sea and it will be done’.” (Matthew 21:21) There isn’t a Christian who doesn’t have doubts about his or her faith. However, many of us are too proud to admit it. A lot of Christians would have those of us who do admit we occasionally succumb to doubt that we have some spiritual problem that needs to be fixed. The next time they […]

“I said, ‘O Lord, have mercy on me, heal me, for I have sinned against you’. ” (Psalm 41:4) I invite you to visit my website at www.devotions.com the next time you’re surfing the Internet. It’s one of the most popular sites for Christian devotions and features just about every column I’ve ever written – over 600 of them. A couple of years ago, my wife’s former pastor suggested we offer an e-mail devotion from our website. Today, we have over 2,000 subscribers. One of the points I […]

“You cannot fast as you do today and expect your voice to be heard on high.” (Isaiah 58:4) I once had a situation where I was convicted to approach a friend about something he was doing that was hurting his Christian witness. I was uncomfortable about the whole thought of it and consulted my pastor. His advice: “Commit one day to prayer and fasting”. Well, I certainly understood the value of prayer in such matters, but why should I fast? I had never fasted in my life for […]

“For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.” (Matthew 13:15) When I was a small child, my family watched Oral Roberts on television every week. In the early years of his ministry, Roberts conducted healing services and won notoriety nationwide for the miracles that God performed. I remember one particular Sunday morning at the end […]