“He who believes in Me has everlasting life” (John 6:47). “Whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16). “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved” (Acts 16:31). Believing on Jesus is a central and critical doctrine of the Bible—essential to a relationship with Him and all spiritual blessings that He provides! Believing is…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 192)
Have you ever noticed the normal movement that God gave to human arms? They can reach up, they can reach down, they can reach out, but the shoulders were not really designed for reaching back. Why not? Perhaps the heavenly design has an intentional purpose. I can serve someone else by being able to reach up, perhaps when their vertically-challenged stretch will not…
So many of us complain that we don’t have time to do the things that we really need to do or really want to do. We wish that we could have more than 24 hours in a day or more than 7 days in a week. Well, guess what? God has given you a whole extra day this year! Today is February…
How much of an impact are you having on others through your life? Are you just coasting along on cruise control, or are you actively taking every occasion you can to positively influence people around you? Harry S. Truman, the thirty-third President of the United States, once made the following statement. Pay close attention to the last part of this quote: “Men…
Temper, temper, temper. Do you have one? We all do, to one degree or another. How are you doing at “reigning it in”? The Lord’s commands are clear: “Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath” (Jas. 1:19). “Do not hasten in your spirit to be angry” (Ecc. 7:9). Controlling the temper is vital! “He who is…
Road construction. It’s one of our favorite things, isn’t it? When visiting other cities, many times a local will say, “This stretch of highway has been under construction for as long as I can remember!” And then there’s building construction. New apartments, homes and businesses are going up all over town. It seems wherever you go there is a perpetual state of construction.…
It is fascinating to read about the apostles laying hands on early Christians, in order that they might receive a miraculous endowment of the Holy Spirit (Acts 8:14-18). It is exciting to know that a variety of these gifts were thus imparted, including the working of miracles, healings, prophecy, tongues, direct knowledge of divine will, etc. (1 Cor. 12:7-11). It is significant…
As He prepared to feed five thousand men, Jesus “looked up to heaven” (Mark 6:41). Think about that action, that posture, and its purpose. Looking up. When Jesus came to Bethsaida in Mark 8, He put His hands on a blind man, and the man “looked up” (8:24-25). It may seem simple, but again, think about that action of looking up. How…