Several of Paul's epistles open with the words, 'Grace be unto you, and peace, from God.' That's because you cannot experience God's peace unless you first know how to receive His grace and walk in it. There are three things

If your goals are Godcentred, He will help you to achieve them. But if you are asking Him for something just because your neighbour has it, you'll be disappointed. The Bible says, '...No good thing will He withhold from them

See if you recognise this pattern. As slaves in Egypt the Israelites pray, 'God, get us out of here!' So He does. Then in the wilderness, on their way to the Promised Land they say, 'God, we're going to

Why do we keep giving in to sinful desires? For two reasons: (1) Because the new birth doesn't automatically do away with the old nature Like two cars approaching crossroads at the same time, your old and new natures are always on a collision

Covetousness begins with craving, and then evolves into conniving to get what you want. Achan, Ahab, Ananias and Sapphira were willing to steal, lie or kill to get what they wanted. 'Let your conduct be without covetousness;

Are you going through a hard time at the moment? You're not alone! Things were so bad in Israel that there's a whole book in the Bible, attributed to Jeremiah, called Lamentations. In a positivethinking, feelgood

The Bible says, 'God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.' In order to improve your life you must change two things: (1) Your thought processes Gordon MacDonald says: 'People who are out of

Your hopes may be dead and your dreams buried, but God can breathe into them again. Ezekiel stood in a valley of dead, dry bones. That's about as bad as it gets! Right? Then something amazing