Some have derided it as the “Prosperity Gospel”. What is God’s true heart and intention concerning the prosperity of His people? The Apostle John wrote, “Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.” (3 John 2 NKJV) Though other translations seem to spiritualize that verse, His man prospering in all things was in God’s plan since creation. The theme of covenant winds through the Old Testament and into the New. God is a covenant keeper. Let’s participate in faith.
From earliest times in the Bible, men and women who faced great challenges prayed and fasted. In New Testament times the Apostle Paul noted...
Philippians 2:7 (NIV) says, “Rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.” In giving...
It’s easy, perhaps common, for Christians to long to be comfortable, living a non-confrontational lifestyle. In the book of Revelation, Jesus tells the church,...