Doubt is a lack of confidence or assurance that God will keep his promises. Faith is an active confidence that God's promises are always true.

What kind of future is in God's plan? A good one to which you can look forward. That's why you can hope.

All I can say is Bishop Jakes would not currently accept the designation of Prosperity Preacher or Word of Faith Preacher as an accurate description of what he believes currently. Now his ministry will have to bear that out. I'm not here to defend him or stick up for his various errors. And I don't want to minimize error that is significant. All I'm saying is that he, as of two weeks ago, would not accept those terms, in private conversation, as accurate descriptors of what he believes.

Ed Welch says that all counseling is a variation on a single theme: knowing and praying for the counselee. Of all the questions the counselor might ask, then, the central guiding question in the counselor's mind is, "How can I pray for you?

A rebellion against God, even as believers, is fueled by the toxic fumes of unbelief.

If He wasn't going to use that hard thing for your good, it wouldn't have happened. He had to sign off on every single thing that touches your life.

Every obedience is not easy. This is for Jesus Christ. He deserves everything!