Since when has obedience to Christ and His Gospel become optional to Christianity?

If something fit in with what God had said to me, then I considered it. If not - no matter how attractive it appeared - I refused. The secret of following God's will, I discovered, usually is wrapped up in rejecting the good for God's best.

Every Christian in America has some minimal responsibility to get involved in helping the poor brethren in the church in other countries.

We must pay a price to touch godliness through daily decision to die to self and embrace the cross.

With all the decision making in my life, I often have to pause, look up and remember God is the One working behind the scenes. I say to myself, “He is able to work all things out for good. I just need to submit to Him and His ways. I can rest.

Yet so often it seems that victory eludes us. It is when our self-confidence is finally destroyed and is replaced with dependence upon God that we have victory.

Lifting your eyes from the things of this world is an activity that must begin WHERE YOU ARE.