FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 21, number 19, May 12, 2022 “So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions.” - Luke 14:33 Here’s how I concluded last week’s Forget None of His Benefits. Where do we go from here? Leonard Ravenhill said that the reason the American... Continue Reading →
Lean Times in the American Church
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 21, number 18, May 5, 2022 “Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Thine inheritance, the very ends of the earth as Thy possession.” -Psalm 2:8 After returning last week from a week of ministry in a closed country where perhaps as many as 30,000 people... Continue Reading →
Overcoming Anger
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 21, number 17, April 28, 2022 “But it greatly displeased Jonah and he became angry.” -Jonah 4:1 General George Patton was commanding the Seventh Army in the summer of 1943, and his objective was to overrun the Italian forces on Sicily in order to drive them from the war. He... Continue Reading →
Overcoming Fear
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 21, number 16, April 21, 2022 “As Pharaoh drew near, the sons of Israel looked, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they became very frightened.” - Exodus 14:10 Perhaps you suffer from Triskadekaphobia (fear of the number 13) or from Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia (fear of the number 666). Maybe... Continue Reading →
Depression and Prescription Meds
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 21, number 15, April 14, 2022 “. . . discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness; for bodily discipline is only of some profit, but godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.” -1 Timothy 4:7-9 We... Continue Reading →
Depression: The Heart of the Matter
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 21, number 14, April 7, 2022 “The mouth speaks that which fills the heart.” -Matthew 12:34 In the spring of 333 B.C. Alexander of Macedon, age twenty-three, was well on his way to conquering the Persian Empire which stretched from Libya in North Africa to the Indus valley. While making... Continue Reading →
How the Devil Works to Bring Depression
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 21, number 13, March 31, 2022 "Then the Lord said to Satan, 'Behold, all that he has is in your power, only do not put forth your hand on him.' So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord." -Job 1:12 William Cowper (pronounced Cooper) was born outside of London in... Continue Reading →
Depression and Unfulfilled Expectations
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 21, number 12, March 24, 2022 “You are no longer to give the people straw to make brick as previously; let them go and gather straw for themselves.” -Exodus 6:7 Martyn Lloyd-Jones (ML-J), the great preacher who has most shaped my ministry, and also that of countless other pastors, was... Continue Reading →
What CausesDepression?
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 21, number 11, March 17, 2022 “Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I will again praise Him for the help of His presence.” -Psalm 42:5 Charles Spurgeon, the great 19th century Baptist preacher, was born into relative... Continue Reading →
What To Do With Bitterness
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 21, number 10, March 10, 2022 “Put all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, slander away from you, along with all malice.” -Ephesians 4:31 Richard Cameron, the Lion of the Covenant, the powerful Scottish Covenanter preacher of the 17th century, along with so many other preachers, was driven from his pulpit by... Continue Reading →