The Bible says that "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God." The problem is that we don't always know God's Word, and even when we do there are other voices or messages that often drown it out. The worldly belief system is directly opposed to God and the messages we hear on a daily basis only confuse us. This collection is designed to help us make a comparison concerning the messages of the world and the messages of God's Word. May they remind us that everything we think or say or do should be based not on what the world says, but on what...

But who do you say that I am? (Life's most important question) When Jesus asked His disciples this question in the sixteenth chapter of Matthew, Simon Peter answered and said, -You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.- This is the question we must answer concerning our eternal salvation. Romans 10:9 says: If you declare with your mouth, -Jesus is Lord, - and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. But this is also the question we must answer as we face the daily uncertainties of life. The cares of this world attempt to choke the Word, and the storms...

The secret to powerful prayer is found in the fifteenth chapter of the gospel of John when Jesus says -If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.- The secret is in the abiding. As we spend time with our Maker in prayer and in His Word our minds are transformed and our desires change. As we grow in Christ we begin to act differently and ask differently. Mother Teresa said -I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us and we change things.- Powerful prayer changes us. Powerful prayer moves us...