We oftentimes overlook a very key factor in helping us reach our potential in life. And so oftentimes we are very strong in our desires to sharpen our skills and our abilities and our talents and our gifts. And we'll do most anything to, in fact [...]

To become the person God wants you to be and to achieve the things He wants you to achieve in life, one of the things that's very important is the way you utilize your time. Because you see, your time is your life. It's irreversible, you can't go [...]

Are you one of those persons who's just sorta satisfied getting by in life? Maybe you're a little passive and you sort of accept things as they are and whatever is handed to you is what you accept in life. Or, are you one of those persons who really [...]

One of the greatest tragedies in life is for a person to live their whole life with no purpose, no sense of direction, no goals. They're just floating through life, just sort of managing to live from one day to the next or maybe from one week to the [...]

Are you excited about your life, or do you find yourself just sorta existing and sorta drifting along and no sense of purpose and no sense of direction? Maybe there was a time when you were excited, but somewhere along the way it all faded away. And [...]

When you trusted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, what did you expect after that happened? Did anybody sit you down and say, "Now, here's what you can expect. Here's what your responsibility is. And here's how the Christian life [...]

When a child is born, you expect that child to grow. And after a few weeks, maybe, or a few months and you think, something's wrong, this child's not growing. Because it's natural for them to grow. When you were born again as a child of God, you [...]

Do you remember the first time your first child took their first step? Oh, you called your friends and your family and you just said it's wonderful. It's just so awesome that they'd taken their first step, and it was all just beautiful. And next [...]

Do you feel special, or do you feel rather insignificant? Do you feel like God takes a personal interest in you or do you just feel like you're one of those whole creation of souls out there somewhere that doesn't really make a lot of difference? Do [...]

When you hear the word "obey" or "obedience," what is your response? Do you feel suddenly this burden of something you're gonna have to do? Or do you rather feel here's an opportunity for blessing. You see, most people have the [...]

When you say to someone, "I love you," what do you mean by that? You say, "Well, that depends on to whom I say it". If I say it to just a casual friend, maybe it means one thing. If I say it to my children, I mean something else. [...]

God has planned the very best possible life you could ever imagine for you. God doesn't make any bad plans. He doesn't come up short. He doesn't show any prejudice. He's a loving Father. We don't always understand the ways that He oftentimes [...]

I was only in the first grade, but I still remember that big, long key that unlocked and locked the door of my home where my mother and I lived. And it was one of those long black keys. And I would take that key after I left in the morning and [...]

Can you recall a decision or a choice you made years ago, somewhere back yonder in your life, that you really and truly regret? I heard somebody say, "Yeah". Well, why do you think you made that choice? What motivated you? That is, what [...]

When you face difficulties and trials and hardships in life, how do you respond? Do you respond with doubt and fear and anxiety and fretting or do you respond by faith? And if you respond by faith, what level of faith? You say, "What do you [...]

What are the most important words you ever heard from your father? Did you ever hear your father say I love you? What was your feeling the first time you ever heard your dad say I love you? How old were you when you heard it? How old was your father [...]

When the tough times come into your life and you find yourself really down, how do you respond? Well, all of us have ways of responding to difficulty and hardship and pain in our life. And would you say that when troubles and trials and tough times [...]

Would you like to be rich? I asked that at the first service, and someone in the front row hollered out, "Yes"! And more than likely, many people would answer the same question. Yes, I would like to be rich. Well, let me ask you this [...]

If you had to describe your life like you are experiencing it, how would you describe it? Would you say it is a mere existence? It is an unending rat race, that's what my life is, a continuous battle, a schoolroom, a time of training, a time of real [...]

What does it mean to believe in Jesus Christ? All through the Bible you and I find these verses, they're talking about believing in Him, but what does that mean? It's very evident in the scripture that in order for a person to have their sins [...]

Have you ever wondered why there are so many references to warfare in the scripture? Because when you think about it, you think about the fact that Paul said to Timothy in Second Timothy, the chapter two, he said, "Suffer hardness as a good [...]

When we began the ministry in Russia, I wanted to be sure to go there and be sure we started it right and made all the preparation necessary. And one of the things I wanted to do was to go to Red Square and visit Lenin's tomb because I had been [...]

A debt is an obligation. And probably most people have been in debt at some point in their life or the other. And nobody likes debt because it's a pressure that seemingly increases over a period of time. And usually people will try to pay off their [...]

When you are suffering pain, whether it be physical pain or emotional pain, and it becomes so intense that you even despair of your future, where do you turn? There are many places you can turn. But the most helpful, healthiest, most encouraging, [...]

Have you ever wondered why you don't make any more progress than you do in your Christian life? In fact, you look back last month or last year or ten years ago and you have to ask yourself the question, "Well, why don't I love God any more than [...]

Sometimes do you feel just helpless and you don't know exactly what to do? Or maybe you find yourself in some form of bondage; and in spite of everything you've done, you just can't break it. Or you're trying to find God's will about something and [...]

Do you want your life to be fruitful and feeling fulfilled and contented? And somehow in spite of all the difficulties and obstacles you have to face in life, you want to be able to sense a sense of contentment in your life, and the fact that your [...]

We all walk through those dark times in our lives, things we don't understand. And oftentimes they're things we don't understand why they happen and why they happen when they happen. Times we feel overwhelmed, don't understand what's going on. Times [...]

Why do you suppose it's so difficult for us to believe with all of our heart that God loves us and that He cares for us as individuals? Well, there are probably several reasons, and one of them is that we can't quite picture the fact that God in all [...]

What is it about God that causes people to shun Him, avoid Him, detour around Him, distance themselves from Him, become angry with Him, hostile toward Him, and even hate God? How could somebody feel these things when we say that God is a God of love [...]

How important to you is your view of God? Is it important enough that you know exactly what you believe, at least to some degree about some aspects of God? Is it important enough that you're able to share it with someone else? Is it important enough [...]

When you think of God, what comes to your mind? Is it a person, person with a body, a force, some kind of power? Maybe some kind of ethereal kind of energy, or maybe you just draw a blank. You don't have any idea what God is like. I think most [...]

Of all the opportunities and privileges that you have been afforded in life, what privilege stands out above all the rest? Would it be that you have had a wonderful opportunity, wonderful privilege, to have a good education that has established you [...]

Of all the people that you've ever met in your life, who above all of those stands out the most? That is, about whom could you say with great delight I've had the wonderful privilege of knowing him or knowing her. Was it some famous athlete, some [...]

Everything that Jesus said while He was on earth was very important. You never hear Him or read about Him saying, "I think so; maybe; it could be; I'm not sure; I'll have to think about it; I was wrong". You don't ever hear Him saying [...]

Would you consider yourself a giver or a receiver? I don't expect you to answer that, heh-heh. Would you consider yourself a giver or a receiver? Put it this way, would you consider yourself a joyous giver, a happy giver? Or, would you prefer to be [...]

Everybody has needs in life. Some of those needs could be material or physical. Or they could be emotional needs, or spiritual needs. When you have a need where do you go for the answer? Well many people go to different avenues for the answer to [...]

It's always a source of comfort and peace to know that our God every day, all day long who's guiding our life is a God of wisdom which means He always chooses the best in every single decision that He makes. Not only does He choose the best, but He [...]

Does it matter what you believe? It certainly does because it affects every single area of our life. Now, the problem is most people sorta know what they believe about some things, or maybe most things, but being able to express what they believe [...]

How do you make decisions? What's the basis of your decision-making process? All of us make decisions every day, sometimes they appear to be insignificant, and they become, as we see, in time, they were very significant. Sometimes those decisions [...]