Your Very Best Friend
Lindsay Roberts When my nephew was six years old, he walked into the kitchen one day, just chattering away. His mom wasn’t paying close attention to what he was saying until he offered “Dave” something to eat. “Who’s Dave?” his mom asked, not seeing anyone else in the kitchen but her son. “Oh, he’s just […]
An Accurate Picture of God
Richard Roberts I came home one evening to find that our daughter, Jordan, who was two at the time, had crawled up onto the kitchen table. She got scared when she realized how high up she was and she couldn’t get down. As I came in, the babysitter was trying to help her, but Jordan […]
Jesus Has Time
From the archives of Evelyn Roberts As I’ve studied the life of Jesus, I’ve come to this conclusion: Jesus always had time for a healing miracle. No matter where He was going…what He was doing…how tired He was…or how difficult the need…Jesus took time to heal all who came to Him. If someone in need […]
Getting the Victory
From the archives of Oral Roberts What brings a victory into our lives? Doubt doesn’t do it. Getting bitter doesn’t do it. Accusing God doesn’t do it. Turning away from God doesn’t do it. Getting angry doesn’t do it. The Bible says, “This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith” (I John […]
A Powerful Combination!
Lindsay Roberts If I was hungry and I had some peanut butter and bread in front of me, I’d take the peanut butter, slather it on the bread, and eat. By combining the peanut butter with the bread, I would create a more powerful meal that would better satisfy my hunger than if I ate […]
A Bigger Scene
Richard Roberts The story in John 6:1-14 of Jesus feeding 5,000 tired, hungry people with two loaves of bread and two fish is a much bigger scene than meets the eye. It’s a story about you and me when we’re hurting―when we’re down to our last few dollars and the bills are piling up. This […]
Release
From the archives of Oral Roberts The story is told of a very poor family who had only one treasure of any value ― a very rare old vase. One day the father received a telephone call to come home quickly because his little son had his hand caught in the vase. The family worked […]
“Hot Sauce” Prayers
Lindsay Roberts Sometimes when I’m cooking a pot of chicken, I like to add hot sauce to it. Wow! Something in the sauce kicks in and transforms the chicken from ordinary to something special. In the same fashion, when we pray sincere prayers infused with the Holy Spirit, it’s as if we add “hot sauce” […]
At All Times
Richard Roberts In Luke 18:1, we read how Jesus taught that “men ought always to pray, and not to faint.” Of all the commands in the Bible, this is the only one I’ve found in which the phrase “ought always” is used. What does this phrase mean? It literally means “at all times.” This phrase […]
It Is Written
From the archives of Oral Roberts Matthew 4:1–10 NKJV tells the story of Jesus being led into the wilderness by the Holy Spirit to be tempted by the devil. Verse 2 says, And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. Jesus was fully God and yet He was fully […]