Walking in an Opposite Direction
Richard Roberts If you’re serving God, Satan is going to come against you. I often say you’ll never run into someone if you’re walking in the same direction. You can only run into someone if you’re going in the opposite direction. You don’t run into Satan if you’re walking on his path. It’s when you’re […]
Opposition Makes You Strong
From the archives of Oral Roberts Controversy has followed me throughout my ministry. As a result, I’ve learned that any old dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream! Early on, I decided not to be an old dead fish, but a live one. I determined to stand against […]
Overcoming Trouble
Lindsay Roberts Like most people I meet, we want to have a good life. And like many, our desires are to “live happily ever after.” But God’s Word lets us know that as long as there is a devil in this world, then there will be evil. God is good, but the devil will do […]
The Ultimate Advantage
Richard Roberts One of my good friends is the world-renowned, retired tennis player, and pastor, Margaret Court of Australia. Margaret won sixty-six Grand Slam events during her career ― more than any other player in history. She told me that she won most of her matches before she ever walked onto the court because her […]
Who’s in Charge?
From the archives of Oral Roberts The story is told of an old Indian in the Southwest who gave his life to Christ. A few weeks later a man asked him, “How are you getting along in your Christian life?” “Fine,” said the Indian, “but I seem to have two dogs in me. One is […]
Will It Pass the Test of Time?
Richard Roberts God is the same yesterday, today and forever. The absolute principles of His will and His Word bear the same quality: they last and they do not change. God’s will for your life is that you believe in Jesus and have eternal life. As John 3:16 tells us, “For God so loved the […]
Cooperate with God
Richard Roberts God had given Abraham a promise, but there was something that Abraham had to do in order to see that promise fulfilled. The Apostle Paul put it this way: “And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet […]
God Loves You
From the archives of Evelyn Roberts When my husband, Oral, first proposed to me, he used words like these: “My huge, happy, hilarious heart is throbbing tumultuously, tremendously, triumphantly, in a lingering, lasting, long-lived love for you. As I gaze into your beauteous, bounteous, beaming eyes, I am literally lost in a daring, delightful dream […]
The Reading of the Will
Lindsay Roberts After someone dies, their Will is read so that those close to the person will know what has been left to them. The judge who is executing the Will then has a legal responsibility to make certain that every person receives what is rightfully theirs. Now, a stranger might come along and holler […]
God’s Resolutions for You
Richard Roberts Many people are making New Year’s resolutions today―putting their intentions down on paper or making declarations of new vows about changes they want to see in their lives during the coming year. By what standard do you make New Year’s resolutions? By what criteria do you plan your life? In the Garden of […]