Promise and Power
Lindsay Roberts Early in our marriage, I wrote in my Bible beside Mark11:23˗24, “Richard and Lindsay to have children.” I wrote that when I was facing surgery for a tumor on my ovary which meant I would never be able to have children. That tumor was like a mountain…but I knew Mark 11:23 & 24 […]
Obedience Is the Key
Richard Roberts – Third of three parts The sixth rule of faith is: Lose yourself in the Lord. Naaman, the great general, the leper, received and believed the message from the little servant girl and the soldier. He had a change of heart. He obeyed God and was willing to lose himself. Losing ourselves in […]
Put Your Faith in God
Richard Roberts – Second of three parts The servant girl told Naaman to go to the prophet, but instead he went to the king of Israel and presented him with a letter. When the king read the letter, he said, “Who do you think I am? Do you think I’m God that I can make […]
Seven Rules of Faith
Richard Roberts – First of three parts You have access to unlimited power if you’re willing to operate by the laws that govern faith. God is waiting for you to discover His power. Second Kings 5:1˗15 tells of Naaman, the national hero of Syria. He was well respected and mighty in battle, the commander-in-chief of […]
A Seed without Faith Is Just a Seed
Lindsay Roberts Many people say, “You can’t buy healing. You can’t buy miracles from God. So what’s the point of planting a seed-faith gift of money?” First, a seed-faith gift of money helps us focus our faith. It’s a reminder to us that we are not trusting our money — or any material thing — […]
Casting Your Bread
From the archives of Oral Roberts – Third of three parts Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. – Ecclesiastes 11:1 I was reminded of this verse recently when I received an unexpected letter from a dear Partner. She wrote: “Oral, when I became very ill with asthma and […]
God Says, “Prove Me!”
From the archives of Oral Roberts – Second of two parts Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, said the Lord of hosts, If I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there […]
Don’t Eat Your Seed
From the archives of Oral Roberts – First of three parts And you must bring the best of the first of each year’s crop to the Tabernacle of the Lord your God. – Exodus 34:26 (TLB) When I was a little boy, our family lived on a farm. We children had to help my father […]
Turn On the Afterburners
Richard Roberts I once heard about a military jet pilot who taxied his supersonic aircraft into takeoff position on a runway only to have the tower controllers say, “I’m sorry, we can’t give you permission to take off right now. There’s too much traffic in the pattern.” After a long pause, the pilot, knowing that […]
God Watches Over His Word
Lindsay Roberts Jeremiah 1:12 says that God watches over His Word to perform it. When we go along with exactly what the Word of God says, He is obligated to watch over His Word to perform it. As my children were growing up, they learned to trust that I meant what I said. When I […]