Richard Roberts Are you running from God’s call on your life? You may be like Jonah in the Bible. God called him to go to Nineveh and preach against the wickedness of the people there. But Jonah didn’t go. Instead, he got on a ship headed toward Tarshish, which was in...
From the archives of Oral Roberts The story is told about a man who went to Heaven one day. There, he was met at the pearly gates by Saint Peter, who said, “It takes 1,000 points for you to get to Heaven. Tell me what you have done in your life so we can see if you...
Lindsay Roberts Four types of messages come to us that we should never accept as coming from God. They are messages that do not promote or further God’s work in us. Avoid them. Refuse to listen to them. Reject them! Refuse to allow them to influence you. First, have...
Lindsay Roberts Jesus spoke to Peter one day, “Get thee behind me, Satan; thou art an offence unto me; for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those than be of men (Matthew 16:23). Now Jesus wasn’t calling Peter a devil. Peter was one of His closest...
Richard Roberts The old sayings go that “a leopard can’t change its spots” and “old dogs can’t learn new tricks.” Lots of people assume those statements are also true in their own lives. They think that it’s impossible for them to change, or that it’s too late to do...
From the archives of Evelyn Roberts When our son Richard was about ten years old, he developed 22 warts on the inside of his hands. If he hit them on something, they’d bleed. One day I said to him, “Richard, I’m going to make an appointment to take you to the doctor...
