Set the Lord Always Before You
Richard Roberts – Second of four parts Let me take you to the Word of God in Psalm chapter16. #1. Acknowledge that you need to change and purpose in your heart that you are going to change. Psalm 16:8 says, I have set the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand I shall not be […]
Resolutions…Making Them and Keeping Them
Richard Roberts – First of four parts With the New Year here, many people are geared up to make resolutions… life-changing resolves. For some, it is an exciting challenge, a new start. For others, just thinking about resolutions can be a nerve-wracking experience. The practice of making these promises to ourselves stems from ancient customs […]
Resolution vs. Revelation
Lindsay Roberts How many of us make New Year’s resolutions that last only a couple of days or a few weeks at most? When you make a resolution relying on self-determination to pull you through… however well intentioned, it almost always fails. Jesus said, The Spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. (Matthew […]
Hurting Emotions
Lindsay Roberts When you’re hurting in your emotions…When your heart is broken… God cares and wants to help you. The Bible says the devil is the author of confusion. The devil gets us so weary in our emotions that we become too confused and too afraid to even seek God. When the devil attacks you […]
On the Lord’s Side
From the archives of Oral Roberts Choose you this day, whom ye will serve…but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. —Joshua 24:15 During the dark days of the Civil War, someone expressed to Abraham Lincoln the hope that “the Lord would be on our side.” To this, President Lincoln replied, […]
Freedom from Torment
Richard Roberts We find throughout God’s Word many verses about God’s desire to forgive us, and about our need to receive God’s forgiveness. The Bible also has a great deal to say about how we can put ourselves into the right position to be forgiven by other people. The number one key is this: We […]
Jesus Sat Where We Sit
From the archives of Oral Roberts I remember as a small boy listening to Will Rogers for the first time. We lived in Ada, Oklahoma. That year a drought came. The crops failed, and farmers were being wiped out. We lived in town at the time, and food was scarce. I sold newspapers on the […]
The Forgotten Man
From the archives of Oral Roberts The true meaning of Christmas can easily get lost in the secularism of the Christmas season. Angels are dismissed as nonexistent, children clamor to get as many new toys as possible, and many adults look to the bottle for their Christmas cheer. Too often, Christ is the forgotten Man […]
The Year of Jubilee
From the archives of Oral Roberts – Second of two parts Jesus Christ has come in His birth, in His life, to return the light — to bring that intuitiveness of God back into our existence, to give us a major response to Him again. And then He said, “I’ve come to proclaim the acceptable […]
Love Strokes
From the archives of Oral Roberts – First of two parts Even though it’s Christmas time, there are millions of people who feel an emptiness in their lives. They have no meaning for their existence. They are filled with boredom and monotony. And yet, every Christmas the question is asked, “What is the meaning of […]