David Jeremiah
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Why Believers Should Not Put Limitations on 1 Peter 5:7
The Bible is full of reassurances, promises and encouragements. One of my favorites is God’s invitation for us to cast our problems on Him, for He cares for us (1 Pet. 5:7). How amazing it is that our Almighty God has the capacity and concern for all our burdens. To be clear, 1 Peter 5:7 …
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The Great Commission Begins at Your Doorstep
A silk merchant in China in 200 B.C. would have faced a months-long journey to transport his goods to what is now the Middle East and Europe. Over the centuries, the routes traveled by merchants from the East became known as the Silk Road—one of the earliest attempts at globalizing markets. Today, a Chinese silk …
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When Our Chains and Blisters Provide Us Clear Opportunities to Share Jesus
In January 1962, a music teacher named Frane Selak was traveling by rail through a windswept gorge when the train flipped off its tracks and crashed into an icy river. Selak was pulled to safety, suffering hypothermia and a broken arm, but 17 people drowned. The next year Selak went for his first (and last) …
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How to Harness Divine Energy to Pursue Your God-Given Dreams
In 1909, a young Leonora Wood volunteered to go to the Appalachian Mountains to teach in a one-room mission school. There, in the impoverished town of Del Rio, Tennessee, she became something of a living legend thanks to her deep faith in the power of prayer. Leonora knew how to turn dreams into prayer and …
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The Unlimited Power That Enables You to Live a Godly Life
Have you ever experienced a spiritual power outage? For many, it’s going to the doctor and hearing bad news. It’s going to work and learning you’ve been laid off. It’s answering the phone call that says your child is in trouble. It’s watching the stock market plunge as you’re about to retire. These things and …
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How This Man Born Without Limbs Overcame His Intense Depression
When Nick Vujicic was born in 1982, his parents were shocked to discover he was born without arms and legs. His mother, a nurse, took care of herself throughout the pregnancy, and the doctors never mentioned their baby was missing his limbs. His parents were Christians, and after working through the change in their expectations …
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How Holy Spirit Can Help You Deal With Your Unavoidable Stress
Stresses and messes—they’re unavoidable. According to a recent survey, 19% of American employees say they have a bad day at work almost every day, and almost 30% have a bad day more than once a week. One person said, “All day I think, ‘I don’t want to do this. I can feel my life wasting …
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Tom Brady May Be the Patriots’ MVP, but What About God’s Standards?
If you watched the most recent Super Bowl, you probably heard the commentators referring to the winning quarterback as the “G.O.A.T.”—the Greatest of All Time. And that label is not without reason: That quarterback has led his team to nine Super Bowls, winning six of them; has been the Super Bowl MVP four times and …
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How to Turn Your Limitations Into Opportunities for God’s Power
When Darryl Burton stopped going to church, his grandmother warned him, “One of these days, boy, you are going to need Jesus. I hope you remember to call on Him.” Burton didn’t think much of his grandmother’s advice at the time, but she was right. In 1985, Burton was convicted of a murder he didn’t …
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Don’t Let Fear Hijack Your Faith Anymore—Cling to This Truth
While he was in college, my friend Ken Davis delivered a talk to his speech class on the law of the pendulum. This law says that when a free-hanging weight swings back and forth, it will swing a shorter and shorter distance due to the effects of gravity and friction. Eventually it will stop and …
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Activating the Power of the Cross to Overcome Satanic Evil
The bad news is that we all have evil inside us. The good news is that Christ, in His goodness and mercy, overcame that evil for us by dying on the cross and then offering us His righteousness—a free gift that can only be received by faith. By His death and resurrection, Christ defeated all …
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This Should Be Your Highest Priority in Life
The psalmist described knowing God this way: “One thing I have asked from the Lord, that will I seek after that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in His temple” (Ps. 27:4). In other words, for …
