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Category Archives: Personal Holiness
The One Requirement Even the Christian Must Meet for Prayer
Did you know there is a certain requirement that even the Christian must meet to ensure that God will hear his prayer? As you read the following passages (all from the N.K.J.V.), see if you can spot it: If I … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Disobedience, Fatherhood, Forgiveness, God's Holiness, God's Love, Obedience, Personal Holiness, Prayer, Prayer Requests, Repentance, Seeking Forgiveness, Separation
Tagged God hearing the Christian's prayer, God not hearing the Christian's prayer, if I regard iniquity in my heart the Lord will not hear, Prayer, sin is a prayer killer
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A Different Way to Preach the Gospel
An army private became a Christian and began to experience some persecution from his fellow soldiers. One rainy night he came in very tired and wet, but he still got down on his knees and prayed before he went to … Continue reading
Posted in Character, Doing Good, Evangelism, Extending Forgiveness, Humility, Influence, Mercy, Persecution, Perseverance, Personal Holiness, Prayer, Salvation, Trials, Witnessing
Tagged a private wins his sergeant to Christ, a sergeant gets saved, Evangelism, Francis of Assisi, good deeds, preaching the gospel, soul-winning
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Too Close to His Price
Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are … Continue reading
Posted in Character, Choices, Depravity, Doing Good, Personal Holiness, Sin, Temptation
Tagged Civil War, riverboat captain, smuggling, Temptation, yielding to temptation
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The Chain Is Off
A mailman was given a new route. His first day he approached the mailbox of a home that had a big German shepherd crouched on the porch. When the mailman put his hand toward the mailbox, the dog started barking … Continue reading
Stretch Your Soul
Many years ago The Alabama Baptist ran the following story told by R. Lee Sharpe: I was just a kid. One spring day, father told me to go with him to old man Trussell’s blacksmith shop. He had left a … Continue reading
Posted in Character, Doing Good, God's Work, Influence, Ministry, Personal Holiness, Service
Tagged acts of kindness, faith and works, good deeds, Good Works, James 2:18, showing kindness
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Be a Good Neighbor
He who despises his neighbor sins… (Proverbs 14:21, N.K.J.V.) Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. (Romans 13:10, N.K.J.V.) Jesus said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God will all … Continue reading
The Foolish Prince
A prince left the ease and safety of his father’s castle in order to seek adventure in the world. He left all his riches behind and eventually reached such a low state that he was forced to dress in rags … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Adultery, Backsliding, Change, Children, Disobedience, Dress and Appearance, Eternal Security, God's Love, God's Provision, Grace, Husbands, Obedience, Personal Holiness, Repentance, Seeking Forgiveness, Sin, Wives, Youth
Tagged addiction, Adultery, Alcohol, Backslidding, broken fellowship with God, conforming to the world, drugs, Eternal Security, pornography, Restoration
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Should Women Wear Head Coverings?
Did you know that various Christian denominations around the world require women to wear head coverings in church? Some denominations even extend the requirement to settings outside the church. As for what type of covering the women wear, that depends … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Liberty, Church, Discernment, Dress and Appearance, Headship, Husbands, Marriage, Personal Holiness, Prayer, Rebellion, Submission, Wives, Worship
Tagged a wife's submission, bobbed hair, did Jesus have short hair?, head coverings, headship of the husband, is it right for a man to have long hair?, is it right for a woman to have short hair?, men and short hair, women and long hair, women wearing head coverings
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The Next Day
Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful. (1 Corinthians 4:1-2, N.K.J.V.) One day some of Napoleon’s officers came to … Continue reading
God’s Opinion of Virginity
Suppose a man marries a woman, but after sleeping with her, he turns against her and publicly accuses her of shameful conduct, saying, “When I married this woman, I discovered she was not a virgin.” Then the woman’s father and … Continue reading
Posted in Capital Punishment, Children, Current Events, Fatherhood, God's Judgment, Lust, Marriage, Motherhood, Parenting, Personal Holiness, Sanctification, Sex, Sin, Singleness, The Death Penalty, The Old Testament Law
Tagged premarital sex, sex and young people, the National Center for Health Statistics, the need for virginity, virginity, What percentage of people have premarital sex?, what the Old Testament law taught about virginity
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