- Follow The Disciple's Road on WordPress.com
-
Join 448 other subscribers
Top Posts & Pages
- Dragons in the Bible
- Does God Want Everyone to Get Married?
- Giants in the Bible
- The Curious Case of the Tribes of Reuben, Gad, & Manasseh
- 7 Bible Reasons For a Pretribulation Rapture
- God Came from Teman
- About the Author & the Blog
- The Shekinah Glory of God
- The 10 Times Israel Tested God
- Adam & Eve Lived Through Days 6 & 7
Categories
Tags
- Abortion
- Adultery
- atheism
- being thankful
- Bible
- Bible Study
- Charles Spurgeon
- Christ's Resurrection
- Christ's thousand year reign
- christianity
- Christmas
- Chuck Swindoll
- Church
- Church Attendance
- Constantine
- Contentment
- Demons
- discerning God's will
- Divorce
- Easter
- Evangelism
- evidences for the virgin birth
- Faith
- Fear
- Gehenna
- Genesis
- god
- God's Timing
- God's Provision
- God's Will
- good works and salvation
- hades
- Heaven
- Hell
- Holiness
- holy-spirit
- Homosexuality
- Idolatry
- Intercessory Prayer
- jesus
- Jonah
- Marriage
- ministering to others
- Nimrod
- Obedience
- Parenting
- Perseverance
- Personal Holiness
- Philippians 4:13
- Prayer
- praying in Jesus' name
- Priorities
- Psalm 23
- Repentance
- Salvation
- Satan
- Semiramis
- soul-winning
- spiritual warfare
- Tammuz
- tartarus
- Temptation
- Thankfulness
- Thanksgiving
- The Bible
- the indwelling Holy Spirit
- The Judgment Seat of Christ
- the mother-child religion
- the queen of heaven
- using your spiritual gift
- using your spiritual gifts in serving Christ
- using your talents in serving Christ
- Vance Havner
- waiting on God
- Worship
Recent Comments
russellmckinney on Was Jesus Crucified on Th… Grady Patterson on Was Jesus Crucified on Th… russellmckinney on Two Times When God Blessed Lyi… Myron on Two Times When God Blessed Lyi… russellmckinney on Have You Forgiven God? Disciple’s Road
My TweetsBlog Stats
- 980,152 hits
Category Archives: Personal Holiness
When the Stick Breaks
Here’s a true story. A man caught a large rattlesnake and kept it in a cage. One day he decided to use the snake to jokingly give his wife a good scare. He opened up the cage, firmly placed a … Continue reading
Addiction
A group consisting of linguists and animal trainers set about to train a chimpanzee to talk. For years they pampered the chimp and taught him different sounds. Finally, the day came when he was to verbalize his first words. With … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcohol, Backsliding, Belief, Change, Desires, Gambling, Gluttony, Homosexuality, Lust, Personal Holiness, Repentance, Restoration, Salvation, Sex, Sin, Slavery, Temptation, The Holy Spirit
Tagged addicted to pornography, addicted to sexual sin, addiction, alcoholism, drug addiction, John 8:36, the cure for addiction
1 Comment
The Spirit Is Willing, But the Flesh Is Weak
Let’s say that a man makes a weekly habit of taking a walk in the woods on Sunday rather than attending church. One Sunday he sees an angry bear running toward him. He says, “God, if you will keep me … Continue reading
Life’s Army Barracks
“You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Bible Study, Character, Courage, Discipleship, Doing Good, Faithfulness, God's Will, God's Word, Influence, Obedience, Persecution, Personal Holiness, Scripture, Witnessing, Work, Youth
Tagged Harry Rimmer, influencing your surroundings for Jesus, letting your light shine, living for Christ at your school, living for Christ in your workplace, serving Jesus in the army, taking a stand for Christ, young Christian soldier reading his Bible
Leave a comment
A True Masterpiece
An artist visited a museum where one of his masterpieces was on exhibit. He approached the painting and noticed that the museum had placed one of his earlier, lesser-known works beside it. As he stood there comparing both paintings, he … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Aging, Atheism, Belief, Bible Study, Children, Church Attendance, Disappointment, Doubt, Evangelism, Faith, Giving, God's Work, Perseverance, Personal Holiness, Prayer, Prayer Requests, Problems, Salvation, Scripture, Service, The Bible, Trials, Trusting In God, Witnessing, Youth
Tagged childlike faith, Christian growth, Faith, you must become as little children
Leave a comment
Missed Opportunities
When Alexander Graham Bell was trying to market the telephone, he went to wealthy financier Chauncey DePew and offered him a one-sixth interest in the new invention for the price of $10,000. DePew took a week to consider the offer … Continue reading
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
Leave a comment
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 rake and … 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
Leave a comment
