

“Carnality can take many forms. Often these are obvious and unappealing to people with a religious outlook. Some typical examples would be: sexual uncleanness or immorality; vulgar language; overindulgence in food or drink; driving personal ambition; uncontrolled anger or other evil passions. What makes legalism especially dangerous is that it appeals to earnest, dedicated men and women who would not easily be entrapped by these more obvious sins of the flesh. Yet in its final consequences, legalism is just as deadly as other, less “respectable” sins. It is Satan’s favorite tool to divert Christians who could otherwise become a serious threat to his kingdom. For”
― Blessing or Curse: You Can Choose – Freedom from Pressures You Thought You Had to Live With
― Blessing or Curse: You Can Choose – Freedom from Pressures You Thought You Had to Live With

“am not making any predictions, but the Bible seems to indicate that instead of the Palestinians taking over the West Bank, the Israelis will in due course establish some kind of governmental control over the East Bank. You may say, “That is not what the experts anticipate.” Frankly, that does not disturb me! There is no situation in modern history about which the “experts” have been so consistently wrong as the reestablishment of Israel.”
― The Key to the Middle East: Discovering the Future of Israel in Biblical Prophecy
― The Key to the Middle East: Discovering the Future of Israel in Biblical Prophecy

“How do I know the will of God? Where is the will of God revealed? The answer is in His Word. The great revelation of the will of God is the Word of God. And the Word of God is packed from beginning to end with divine promises. The”
― Secrets of a Prayer Warrior: The Keys to Powerful, Biblical Prayer
― Secrets of a Prayer Warrior: The Keys to Powerful, Biblical Prayer

“How strange that people who are active in the fight against racial prejudice and injustice—and rightly so—actually condone and promote the practice of abortion! Strange, too, that people who would never think of raising a hand in violence against a small child feel no compassion toward an even smaller child in its mother’s womb. Somehow the substitution of the word fetus for infant dulls people’s consciences. Yet the change in terminology in no way affects the real nature of such an act. Someone has asked, “What hope is left for a society in which mothers kill their own babies?” God’s attitude toward abortion is not affected by a change in terminology. He classifies it quite simply as “murder”—and deals with it accordingly. In nation after nation around the world today, millions of lives are being blighted by the curse that follows this act. The”
― Blessing or Curse: You Can Choose – Freedom from Pressures You Thought You Had to Live With
― Blessing or Curse: You Can Choose – Freedom from Pressures You Thought You Had to Live With

“What kind of spiritual sacrifices does God expect us to offer? Just as Jesus offered up prayers and petitions during His life on earth, so should we. When we learn to pray, then we are qualified to rule.”
― Secrets of a Prayer Warrior: The Keys to Powerful, Biblical Prayer
― Secrets of a Prayer Warrior: The Keys to Powerful, Biblical Prayer
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