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IS THERE ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR ME?

Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me? (Jeremiah 32:27).   There are many of you who are sincere Christians, but you struggle with some besetting sin or another, and don't know how to get free once and for all.  You feel hypocritical every time you fall, and you are battered by your guilt, and hindered in your ministry.  This message is for you.  There is an answer to your dilemma, and it is much simpler than you might imagine.   I recently read a tract by the great Charles G. Finney which was first published in 1839 in the Oberlin Evangelist .  The tract was entitled, How to Overcome Sin , and the portions that I quote were edited by the late Keith Green.  In it he writes:   “There are multitudes of anxious Christians who are inquiring what they shall do to overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil...They ask, "Why am I overcome by sin?  Why can't I get above its’ power?  Why am I ...
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WHY SIT HERE TILL WE DIE?

"Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: and they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it." (Amos 8:11, 12).       In a day when there are more churches in most cities than there are gas stations and pizza places, and the Word of God has gone out over the air waves of radio and television to every corner of the world, it is difficult to imagine that the prophet Amos could have been describing this present time when he spoke of a famine of hearing the words of the Lord.   The key to understanding this prophecy, however, is in the wording.   God was speaking of a time when there would be, not an absence of the Word itself, but of hearing the Word.   We are told in Romans 10 , " So then faith cometh by hearing, and h...
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BEING WITH JESUS

When we think of the heroes of the Bible, we often think of them as supermen and superwomen who were supernaturally endowed with wisdom and strength to perform the tasks that God asked them to do.   The truth is, however, that these folks were no different than you and me.   They were subject to the same temptations, the same weaknesses, and the same doubts and fears that we all have.   Although Moses was raised in Pharaoh's house, and enjoyed all the privileges of court, it was not until he was rejected by both the Egyptians and his own people, and felt himself a complete failure, that God was able to use him.   David was just a sheep herder and the youngest of his family.   He was considered so insignificant that his father didn't even call him to come to the feast that was held for the prophet Samuel.   Tax collectors, uneducated fishermen, and harlots - these were the ones whom God called and blessed.   We read in the 3rd and 4th chapters of Ac...
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