Psalm 119:36, “Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain.” Today with the rise of reality TV and online social networking sites, people are easily becoming the most self-serving generation known to mankind. Paul actually warned of this new level of self-worship in the end times in 2 Timothy 3:1-2, “1 But mark…

Luke 12:4-5, “4 I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. 5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear…

2 Timothy 1:7, “For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.” The fear of failure is the apprehension of living for God because you think you will fail and not live up to what God wants. The fear of failure is closely related to the sin…

Proverbs 29:25, “Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.” The fear of man is an unhealthy addiction to what people may think and say about you (in other words, “man pleasing”). Most commonly the fear of man manifests itself in the sin of hypocrisy. Take…

1 Peter 5:5-6, “5 In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.” 6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.” Pride is a sin…

1 John 5:5, “Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?” Disciples are called to be overcomers, more than conquerors and a terror to the spiritual forces of evil. However, many people in the church today are not living the life of a true disciple,…

Luke 15:4, “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?” Jesus in the above passage gave the heart that every gospel preacher should have- just one more. We in the church shouldn’t…