Psalm 118:13-14 You pushed me violently, that I might fall, but the Lord helped me. The Lord is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation. Psalm 118:13-14, NKJV In verse thirteen we learn that the author was pushed hard to the point of falling. This wasn't merely an accidental nudge or a bump, but a violent action intended to knock the author over in order that he might not get up again. The enemies that surrounded him in the prior verses were seeking his destruction. Not only was...

Romans 8:18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. Romans 8:18, NKJV The world in which we live is a fallen world, a place of suffering and trials and times of heartaches and problems, a life of difficulties and sickness, a season of disappointments and death. Afflictions and anguish stalk our path like a hungry pack of wolves, and they are no respecter of persons or position, clime or creed, wise or...

John 4:10 Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water." John 4:10, NKJV In biblical times, where there was no water, there was no life. People died during droughts. Likewise, unless the living water of the Spirit is flowing in us, we and our churches will have an absence of spiritual life and little vitality. Just as in the desert, no water equals death, no...