Loneliness is being unaware of the God Who is with us everywhere. Many Christians suffer from loneliness because they are sitting instead of serving. A friend is one who helps you bridge the gaps between loneliness and fellowship, frustration and confidence, despair and hope, setbacks and success. Loneliness and solitude are very different. One is…
Author: Alan Holden
Listening
You can win more friends with your ears than with your mouth. Some people are broadcasting when they should be listening. Be a good listener, but be careful who you listen to. A good listener is not only popular, but after a while he knows a few things. If you think twice before you speak,…
Life
Life is a series of accomplishments and failures that begin with learning to walk. If you want life’s best, see to it that life gets your best. The most rewarding end of life is to know the life that never ends. Life is like a mirror—if we frown at it, it frowns back; if we…
Leadership
Leadership depends on the ability to make people want to follow voluntarily. Authority does not make you a leader; it gives you the opportunity to be one. Good supervision is the art of getting average people to do superior work. You cannot lead anyone farther than you have gone yourself. The problem of being a…
Laziness
Laziness is a quality that prevents people from getting tired. If you have been going in circles, perhaps you have been cutting corners. Nothing cures insomnia more than the realization that it is time to get up. The turnover is highly important, whether it’s business or when the alarm clock goes off in the morning….
Atonement
A Picture of Atonement It was a mountain one-room school house where severe discipline was used to keep the rowdyism of uninterested pupils in class. The noon recess was ended and the teacher was interrogating the class with regard to the disappearance of Sally Jane’s lunch. After a few minutes of verbal threats and demands,…
Revelation of Jesus Christ | Revelation 1:1-3
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, not the Book of Revelations (plural) A. While the book reveals a lot about the end times, it is not about the Unholy Trinity, the Great Tribulation, or Heaven. B. The “Revelation” is about Jesus Christ! C. The book is not about certain things Christ has revealed; it is Christ…
1 Thessalonians 4
Key Word: “walk” Introduction: 1 Thessalonians 4 described the Christian’s life as “a walk.” A. It demands life because the dead sinner cannot walk. B. It requires growth because a little baby cannot walk. C. It requires liberty because someone bound cannot walk. D. It demands light because no one wants to walk in the…
Jeremiah 8
Jeremiah 8 Key Thought: If idolatry is not removed voluntarily, God will remove it Himself. Key Verse: “Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast deceit; they refuse to return,” v. 5. Death and Disgrace, vv. 1-3 A. Desecration of the Cemetery: scattering the bones of the…
Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit can do more in a minute than we can do ourselves in a lifetime. When the Holy Spirit works, there is always a want—I want more holiness, more grace, more of Jesus. The Christian’s heart is the Holy Spirit’s home. Have you felt God nudging you lately? Unless we have within us…