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CURRENT RADIO SERIES Songs of Encouragement   CURRENT TV SERIES Songs of Encouragement

“… proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants.” --Leviticus 25:10 Years ago I had a speaking engagement in Philadelphia and made a point of slipping downtown to Independence Hall to reflect on the founding of our nation. It’s an amazing experience and I recommend it. As you move around the historical sites of that city you see the Word of God everywhere. It’s etched on buildings and even on the Liberty Bell itself, which says, “Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof,” (Leviticus 25:10). Scriptures are forever written into the history, the heart, and fabric of America. You see, the early Americans were patriots, but they were also believers. Those who settled this nation came here to advance the Christian faith and to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ. Every minute of the day social media, television, and now even sports reminds us how far America has strayed far from those years of patriotism and spiritual revolution. In fact, it’s time for a spiritual revolution, a new American revolution that would help transform our culture and our country. And let me tell you something, when God sends this spiritual revolution, he won’t need armies of people. It’s true. It only takes one person answering God’s call to start a national revival! Will you be that person? He may be knocking at the heart of your door even now. Say yes to his call! It only takes one person answering God’s call to start a national revival!

A Focus on God

by Dr. Paul Chappell

“Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth. The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.”
Psalm 10:1–4

Ever since the Garden of Eden, the devil has been successfully convincing people to look to themselves rather than to keep their focus on God. When we look away from Him, we lose the absolute standard of truth and find it easy to believe lies. This focus is especially needed by Christians in our day when so much of the world around us is filled with inward looking people. Our thoughts, ideas, and philosophies are not a solid foundation on which to build our lives.
Though Robert Schuller pastored a church of thousands in California for many years and had a widely viewed television program, the “Hour of Power,” his teaching was not based on Bible truth, but on what he felt would be uplifting and encouraging to people. In one of his books Schuller wrote, “Classical theology has erred in its insistence that theology be God-centered and not man-centered.” It is no wonder that with his focus not on God, his doctrine was filled with grave errors.
There are no mistakes in the revelation God has given us in His Word. If we fill our minds with His truth, we will stay on the right path. “This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success” (Joshua 1:8).
 

Today’s Growth Principle: 

Only God is worthy of our constant focus, and we must look to Him rather than ourselves for truth.