Author: Michael Becks

Where would any of us be if our Lord acted toward us like a Pharisee?

When men’s voices get loud, let God’s voice be louder.

We have a limited time frame in which the Lord calls us to seek His face and get His help.

Does God always have to give us a good reason for why things are as they are?

Only the Lord really knows the true condition of our heart.

Don’t take for granted the comfort and consolation that God would give you in every situation of life.

The evidence of faith includes but goes beyond what we confess with our mouth.

No destiny is worth fulfilling outside of daily obedience to God.

The message of self-love is extraordinarily seductive.

Don’t let anyone tell you that God is silent.

We are called to love both the sinner and the false saint.

Do you really want to know what others think of you?

God can preserve us blameless if we will let Him.

Men are very bad at playing God.

To those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, every bitter thing is made sweet.

So much of our unhappiness comes through an unhealthy self-focus.

When we’ve been hurt, we must let God show up.

More than ever in this day, both men and women want to be worshipped.

God opens up with us when we open up with Him.

Never be ashamed of being a poor beggar before God.

At the end of the day do you hope men will extol you or God?

God would make us good while we wait for Him to do us good.

God works through our obedience.

The true prize of the Christian life is not a Place, it is a Person.

Don’t be weary in well doing.

God yearns to raise up those who can help others to see.

Beware of men’s feet. Even Gamaliel will fail you.

In your zeal for truth, don’t forsake mercy.

If we are to be filled with all the fullness of God we will delight in mercy.

God has shown us what is good and what He requires of us.

Why does God choose the weak, foolish, and despised things of the world?

For those who are in Christ there is no useless event.

The worship God seeks goes much deeper.

Beware of “little foxes” that ruin the fruit God would bring forth in your heart and life.

Trust Jesus to make you into a new person.

Man’s extremity has always been God’s opportunity.

Consideration is at the heart of love.

God has faith in no man, His faith is in Himself.

Do yourself and others a favor – hold fast mercy, let go of vengeance.

There is a joy that transcends the darkest night and most difficult day.

Never let backsliders convince you God came up short.

If we are to know the blessed life we must be givers.

Descent into darkness begins with rejecting God’s revelation of Himself.

Believe God, even for the impossible.

Doctrine should not be built on cleverly strung together “proof-texts.”

God often uses others to tell us just what we need to hear.

Our societies’ war on children has taken another sinister turn.

Why does life have to fall short of our hopes?

What does God consider true happiness and freedom?

Christ has the power to rescue all who call out to Him from the deepest addiction.

God is in the process of turning your mourning into dancing.

Those that curse you make such a blessing possible to you.

Nothing is more beautiful than the silent witness of Christ.

We must be a step ahead of the enemy.

Jesus is our only hope of glory and goodness.

Make it your chief concern to walk in the fear of God.

It’s dangerous to believe that God is unconcerned or uninterested in our lives.

Honor does not always come by way of glory, but humility.

Determine to be a greater blessing to those around you.

Who are we relying on to direct our steps – God or ourselves?

There is a time for unity, and a time for separation.

Our hearts can become overwhelmed by any number of things.

Our spiritual health depends on our reception of God’s Word.

Prevailing prayer must always look past weak men toward a mighty God.

God wants to see His heart in ours.

God tests our hearts when He doesn’t come “within the days appointed.”

Rejection easily leads to dejection.

Becoming all we can be in Christ is a process.

Be careful of the demands you make.

How hungry are we for more of God?

Jesus alone is the Cure for our broken hearts.

Meekness is the pre-condition to be rightly led of God.

To overcome in a world of tribulation we need the Overcomer living His life through us.

We honor God when what matters most to Him matters most to us.

All that matters is one thing: are we right with God?

God will appear to us in the darkest, most desolate places of our life.

Can we afford to live sloppily in the present?

Pain is not a spirit that needs to rebuked; it is a symptom that requires investigation.

We dare not follow in the footsteps of the angry, immature Peter.

Invest wisely, not only for your own sake, but for the sake of your children.

What is of great worth to God?

Religious people can be just as much about themselves as the most worldly egotist.

God knows how to keep Lucifer and proud men in their place.

Beware of getting swept up in what seems to be a just cause.

Can God work even the most grievous, frustrating events in our life together for good?

If it’s popularity you are after, you should not become a follower of Christ.

There is nothing stingy in the “law of kindness.”

The more a society turns from God, the more they will turn to man.

Heaven is hell for the proud.

God has not called us to trust our brains or intuition.

We can open ourselves up to the destroyer who would devour us with regret.

We would spare ourselves and others so much grief if we were better listeners.

We would do best to walk humbly and softly before God – one step at a time.

We need a sit-down with our Lord more than we realize.

Each day we live outside of God’s hands we dance on the edge of a cliff.

Not listening to God comes at a painful cost.

Patiently waiting or boldly moving both ought to proceed from obedience.

God is no respecter of persons, but He is a respecter of states.

Don’t allow your outward circumstances determine your inward state.

God is not one-dimensional.

Don’t set yourself up for a fall.

Retained anger opens the door for demonic activity in our life.

With man at the helm this world will never get better.

No matter who we are, pride always precedes a fall.

God knows how to comfort those who mourn.

We can think we’re “something,” when we’re nothing.

Forgiveness does not mean unaccountability.

The New Testament saint has a far better provision to overcome than any Old testament saint had.

There’s much for us to learn about our suffering from the suffering of Christ.

There is a sure promise that God gives to everyone who seeks Him.

Can you afford to be unmerciful?

God wants to know who and what we are laboring for.

Our best friends are those God uses to bring us closer to Him.

Anger should not have the final say in our life.

We may know what; but God knows why.

Jesus will always “have somewhat against” the lukewarm.

We must go beyond crafting people to our liking.

To be in Christ is the start of an incredible transformation.

The camp of God has always been more in danger from within than from without.

What matters most to us: how we are seen by God or man?

Judgment it is now at work in the house of God.

Stop knocking on wood. Start fearing God.

It isn’t what we know that is so important, but who we know.

The true oracle of God wants no glory of men.

A man’s exaltation of himself begins his descent into madness.

Who people listen to speaks volumes about where they are at.

Be now the person you hope others will become later.

God wants to make us strongest where we were once weakest.

God is more interested in us being in His will than even we are.

Leave to the judgment seat of Christ the success of your labor.

God’s greatest concern is that we should share His heart.

God would have us discover Him more deeply in the darkest and most barren places of our lives.

When we are at the center of our world, we are bound for unhappiness.

Many appreciate Christ’s cross, but despise their own.

Pain is inevitable in this life, but there is a glorious liberty for the children of God to walk in.

The world and the church could use many more Jesus fanatics.

Sometimes our greatest victories are achieved only after we admit defeat.

A different attitude can make all the difference between peace and war.

In every day, chaotic or calm, the Shepherd is with His sheep.

A self-indulgent life cannot glorify God. 

Let nothing keep you back from answering the call to be by His side.

In the atonement of Christ there is healing from the fear of punishment.

Be so careful of being hasty in judgment.

Rejection doesn’t have to destroy us.

Commit yourself to Him who will never misjudge you.

Our problem is deeper than what we do – it lies in who we are without Christ.

There’s a tendency to resent those whose road is easier than ours.

It’s blessed to getting outside the confines of our own narrow inner world.

Apostasy is never from Christianity, it is always from Christ.

God’s ways will never make sense to the natural man.

There’s a battle to be fought, but it’s not against flesh and blood.

Our power, not submitted to God, is dangerous.

Choose the pathway to a beauty that will never fade away.

God will hold us accountable for our words.

All that is good and praiseworthy in us is from Him.

The righteous choose their battles wisely.

In God is a love that transcends all others.

Beware of engineering your own success.

True change must begin in our heart.

God isn’t content to be an outsider in any person’s life.

There is a power in love that enables it to overcome.

Put your trust in the infallible word of God which will stand forever.

Our emotions can be hijacked by the enemy of our soul.

Make sure that your passion is rightly directed.

Don’t automatically equate prosperity with the favor of God.

Don’t go to war against the thorns in your flesh.

Are we arming ourselves for the coming judgment?

Saints of God: expect exclusion from protection.

No one is too far gone.

Will you know a love you have never known before?

The precious fare of Scripture often goes untouched.

There is a spiritual “showdown” coming.

Communion with God doesn’t end with what we don’t do.

Fellowship with God is impossible when we walk in darkness.

May we never be afraid to own up to our weakness.

We can never be all God must be in the life of another.

We have a limited time frame to seek the Lord’s help.

Let the Holy Spirit pull up any root which He did not plant.

While we raise our children, God raises us.

Draw near to God with all that is in your heart.

God’s glorious plan for our life is still right on track.

Without real fellowship with Christ, we remain wretched.

Learning to wait on the Lord is a beautiful art.

Let God be God.

Idolators don’t like being called out.

Our driving passions define us.

Our deepest trials come from those closest to us.

Through the events in our life we can become bitter or better.

No one but Jesus can fix the problems in this world and in us.

God’s hands are the best hands to be in.

We so often don’t know how to pray as we ought.

God helps us to heal and overcome every wrong response to suffering.

What witness are you leaving – to heaven and to earth?

Unite with the heart of God for every erring soul.

A spirit of covetousness has no place in the ministry of the Lord.

Be patient, even when you can’t understand why it’s necessary to wait.

We can’t afford to get ahead of God or lag behind Him.

Each of us needs to know the Everlasting Father.

Seek a deeper fellowship – discover a greater joy.

A life lived of, by, for and with God is the richest, fullest life.

Beware of receiving a slander against our awesomely involved Father.

Don’t fight those things that God is choosing to use for His glory in your life.

When the Lord is not our Shepherd we live in perpetual want.

The possibility of apostasy should not be discounted.

Change your message when you’re in a graveyard.

Do we think we can handle things without God?

Our words are the barometer of our heart.

There are only a few who walk in divine mercy and love.

In the Spirit and love of Christ we can bear another’s pain.

God’s pruning process involves a subtraction.

It is not the great theologians who know God the best.

The cross eradicates selfishness.

The future does not have to look like the past.

The chief thing the carnal mind hates is the cross.

We need God’s help in ordering our thoughts.

Make sure you know yourself as you are known to the Father above.

What is the deciding factor in passing or failing a trial?

It wouldn’t hurt us to think on what would make God happy today.

Only God can author true and lasting change in anyone.

Transformation into the image of God takes time.

Are we only concerned for our own things?

Beware of teachers who confine your search to their pet doctrines.

Addictions form as a shield to suffering.

Every right thought we think is a supernatural miracle.

How should we look at the very imperfect world that surrounds us on a daily basis?

Let’s stop pretending we are better than we are.

The gap between our head and heart can be bridged.

Prayer is the greatest deterrent to hastiness of spirit.

We all begin somewhere.

When saints are not submitted they are no different than sinners.

What does God want?

Disobedience is costly.

What keeps any of us from seeing as we ought to see?

What we need more than anything is a peace that passes all understanding.

Returning to the vomit is more subtle than we realize.

Our witness before men begins with our witness before God.

Those who go with God don’t go with the flow of their own spirit.

The brave advance on their knees.

Living attuned to the Holy Spirit is living the life of perfect liberty.

All that matters is how you appear to God.

The more God would use us, the humbler we must be.

Christ is God’s ultimate destination for every man.

Not all temptation is alike.

Hold your life up to the mirror of His Word now.

Don’t let circumstance or emotion dictate what you have to say.

Quieting our hearts before God is often the key element in successful waiting.

How does God get a hold on a heart that is not ready to surrender?

Never boast in yourself.

The failure of God’s own people to read the Bible really shows how little they care to hear from their God.

Those who put their trust in the Lord will never be disappointed.

The character of Christ is formed in us through the hottest fires of life.

The worst time to make an important decision is when we are emotionally stressed.

The root of so much religious activity is nothing but fear.

What if God Himself has stood in the way of our advance?

God breaks us of our self-pleasing streak by forcing us to deal with the will of others.

Hear from Him, not your own heart.

Our spiritual vitality depends on us hearing directly from God.

There is nothing more troubling than to see the slow, subtle shift of a soul away from God.

Don’t ever be ashamed of declining any invitation to sin, no matter how tempting.

The perfect love of God does not eliminate the fear of God.

There is a troubling rise of a militant spirit in the ranks of those who profess to follow Christ.

Knowing God is evidenced by how we treat our neighbor.

We can’t afford to be wise in our own conceits.

Make it the business of your life to hear from God.

Do yourself a favor – sit at the feet of Jesus.

Raise your expectations when it comes to God.

Following Jesus to the cross takes more courage than brawling with flesh and blood.

Don’t be a hoarder of junk thoughts.

It’s a beautiful thing to wake up to the truth.

The majority of those around you are limping around in pain.

Don’t let a supposed “good life” seduce you.

We have a choice: will we look up or will we give up?

Fear has torment, especially fear of “things to come.”

No matter how low our folly brings us, the God of mercy remains.

How we look at things will depend upon what we want in life.

Be willing to know and understand the thoughts of God toward you.

Be zealous to hear and apply all that King Jesus would say to you.

Whoever else is gone, rejoice that He and you can be together forever.

On the other side of the greatest sorrow there is joy for the child of God.

Don’t just go, be sent.

Most would still behold the cross from afar.

Give the gift of your presence to those who are suffering.

Man your watchtower – in good times as well as bad.

God delights to respond to the prayers of those who intercede for transgressors.

So much of our mental health depends on the way we see things.

There are places we shouldn’t go in our minds.

Just as we can “ask amiss” we can also “have not because we asked not.”

Don’t let discipleship be a mere ideal.

Many “name-drop” the name of God, but the Lord knows those who are His.

We need to prioritize fellowship with each other.

Men always get only part of the story.

We are called to take all we feel to God.

God calls us to the impossible.

Sometimes we have questions and no answers.

No good can come from sinful expressions of anger.

God is still looking for men and women after His own heart.

Do we really believe that “It’s all good”?

The enemy lets up on no one.

God doesn’t do “rush jobs.”

Who will stay true to their Lord?

Healing can only be found in the stripes that Jesus bore.

The opposition of the world will grow even more fierce in these last days.

The fruits of walking in the Spirit and abiding in Christ are evident.

Make good use of what’s in your hand, even if it’s small.

We need to send a clear message to seducing spirits.

Expect to have enemies if you walk faithfully with God.

There is now a Doctor in the house.