Author: Michael Becks

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

The enemy lets up on no one.

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.

There are choices that need to be made on the path of discipleship.

Don’t lose sight of what you really need the most.

God doesn’t need our great strength to accomplish His goals for our life.

Until we are “free from all men” we will never be free to serve God and others as we should.

Don’t feel guilty because your soul is being tried.

Be willing to lose your cheering section on earth.

Begin to prepare your spirit now to go underground.

Don’t sabotage the good and glorious work that God would do in your life.

Unlike our changed attitude toward our earthly parents, there is no need to show God mercy.

Jesus was not about self-actualization.

What is God looking for in order to promote someone?

Live according to the new nature which God has given you.

True resurrection power does not belong to those who glory in their superior doctrine.

In God’s book, losing is winning.

The blood bought saint of God is not called to surrender daily to God.

Don’t be afraid to grow up.

God is an all-consuming fire Who wants all of us.

Don’t focus on what you don’t have, but what you do have.

Jesus can forgive our past, enter our present, and give us hope for a different future.

Get so sick and tired of sin that you want more than God’s forgiveness.

Give God the time of your day.

Use the occasion of anger to commune with God.

Avoid playing God with the lives of others.

If our lives are going to count for eternity we must stay focused on the eternal.

God has not left His throne to us.

God alone is fully worthy of calling the shots in every one of our lives.

Let God decide what He will use to glorify Himself.

Are we making more of something than God is?

If our Master is willing to wait for vindication, we can wait with Him.

It’s not by our might, or will-power, that we can win the battle of the mind.

Look past the enemy that would devour you to the Savior who can keep you.

There is no such thing as serving God half-heartedly.

Each day is a fresh opportunity to know our Lord in a deeper and more fulfilling way.

Our life can endure unhappiness, but it cannot survive without joy.

When one is given power or authority, oppression often follows.

Violence voyeurism is detrimental to our soul.

Life on a daily basis falls short of the life we wish we had.

Never trust the movements of your heart.

God has given us greater grace in His Son than Job ever had.

Many of Christ’s disciples still want a crown without a cross.

Turn to God for strength in your suffering.

The best teachers practice what they preach.

Christ experienced our most painful feelings of abandonment.

We are not who we or anyone else thinks we are.

Cherish and chase what matters to God – even when it means loss.

Yielding to sin attracts devils to us, and repels God from us.

The distractions must end.

The perfect man takes his “marching orders” from his God.

If you’re hearing from God, prepare to go against the flow.

It is time to tell the false prophets to sit down and be silent.

Life in Christ is simple.

Don’t simply wait out a day of trouble; wait on God in it.

Is there anyone who is “valiant for the truth” any more?

Those who love God should be the most optimistic people on the face of the earth.

The success of any life is not found in how much one has accomplished for God.

Look nowhere else for your needs to be met but to God.

When God says, “It’s time to go,” leave graciously.

Do you love God? Then you will love Him always.

God has His reasons for things that don’t make sense to us.

We must work out our own salvation with fear and trembling.

Don’t be afraid of doing less, knowing less, being less.

Will our love for God survive the passing on of our dearest family?

The bigger issue with God is where you are today.

Regardless of the season we are in our lives ought to have purpose.

If we feel the urge to fight, we need to continually ask ourselves, “Why?”

The liberty we have in Christ permits us to do the will of God.

If sin is to succeed, God must be put out of one’s mind.

Tending to our heart is a duty we must take seriously.

What will God do for us if we go to Him with all our hurts?

Why do mature believers willingly take up their cross with thanksgiving?

When we’re overwhelmed, God calls us to Himself.

Be addicted to Jesus.

There is much gold to be gained in the fires of life.

This is the day of the great falling away.

The mission of Jesus was not to find popularity on earth.

Think well before you speak.

We dare not continue in a dullness and insensitivity to the voice of the Holy Spirit.

Our God is always wanting to do a new thing in our life.

If we are to walk in the fear of God we must walk softly before Him.

What we believe will always be tested by what we feel.

We will heal through Christ’s singular love for us.

There’s no way to be right in God’s sight unless you’re willing to be wrong.

Better to be a nobody, than a false somebody.

God’s call to conformity is not to our doctrine and tradition but to His own Person.

Trust Jesus to make you into a new man.

What God has in store for those who love Him is worth the wait.

Let’s be honest: we are too “inside” our own world.

God would perform all things in us.

Know a Person, not a principle.

A life well lived will not be one that accomplished its goals.

Patience is more than a virtue; it is the ground of all virtues.

We all need a Savior, or we are going to sink.

Those who walk in the fear of God do not vacillate.

Seek only one thing: to have God’s “green light” in all your works.

Being transparent before God is the first step toward letting Him tend to our wounds.

All that men do to escape fear, outside of being in right relationship with God, is done in vain.

To get back on our feet and to really change requires godly sorrow.

Character is formed in the crucible of family life.

When we serve a great Redeemer, it truly is all good.

He doesn’t run from our trouble, He runs to it.

Beware of a humanistic “gospel.”

Zeal is good, but it so often needs tempering.

Don’t be in denial before God.

People run from a reality they don’t want to face.

The Lord longs for us to long for Him.

Don’t believe you or anyone else has irrevocably ruined your life.

When you’re angry, don’t delay calling the Holy Spirit to the scene.

“Two thousand years ago our Father brought forth into this world, a new nation, conceived in Liberty …”

We are entering a time when the forces that are antichrist are amassing.

Do we give God the time of day?

Why is no one held to account for the idle words they speak?

We “short-circuit” God’s ministry to us when we get overheated.

The “congregation of the dead” is filling up in this day.

How can we break free from anger’s tight grip?

What should we want developed in our life?

Fear is just as presumptuous as misguided faith.

Destroy your idols before they destroy you.

What is the best way to grow?

Each of our lives consist of a continuous series of choices.

The true worshipper of God is a rebuke to those in darkness.

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

Our lives are to be without covetousness.

There is only one cure for the suffering of dissatisfaction.

Jesus had clear words to both the “haves” and the “have nots.”

There is a time to speak and a time to be silent.

Each one of our hearts need softening.

God calls us to be peacemakers, not trouble-makers.

Satan is a master at offering us a “quick fix.”

We are at a crucial crossroad when life or people let us down.

Why are people so eager to trust in flesh?

A “look at me” spirit has no place in the ministry.

Let your eyes find Jesus.

Justice, freedom, and peace are not to be realized apart from Him.

Beware of those who wish to school you in the Unlimited.

There are too many orphans in our churches.

We cannot overcome injustice apart from the Just One.

You may hate to wait, but make patience your friend.

Neither fear nor presumption should order our steps.

Don’t be afraid to begin anew with God by your side.

The holiness Christ desires of us is found in action and attitude.

Be in a hurry for nothing except to obey God.

We should sit at no man’s feet in order to be schooled in the things of the Spirit.

There is no “there.” There is only Jesus.

Sometimes we need to lose the company of men to find the company of God.

If you repent of nothing else, begin with pride.

The ideals of feminism are incompatible with the way and Spirit of Christ.

Where God’s kingdom has come, man’s kingdom has left.

Wicked, unclean spirits want nothing to do with Jesus.

Stay merciful. Stay broken.

The religion most opposed to Christianity is “Me-ism.”

God wants us to commune with Him when something agitates us.

What can we do when “acid reflux” of the soul arises?

God has many things that He is willing to do but we can be too timid to ask.

The godly man does not defy his God.

Many a Job is still being blamed for the trials they are in.

There is a “force” at work in the world today that hates the true and living God.

A good conscience before God is not afraid of the tribunals of men.

Consideration is essential to having the mind of Christ.

If you would be truly strong, you will be meek and lowly of heart.

Don’t let a sense of rejection cause you to reject in return.

God wants to see His heart in us.

True happiness cannot be found in the mad rush to fulfill our own pleasure.

Conformity to Christ requires us to be broken.

Through Christ, we will not only survive, but we will also thrive.

The joy of the Lord is part of our spiritual weaponry.

There is a bigger picture which only God sees.

God can keep you together in a day of devastating loss.

The embittered soul is rarely able to look at itself in the mirror.

A life misspent is a life lived for one’s own self.

Courageously face death, and life, through Him.

Make it your business to stay sober-minded.

God will be with us in every dark valley of life.

Is He our chief joy and treasure?

Time does not heal all wounds, only Jesus does.

Don’t worry if your life isn’t aligning with what men say is supposed to be.

There’s no need to justify ourselves before men when we are right with God.

How can we see through Satan’s subtle deception?

Don’t fear a dark day if the Lord is the light of your life.

God will do so much for us if we are careful to give Him all the glory.

God knows where He wants to take us.

Leave tomorrow in His hands. There is a bridge for you to cross today.

When will we exchange our glory for the glory of our Master?

Don’t idolize others, or yourself.

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

Should those who follow the slain Lamb also fall into the category of “hurt people hurt”?

Are we making more of something than God is?

God would use the failings of another to train us to see differently, even as He sees.

Many people have a code that they expect others to live up to.

We need to be one step ahead of the wicked one.

There are so many things not worth knowing.

No one is too far gone, no matter what their past has been.

God has not set you apart for a job, but for Himself.

God knows the value of the wilderness more than we do.

We can only ever give back to God what He has first given us.

Faith in Christ ends faith in ourselves.

Don’t get swept up in the madness of our day.

Being slow to wrath and slow to speak go together.

It’s only through God’s great mercies that each Saul can become a Paul .

Don’t have a one-sided relationship with the great Lover of your soul.

God’s thirst for justice never turns Him cruel.

Let Jesus rescue you from every snare.

Do not despise a day of obscurity.

Don’t believe you or anyone else has irrevocably ruined your life.

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

At our wit’s end, God stands ready to undertake for us.

Only God can author true and lasting change in anyone.

Do not harden your heart to those who are hard.

Christ would make a masterpiece of our lives.

Don’t be an angry victim of circumstance.

As this present world winds down the false narrative is going to pick up.

Many aspire to be a voice for God; few are.

Don’t be in a rush to solve every mystery in your life.

Don’t try to figure out all the “what if’s.”

Transformation depends on our cooperation with the Holy Spirit.

How thin the line is between righteous and unrighteous anger.

Waiting on the Lord is loving the Lord.

Beware of the slow, insidious slide away from God.

Can we accept God’s “not yet”?

Let your Lord take the lead in the dance of your life.

Bless the rod God would raise up to get you back on track.

It is a badge of honor to be hated for Christ’s sake.

Where we are going with our heavy heart matters most of all.

We all inherit a certain “manner of life” from our parents.

There is one risk that is never, ever worth taking.

We are either fleeing from God or fleeing to God.

We cannot live in the fear of what might happen.

Answers are for another day; peace is for today.

God Himself is the perfect tutor in any life.

There is hope for any future that has Christ in it.

One day we will have to face up to our actions.

To get back on our feet and to really change requires godly sorrow.

Apart from the real work of the Spirit of Christ in our hearts, we are all faking it.

None of us can afford to face life without Jesus.