Robert A. Cook

The kingdom of God. What does it mean? It means that when God is in His rightful place, He will be king of your life. The second syllable of the word “kingdom” reminds us of the word dominion. He rules.

So just be yourself and shine for the Lord Jesus and look at other people, even those who oppose you, as folk who have a need.

Don’t be offended and insulted – they aren’t after you. They’re after the Lord. They don’t hate you because of you – they refuse what you stand for.

There’s room for the occasional misunderstanding, but what is said about you, over the years – 20 years, let’s say – will be precisely the truth.

Jesus knows all about me, but He looks forward because He knows the future, to the time when through faith, I’m depending on the Holy Spirit and victory is mine.

If you’ll spend a little time with your Lord, and if you’ll listen to what He says to you through His Word and by the Holy Spirit, you’ll know something of His presence.

You, with your life full of the presence of God shining out of you will be (to unbelieving people all around you) the ultimate proof that the Lord Jesus Christ is real.

One in source of life; one in satisfaction of life; one in fruitfulness of life; one in production according to divine eternal purpose.

The Lord Jesus, through the indwelling Holy Spirit that indwells within the believer, reduplicates in you those qualities that constitute His grace.

If you’re willing to spend some extra time with your Lord, I have this guarantee: He wants you to be there. He wants you to come into His presence.