Broken-In Shoes

Lindsay Roberts Have you ever gone into a shoe store wearing an old grubby pair of shoes? Your old shoes make the new shoes in the store look so good that you can’t wait to buy a pair and wear them home. But after wearing the new shoes once or twice, you realize that...

Both Oars

Richard Roberts A man was invited to go fishing one day by a friend of his. When he got to the lake, he and his friend got into a little fishing boat that had two oars and his friend began to row toward his favorite fishing spot. As they moved through the water, the...

How Do You Forgive?

From the archives of Oral Roberts I personally believe that forgiving others is one of the hardest things we have to do as Christians. In the Lord’s Prayer Jesus taught His disciples to pray, “Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors (Matthew 6:12 NKJV).” Have...

Forgiveness Sets You Free!

Lindsay Roberts Forgiveness is a never-ending process. The disciple Peter once asked Jesus, “Lord, how often should I forgive someone who sins against me? Seven times?” “No!” Jesus replied, “Seventy times seven!” (Matthew 18:21–22 NLT). As long as we live on this...

Free to Obey God

Richard Roberts – Fifth of five parts The next lesson I want to share with you from the story of the Prodigal Son is this: You can never be free until you are voluntarily mastered by someone greater than you and that Someone can only be God. I do not find any examples...