Richard Ellis Talks

God has promised to protect us and give us power over the devil, and since He lives in us we have access to everything we need when trials come. Rather than fearing the circumstances which leads to disobedience, we need to praise God and have faith in Him and His promises.

The thing about white toilets is that you can’t hide any filth in them because the white exposes what is there. Similarly, if we choose to live in the light as God calls us to, the filth and sin in our life will be exposed. The way to keep our “white toilets” clean is by living in obedience to God daily, understanding that it is a process and choosing to live in truth.

The world is full of people who are on a broad path, filling their lives with their own pleasures all the while headed straight for destruction. Jesus commands us to enter the gate that takes a difficult road but leads to eternal life.

Rather than appearing on earth as a man without having to go through all that we go through and working some magic, Jesus chose to enter this world through Mary’s womb as a baby, grow up and die a human death. He did this because He knew that this was the only way for us to enter a new life through Him and join Him in Heaven someday.

Too often we let our mistakes take us out rather than choosing to pick ourselves back up and accept God’s forgiveness right away. No matter how many times we mess up, God is always willing to give us another chance. Just as God forgives us and allows us to start over with Him, we should also show the same grace to others when they wrong us.

The Bible says that the prayers of a righteous man are heard by God. If we feel like our prayers are not being heard, we must first ask God if there are things in our lives that we must repent for. When we are made righteous through Jesus Christ, we can know God’s will and pray anything according to it and the Bible says that He hears and answers.

Once we become Christians, the devil does not give up but rather he fights harder for us to be pulled back into the sins of our past. When we start to feel that pull we need to ask God to give us the wisdom to see the way of escape and to take it. We also need to help others who have been pulled back out and are drowning to get back to the shore.

Just because we receive salvation and become spiritually alive doesn’t mean we are spiritually living. It’s a daily choice to not just wake up physically but to wake up spiritually and offer our lives to God to use as He pleases in the world He has us in for a reason.

We all have certain sins that we keep falling into whether frequently or on occasions. When Jesus lives inside of us He gives us the power to overcome those sins if we would just tap into Him.

When God calls us to give our lives to Him, He does not intend for us to follow Him alone. We need to be involved with other people, letting them into our lives to keep us accountable. That is the only way that we will be able to stand strong against the attacks of the devil and to continue to remain in God’s truth, unwavering.