“Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.” (Philippians 4:5, KJV) Two nights ago, I had another dream that I want to use as an illustration for this thought. In this one, I was a pastor of a small church that was instrumental in a ministry that fed the poor.Continue reading “It Is About Relationships”
Author Archives: Steve Hankins, Th.D.
The Reality of Our Relationship
“Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.” (Philippians 4:4–5, KJV) It was when I lived in the suburbs of Chicago, that the Lord saved me while reading a Gideon Bible in a Minneapolis hotel room while on a businessContinue reading “The Reality of Our Relationship”
God Is In Control
Last night I had a dream. It does not matter if you view dreams as a prophetic message or not. What I had was an illustration of a profound truth. I thought I would record it in this devotion. I dreamt that I was a preacher. Well, that is not a new revelation. However, IContinue reading “God Is In Control”
Pursue Harmony
“I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord. And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.” (Philippians 4:2–3, KJV) One time inContinue reading “Pursue Harmony”
Stand Your Ground
“Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.” (Philippians 4:1, KJV) There are times in life when we must stand our ground. When I was in manufacturing management, I encountered a situation where I needed to stand my ground. I managed aContinue reading “Stand Your Ground”
Bodily Transformation
“For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.” (Philippians 3:20–21, KJV) When my daughterContinue reading “Bodily Transformation”
The Gait of Citizenship
“Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, andContinue reading “The Gait of Citizenship”
Sign of Maturity
“Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you. Only let us hold true to what we have attained.” (Philippians 3:15–16, ESV) Everyone is born an infant and grows in stature and intellect. It is an interesting reality. The childContinue reading “Sign of Maturity”
The Great Race
“Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto thoseContinue reading “The Great Race”
Most Valuable
“Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of theContinue reading “Most Valuable”
Renewing the Heart 