Then He spoke a parable to them: “No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old one; otherwise the new makes a tear, and also the piece that was taken out of the new does not match the old. And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved. And no one, having drunk old wine, immediately desires new; for he says, ‘The old is better. Luke 5:36-39

This is a wonderful parable, which teaches us that the power of the new is greater, than that of the old. The Lord gives His supernatural, new anointing, but our old being must be renewed in order to be able to receive the new. Old thinking, character and habits must...

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:2

The world has a pattern or an image, which is attractive and many like it. But the Word of God says, “Do not conform to the pattern of this world”. The image of the world is attractive for the body, but not for the spirit. A man consists of spirit, soul and body. If...

O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. Daniel 9:18

First of all, let’s see how wonderful a man of God prays, calling upon his LORD. He says: “… we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies”. You know, actually this is one of the keys of prayer...

Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips. Job 2:9-10

Let us start from the last sentence. It is written that Job did not sin with his lips in all this. Reading the book of Job, we can see through which terrible ordeals he has had an occasion to go through and how the God blessed him at the end. But everything began with...