Graceful Truth

HOW DO PEOPLE DESCRIBE YOUR CHURCH? and WHAT KIND OF CHURCH SHOULD YOU JOIN?

by Bill Elliff January 21, 2025

We must cooperate with God in ways that make it so. We should be careful that it is nothing less … that we are creating an environment where people are encountering God and communing with Him. A place alive with His presence.

DELIGHTING GOD

by Bill Elliff January 15, 2025

Imagine a child created by God and for whom He had sent His only begotten Son to redeem and His Spirit to indwell. And then imagine that child ignoring Him, never communing, never praying, never listening, never obeying. And then realize how an attentive, unceasing life of prayer would delight the heart of the Father who made you.

BECOMING FAMILIAR WITH THE FATHER

by Bill Elliff January 14, 2025

Spending hours in solitude with God alone is foreign to us. We are not familiar with God. He is, for most, a distant entity, not an every day Father.

BEING LED BY GOD

by Bill Elliff January 10, 2025

Where does God want you to go this week? To whom does He want you to speak? Jesus knows, and if you cultivate the art of asking and listening, He will lead you.

BE READY AND COME UP IN THE MORNING

by Bill Elliff October 17, 2024

Our greatest misconception is that God is uninterested in us. From the beginning our Ancient Enemy has deceived us into thinking that God is holding out and on us and that He has no interest in our fellowship.

But the testimony of Scripture (and of men and women who have known Him) shatters this lie like a hammer shattering a rock.

THE SWEETNESS TO GOD OF OUR UNCEASING PRAYER

by Bill Elliff October 15, 2024

Our prayers matter to us because they are the means by which we commune with the One who made us and loves us with an everlasting love. But they also matter to God.

THE PRECIOUSNESS OF DAILY BREAD

by Bill Elliff October 11, 2024

Have you ever thought of how many times God tells us in the scripture not to worry? Over and over again, He commands us in this way.

SEEING THE FACE OF GOD

by Bill Elliff September 18, 2024

I cannot imagine the unbounded joy and deep fulfillment of seeing God's face. It would seem that one look there will explain everything.

WHAT DO YOU SEEK?

by Bill Elliff September 13, 2024

We were made for God, and our soul is not at rest until we find Him and enter His kingdom. Once there, the daily, hourly pursuit of God will bring direction, wisdom, clarity, and understanding. In His presence is “fullness of joy and at His right hand there are pleasures forevermore” (Psalm 16:11).

HOW IMPORTANT ARE YOUR PRAYERS TO GOD?

by Bill Elliff September 04, 2024

If God is God, then there are things He values. Some things are important to Him, while others have no meaning or can even be offensive.

God mentions prayer over 650 times in the Scriptures. So, how important are our prayers?

MEETING GOD IN THE MORNING

by Bill Elliff August 29, 2024

One of the great essentials is to begin each morning entering the presence of the Lord … drawing near. He wants us to come, inviting us repeatedly. If we are a true believer, we are one of His children, and He longs for us to get our day started right. The Great Adjustment comes from entering His presence, shutting the door, and praying to our Father.