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Those who are not disciplined and do not give priority to prayer in their life should not be preaching. Their prayerlessness is a statement that they have not yet grasped who is sufficient to preach. Those who are sufficient to preach are those who realize they are insufficient in their own power! When one recognizes their insufficiency they are driven to prayer. Prayer is for needy people who are...

When it comes to rightly handling the Scriptures we want to seek for perfection. The preacher's goal is to articulate the truth of God exactly as it is and to not make clumsy statements. Tim starts by asking, "Did Saul actually fall off his horse on the road to Damascus?"

Parents must consistently train their children at home in order for them to behave properly during a church service. Having family devotionals is an excellent time for that training to take place; as well as giving them Biblical truth which is of most importance.

When studying the Bible for sermon preparation you must ask questions of the text. Then when preaching bring some of those same questions up to the listener. By doing this, you are seeking to have the listener face the dilemma of the text with you. Does the content of your sermon bring forth what God intends to be said from the text? Are you rightly handling the Word of God? We must preach the Scr...

Do you know God both intimately and intellectually? Jesus Christ didn't die just to give you doctrine and insights into the nature of God; He died to bring us to God Himself. That is, for us to know the Lord intimately.

This world is a system with a mindset that has a force and power of darkness behind it. It has such a hold over us that if God doesn't come and deliver us we will be swept away by it. The only way to be delivered from the course of this world is through the Lord Jesus Christ.

What Jesus did on the Cross is all that matters, and that is the message that will batter down the walls of hell. The Gospel is the message that will tear down imaginations and pull down strongholds. We are to glory in Christ's work on the Cross alone.

Who is the “prince of the power of the air”? Is it of course the Devil? Or is it referring to someone else? We are confronted by a spirit outside of ourselves, a personal being who tracks us and is after us. A person who has a kingdom, and he is not just operating by himself. He has an agenda. He possesses a hatred and is head over all other fallen angels. We read in the Scriptures about the strat...

Some use the expression, “God doesn’t want you to be happy, He wants you to be holy.” Yet they forget that there is no such thing as the unhappy holy Christian. The holy Christian is the happy Christian. The believer does not forsake happiness to have holiness, but because of holiness they are happy in God.

God has sovereignly placed you in your local church and given you the pastors you have. He has given you the people in your fellowship and they have imperfections, just as you do. Yet those weaknesses that you see in your local church can be the very things God is using to conform you to the image of Christ and to teach you to abound in love. So don't go back from a conference and compare the expe...

Pastors' wives have unique challenges and blessings. Ruby shares about four things that have been helpful to her over the years: humility, helper, heaven, and holiness. In this video Tim Conway's wife Ruby shares with a group of pastors' wives during the 2017 Fellowship Conference.

There is a subtle form of legalism that some fall into when they are constantly asking, "Show me in the Bible where it says I can't do that." This question often misses the heart of the matter. Our focus should be on loving the Lord Jesus above all else. Rather than creating a list of do's and don'ts and asking, "Is this permissive or is it not?" One should strive to approve what is most excellent...

As for God, His way is blameless; The word of the LORD is tried; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him. - Psalm 18:30 Mason is one of the pastors at http://lakeroadchapel.org/

In a healthy marriage it is essential to communicate. We must apply Ecclesiastes 3:7 which says, "A time to be silent, and a time to speak." In marriage there is a time to be silent–that is to have listening skills. There is a time to speak–that is to have communication skills. Clint Leiter pastors at http://hwymchapel.org/

Dan discusses the ongoing conflict that he and his wife have had during their marriage. Dan Pentimone pastors at http://ccclouisburg.org/

The Holy Spirit must be the believer's best friend in the battle to kill sexual sin. You cannot have victory against sin unless it is victory that is had by way of the Spirit of God. We don't have the power in ourselves and so we need the power of the Holy Spirit to overcome sin.

What makes you doubt your salvation? Many will say, "When I sin I doubt my salvation." "When I sin there is the worst grief that comes in my heart. I have a heavy grief that I have grieved my Father and that I have grieved the Holy Spirit. But listen to me, my salvation does not depend on whether I sin or didn't sin. My salvation depends on what Jesus Christ did with my sins on Calvary's cross." -...

God calls us to call upon Him in prayer. When we cry to Him, He promises to answer us and show us great and hidden things that we have not known. Jeremiah 33:3 says, "Call to Me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known."

Are certain hand signs satanic? Hand gestures can have a variety of meaning depending upon their use in a specific culture. So can a hand signal mean something satanic? Yes, it could to some in a certain culture. Yet some may unintentionally do a hand signal without meaning anything by it. However, as believers we should seek to remove anything that could cause an offense.

In the busy seasons of our lives we have to prioritize on how we use our time. There are seasons in all of our lives in which we will have more time than others to read and pray. Life looks different for each Christian. We must not fall into condemnation if we are not doing what we cannot do; we must do what we can do at that season in our life.

Believers once lived in the passions of their flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind. All lost men are still enslaved to the desires of their flesh. Their lives are controlled by a lusting and craving for whatever will satisfy the flesh.

Surrendering to Christ is not drudgery. We are surrendering to His kindness and goodness. We should not fight against the Lord's will because He never puts us through anything that is not for our good. He always does what He does with a purpose. There is so much joy in truly surrendering to Christ.

By nature people are children of wrath and in trouble with an angry God who is a consuming fire. The lost must be saved from the just judgment of God that they deserve. It is only through Jesus Christ bearing our wrath for us that we can be justified before God.

Should a Christian sell or destroy the sports memorabilia that they idolized? If by selling it, would they be selling an idol to another buyer who would also idolize it? Tim considers some practical things to any who are facing this inner conflict. Original question: Pastor Tim, I had a conflict on my heart that I wanted see if you could shed light on in a Biblical manner. I used to be a huge Lake...