Tags christian life Changed Lives – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. April 20, 2023 “…if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come…”
Tags devotional Hell – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. April 6, 2023 “…fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.” (Matthew 10:28) Part One No one
Tags devotional Multiplication – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. March 30, 2023 “I will greatly bless you, and…multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand, which is
Tags devotional Supreme Impertinence – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. March 23, 2023 “Then Peter took Him [Jesus] aside and began to rebuke Him…” (Matthew 16:22a) Part One If you, like Peter,
Tags devotional Trusting God – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. March 16, 2023 “Jesus cried out, ‘when a man believes in Me, he does not believe in Me only, but in the one
Tags devotional The Gate – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. March 9, 2023 “I am the gate; whoever enters through Me will be saved.” (John 10:9) Part One Jesus taught that “The
Tags devotional God’s Best News – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. March 2, 2023 “…all over the world, this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since
Tags devotional Work, Man, Money – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. February 23, 2023 “For the love of money is the root of all evil…” (1 Timothy 6:10) Part One When Simon sought
Tags devotional The Way – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. February 16, 2023 “Jesus said, ‘…I am the way…’” (John 14:6) Part One What is the essential difference between the world’s many
Tags devotional Parenthood – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. February 9, 2023 “My son, keep your father’s commands and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.” (Proverbs 6:20) Part One Few if
Tags devotional Feelings – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. February 2, 2023 “… God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, love, and a sound mind.” (2 Timothy
Tags belief Believing – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. January 26, 2023 “Jesus declared, believe Me….” (John 4:21) Part One Our Lord explained, “No one has ascended into heaven except the
Tags Assurance Assurance for Believers – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. January 19, 2023 “…they will never perish…” (John 10:28b) Part One Charles Spurgeon, Britain’s greatly loved 19th century pastor once asked, “How
Tags devotional I Am Not Ashamed – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. January 12, 2023 “If you deny Me before men, I will deny you before My Father in Heaven.” (Matthew 10:33) Part One
Tags devotional Salvation and Rewards – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. January 5, 2023 “For it is by grace that you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it
Tags Christmas Christmas – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. December 25, 2022 “…the star which they saw in the east went before them…’’ (Matthew 2:9) Part One No first century author
Tags Christmas Christmas Faith – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. December 22, 2022 “For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just
Tags devotional Prayer – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. December 15, 2022 “This is the assurance we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears
Tags Creation Creation – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. December 8, 2022 “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1) Part One Creation is usually approached from
Tags devotional Acknowledgement – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. December 1, 2022 “Whoever acknowledges Me before men, I will also acknowledge before My Father in Heaven.” (Matthew 10:32) Part One Before
Tags devotional God’s Leadership – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. November 17, 2022 “[David] inquired of the Lord, saying, ‘Shall I go and attack these Philistines?’ ” (1 Samuel 23:2a) Part One
Tags belief Why Believe? – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. November 11, 2022 “…anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.” (Hebrews
Tags devotional Intellect – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. October 13, 2022 “ ‘Come now, let us reason together,’ says the LORD…” (Isaiah 1:18) Part One Never fear intelligence. Keep in
Tags devotional Reverence – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. October 6, 2022 “… do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God.” (Ecclesiastes 5:2a) Part One Quietly think
Tags devotional Living Example – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. September 29, 2022 “We put no stumbling block in anyone’s path, so that our ministry will not be discredited.” (2 Corinthians 6:3, NIV)
Tags bible Biblical Interpretation – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. September 22, 2022 “Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by a prophet’s own interpretation. For prophecy never
Tags Atheism Atheism– The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. September 9, 2022 “The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God.’” (Psalm 14:1) Part One While agnosticism admits that it
Tags devotional The Heart – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. September 2, 2022 “… He knows the secrets of the heart…” (Psalm 44:21) Part One The Psalmist was inspired to pen these
Tags devotional True or False Teacher? – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. August 25, 2022 “…This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood.” (1 John 4:6b) Part One
Tags christian life Living Successfully – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. August 18, 2022 “…I have come that they might have life and have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10b) Part One Understanding God’s
Tags christian life Love – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. August 11, 2022 “I am the Vine, you are the branches, if a man remains in Me and I in him, he will
Tags christian life Important Dreams – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. August 4, 2022 “I will speak with him in a dream.” (Numbers 12:6) Part One The Bible explains that, “…Joseph had been taken
Tags bible The Scriptures – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. July 27, 2022 “Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures” (Luke 24:45) Part One It is small wonder that there
Tags devotional Eternity – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. July 20, 2022 “…I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end…” (Revelation 21:6) Part One Physically speaking, there
Tags christian life The Grace of God – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. July 13, 2022 “For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of
Tags christian life Evil – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. July 6, 2022 “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers
Tags christian life Authentic Faith – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. June 29, 2022 “Prove yourselves to be doers of the word, and not just hearers who deceive themselves.” (James 1:22) Part One
Tags christian life Our Youth – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. June 22, 2022 “Remember not the sins of my youth…” (Psalm 25:7) Part One Through the eyes of history we see king
Tags christian life Life’s Adjustments – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. June 15, 2022 “…weep with those who weep.” (Romans 12:15) Part One Life’s temporary separation from greatly loved fellow believers is deeply
Tags christian life Our Speech – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. June 8, 2022 “Let no corrupt talk come out of your mouth…” (Ephesians 4:29) Part One The true condition of our soul
Tags Bitterness Bitterness Toward God – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. May 18, 2022 “When I became embittered and my innermost being was wounded, I was a fool and didn’t understand; I was like
Tags christian life Our Friends – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. May 10, 2022 “He who walks with wise men will be wise, but a companion of fools will be destroyed.” (Proverbs 13:20)
Tags christian life Ultimate Reality – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. May 1, 2022 “Things that cause people to sin are bound to come, but woe to that person through whom they come. It
Tags christian life Our Example – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. April 24, 2022 “Things that cause people to sin are bound to come, but woe to that person through whom they come. It
Tags christian life Murder – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. April 2, 2022 “Thou shalt not murder.” (Exodus 20:13) Part One Across the centuries, willful murder called by any other name is
Tags christian life Spiritual Rescue – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. March 23, 2022 “…whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death…” (James 5:20) Part
Tags christian life Time Alone With God – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. March 15, 2022 “…in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He [Jesus] went out and departed to a solitary place;
Tags christian life Christian Values – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. March 9, 2022 “They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.” (John 17:16) Part One Be
Tags christian life New Priorities – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. March 1, 2022 “I have become all things to all people, that by all possible means I might save some….” (1 Corinthians 9:22)
Tags christian life Reflected Glory – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. February 22, 2022 “Praise be to the Lord your God who has delighted in you…” (2 Chronicles 9:8) Part One In the
Tags christian life Love’s Boldness – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. February 16, 2022 “…love drives out fear….” (1 John 4:18) Part One At times, you may find yourself thinking, “Surely I’m not
Tags christian life Dreams – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. February 10, 2022 “…Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.” (Genesis 40:8b) Part One Joseph actually knew our living
Tags christian life The Path of Close Fellowship – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. February 4, 2022 “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over
Tags christian life Ultimate Meaning – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. January 31, 2022 “…I Am That I Am…” (Exodus 3:14) Part One Expressed very simply, without God, man’s momentary existence would have
Tags christian life Rejoice – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. January 24, 2022 “Jesus said, “I saw Satan fall like lightening from heaven.” (Luke 10:18a) Part One When the Lord Jesus cast
Tags christian life God’s Fatherhood – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. January 16, 2022 “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us…” (1 John 3:1) Part One Religion that fails
Tags christian life Personal Priorities – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. January 10, 2022 “Seek ye first the kingdom of God…” (Matthew 6:33) Part One No one is prepared to live or to
Tags christian life Forgiveness – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. January 3, 2022 “…for God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.” (Romans 11:29) Part One Forgiveness is the graduate school of spiritual
Tags christian life The Holy Spirit – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. December 29, 2021 “…we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body…” (1 Corinthians 12:13) Part One The only entrance into
Tags Christmas Experiencing Christmas – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. December 24, 2021 “For a Child will be born to us, a Son will be given to us…” (Isaiah 9:6) Part One
Tags christian life My Attitude- The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. December 14, 2021 “Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many
Tags christian life Your Calling – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. December 7, 2021 “…for God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.” (Romans 11:29) Part One You may or may not be personally
Tags christian life Thanksgiving – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. November 26, 2021 “…so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of
Tags christian life Abiding in God’s Truth – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. November 23, 2021 “If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and
Tags christian life Boldness – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. November 17, 2021 “…love drives out fear…” (1 John 4:18) Part One Have you ever found yourself thinking, “Surely I’m not alone?”
Tags devotional The Joy of Heaven – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. November 11, 2021 “…no eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love
Tags christian life Christian Integrity – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. November 5, 2021 “Watch your life and doctrine closely…” (1 Timothy 4:16) Part One Paul’s areas of guidance for Timothy were normally
Tags devotional His Name – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. November 1, 2021 “You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God…” (Deuteronomy 5:11) Part One The names: Almighty God,
Tags devotional God’s Sovereignty – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. October 25, 2021 “Our God is in heaven and does whatever He pleases.” (Psalm 115:3) Part One It goes directly against our
Tags devotional Loving Your Savior – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. October 19, 2021 “God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.” (1 Corinthians 1:9, NIV)
Tags devotional Knowing God – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. October 13, 2021 “I that speak unto you am He…” (John 4:26) Part One If Jesus were anything less than fully God
Tags christian life Being Changed – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. October 7, 2021 “I have become all things to all men that by all possible means I might save some.” (1 Corinthians 9:22)
Tags Creation Creation – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. October 1, 2021 “He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made…” (John 1:2) Part One To meaningfully
Tags christian life Your Life – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. September 27, 2021 “…that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please Him in every way…” (Colossians 1:10) Part
Tags blessing God’s Blessings – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. September 20, 2021 “From the fullness of His grace we have all received one blessing after another.” (John 1:16) Part One Think
Tags devotional In the Beginning – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. September 13, 2021 “In the beginning God created…” (Genesis 1:1) Part One When we are confronted with the reality of our world’s
Tags christian life God’s Spiritual Kingdom – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. September 7, 2021 “Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in Heaven.” (Matthew 6:10) Part One Once
Tags bible The Bible – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. September 1, 2021 “…it is written…” (Matthew 4:4) Part One Without history’s written records, the archeologists examining the Egyptian pyramids would have
Tags blood New Wine – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. August 23, 2021 “…this is My blood which is shed for you…” (Matthew 26:28) Part One Ever since grapes were first enjoyed,
Tags devotional Faith and Finances – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. August 17, 2021 “The earth is the Lord’s…” (Psalm 24:1) Part One In the early centuries of man’s history, neither metal nor
Tags devotional Heaven – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. August 10, 2021 “…Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” (Matthew 6:10) Part One When Moses wrote the
Tags christian life Self Control – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. August 3, 2021 “I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.” (1
Tags devotional Free Will – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. July 27, 2021 “…choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve…” (Joshua 24:15) Part One In the eternal scheme of things,
Tags devotional Salvation and Rewards – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. July 19, 2021 “For it is by grace that you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it
Tags christian life Faultless Victims – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. July 12, 2021 “When David returned to his house…” (2 Samuel 20:3) Part One There will be times when you encounter people
Tags devotional The Invitation – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. July 6, 2021 “Come now, and let us reason together,” says the Lord…” (Isaiah 1:18a) Part One Historically, those with philosophical minds
Tags devotional Hardened Hearts – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. June 28, 2021 “they had not understood about the loaves because their hearts were hardened.” (Mark 6:52) Part One You may not
Tags devotional One Way – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. June 21, 2021 “…Enter through the narrow gate…” (Matthew 7:13a) Part One If someone has the misconception that the world’s sinful population
Tags christian life Unbelief – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. June 14, 2021 ““Even after Jesus had done all these miraculous signs in their presence, they still would not believe in Him.” (John
Tags christian life He Will Strengthen You – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. June 7, 2021 “He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord
Tags devotional God’s Self Disclosure – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. June 3, 2021 “The Lord Jesus said, “before Abraham was born, I am!” (John 8:58) Part One God’s Word is eternal and
Tags christian life God’s Eternal Fatherhood – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. May 25, 2021 “no one comes to the Father except through Me.” (John 14:6) Part One Without exception, our eternal God has
Tags christian life Celebrating Divine Activity – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. May 21, 2021 “Sing to Him; sing praise to Him; tell about all His wonderful works!” (1 Chronicles 16:9) Part One By
Tags christian life Human Emotions – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. May 9, 2021 “Rejoice in the Lord always…” (Philippians 4:4) Part One How do feelings relate to our personal Christian experience? It
Tags christian life Prayer Partners – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. April 26, 2021 “But grow in grace and the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be glory both now
Tags devotional Universalism – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. April 12, 2021 “…I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” (John 14:6)
Tags christian life Reason – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. March 11, 2021 “Come now, and let us reason together…” (Isaiah 1:18) Part One New Testament theology is profoundly logical. Why, because
Tags christian life When We Die – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. February 25, 2021 “Jesus said… ‘I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in Me will live, even if they die.’”
Tags christian life God’s Instruction – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. February 13, 2021 “I will instruct you …” (Psalm 32:8) Part One In the Bible’s first five books, Moses was given the
Tags devotional Forgiving and Rebuking – The Disciple-Making Lifestyle Billie Hanks Jr. February 10, 2021 “If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him…” (Luke 17:3) Part One Jesus said, “If