A collection of daily Bible commentaries from GoServ Global co-FOunder, Terry Baxter
More Precious than Gold
May 22, 2026
More Precious Than Gold
“6) In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials, 7) so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ;” 1 Peter 1:6-7
Your faith is more precious to God than gold. He will allow it to be tested. The process is meant to build you up and not tear you down.
Daily Bible Commentary By Terry Baxter: Cofounder of GoServ Global
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“6) In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials, 7) so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ;” 1 Peter 1:6-7
Your faith is more precious to God than gold. He will allow it to be tested. The process is meant to build you up and not tear you down.
Daily Bible Commentary By Terry Baxter: Cofounder of GoServ Global
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Three Faith Phrases
May 21, 2026
Three Faith Phrases:
I want to take a moment and look at three statements about God and the results of each on the faith of the beholders.
Let’s start with Sarah. She was past the years of giving birth until God gave her one question that changed everything. It is recorded in Genesis 18:14; “Is anything too difficult for the Lord?”
The result is recorded in Hebrews 11:11; “By faith even Sarah herself received ability to conceive, even beyond the proper time of life, since she considered Him faithful who had promised.” This was a faith building phrase.
Second, let’s look at Mary the mother of Jesus. The Angel Gabriel told her she was about to conceive and give birth to the Messiah. In Luke 1:34 she expressed her doubt; “How can this be, since I am a virgin?”
Then Gabriel gave he a faith building phrase; “For nothing will be impossible with God.” (Luke 1:37) What was the result? Nine months later Jesus was born!
Now I want to compare these two phrases with the motto of much of the modern church; “God no longer does miracles today.” That is not a faith building phrase. By contrast, that is a faith killing phrase and cannot be anchored in any biblical text.
I travel and work in many churches and in many countries. In some places I find courageous believers of faith and God is working in powerful and miraculous ways just as in the Gospels and the book of Acts. In other places the believers are dead and nothing beyond mere naturalism occurs.
Why? What’s the difference? Every time it comes down to their core foundation of faith and view of God. It is happening to them according to their faith! If your core belief is God no longer does miracles today, it will happen to you according to your faith!
Daily Bible Commentary By Terry Baxter: Cofounder of GoServ Global
Sent from my iPhone
I want to take a moment and look at three statements about God and the results of each on the faith of the beholders.
Let’s start with Sarah. She was past the years of giving birth until God gave her one question that changed everything. It is recorded in Genesis 18:14; “Is anything too difficult for the Lord?”
The result is recorded in Hebrews 11:11; “By faith even Sarah herself received ability to conceive, even beyond the proper time of life, since she considered Him faithful who had promised.” This was a faith building phrase.
Second, let’s look at Mary the mother of Jesus. The Angel Gabriel told her she was about to conceive and give birth to the Messiah. In Luke 1:34 she expressed her doubt; “How can this be, since I am a virgin?”
Then Gabriel gave he a faith building phrase; “For nothing will be impossible with God.” (Luke 1:37) What was the result? Nine months later Jesus was born!
Now I want to compare these two phrases with the motto of much of the modern church; “God no longer does miracles today.” That is not a faith building phrase. By contrast, that is a faith killing phrase and cannot be anchored in any biblical text.
I travel and work in many churches and in many countries. In some places I find courageous believers of faith and God is working in powerful and miraculous ways just as in the Gospels and the book of Acts. In other places the believers are dead and nothing beyond mere naturalism occurs.
Why? What’s the difference? Every time it comes down to their core foundation of faith and view of God. It is happening to them according to their faith! If your core belief is God no longer does miracles today, it will happen to you according to your faith!
Daily Bible Commentary By Terry Baxter: Cofounder of GoServ Global
Sent from my iPhone
Where Are You?
May 20, 2026
Where Are You?
“11) By faith even Sarah herself received ability to conceive, even beyond the proper time of life, since she considered Him faithful who had promised.” Hebrews 11:11
Faith is important. This verse states that Sarah was a woman of faith. But the story sounded very different in Genesis chapters 17 and 18.
In Genesis 17:15-19, Abraham fell on his face and laughed at the notion of Sarah having a son. He looked at Ishmael as his faith solution. He believed in God’s promise, but had a different way for it to be fulfilled.
Then in Genesis 18:9, the angel of the Lord asked; where is Sarah your wife? I don’t think He was asking about here physical location. I believe he was asking about her faith!
He had asked the same question to Adam years earlier after the fall. (See Genesis 3:9) Back to our story.
She had heard the promise of a son for Abraham so many times, but could no longer consider herself in the formula. After all, the whole Hagar and Ishmael ordeal was her idea. She was also now way beyond the child bearing years.
As the angel of the Lord gave His prophecy about Sarah having a son within the year, she was listening through the tent wall.
The text says; “Sarah laughed to herself, saying, “After I have become old, shall I have pleasure, my Lord being old also?” (Genesis 18:12) She had lost faith and all hope of ever having a child. Where was she? She had become an agnostic related to the promise and power of God.
The next three verses are amazing. Verse 14 says; “Is anything too difficult for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, at this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”
Her laughter expressed the emptiness of her heart and her view of God. She was doubting both the word and the miraculous power of God! After all, the initial promise had been made decades ago.
Though Sarah denied laughing, a question was planted in her heart; “Is anything too difficult for the Lord?” Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God!
Over the next few months her faith exploded. She went from doubting to believing that God could do anything! As Hebrews 11:11 says; “By faith even Sarah herself received ability to conceive, even beyond the proper time of life, since she considered Him faithful who had promised.”
Where was she? She radically changed her faith address! In a few months she moved from the tent of doubt and unbelief to the household of faith believing in the faithfulness and power of God!
So let me ask you a question; “Where are you?” Are you a Christian agnostic or do you believe in the faithfulness and power of God? Life will unfold for you according to your faith. Do you need to change your faith address?
Daily Bible Commentary By Terry Baxter: Cofounder of GoServ Global
Sent from my iPhone
“11) By faith even Sarah herself received ability to conceive, even beyond the proper time of life, since she considered Him faithful who had promised.” Hebrews 11:11
Faith is important. This verse states that Sarah was a woman of faith. But the story sounded very different in Genesis chapters 17 and 18.
In Genesis 17:15-19, Abraham fell on his face and laughed at the notion of Sarah having a son. He looked at Ishmael as his faith solution. He believed in God’s promise, but had a different way for it to be fulfilled.
Then in Genesis 18:9, the angel of the Lord asked; where is Sarah your wife? I don’t think He was asking about here physical location. I believe he was asking about her faith!
He had asked the same question to Adam years earlier after the fall. (See Genesis 3:9) Back to our story.
She had heard the promise of a son for Abraham so many times, but could no longer consider herself in the formula. After all, the whole Hagar and Ishmael ordeal was her idea. She was also now way beyond the child bearing years.
As the angel of the Lord gave His prophecy about Sarah having a son within the year, she was listening through the tent wall.
The text says; “Sarah laughed to herself, saying, “After I have become old, shall I have pleasure, my Lord being old also?” (Genesis 18:12) She had lost faith and all hope of ever having a child. Where was she? She had become an agnostic related to the promise and power of God.
The next three verses are amazing. Verse 14 says; “Is anything too difficult for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, at this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”
Her laughter expressed the emptiness of her heart and her view of God. She was doubting both the word and the miraculous power of God! After all, the initial promise had been made decades ago.
Though Sarah denied laughing, a question was planted in her heart; “Is anything too difficult for the Lord?” Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God!
Over the next few months her faith exploded. She went from doubting to believing that God could do anything! As Hebrews 11:11 says; “By faith even Sarah herself received ability to conceive, even beyond the proper time of life, since she considered Him faithful who had promised.”
Where was she? She radically changed her faith address! In a few months she moved from the tent of doubt and unbelief to the household of faith believing in the faithfulness and power of God!
So let me ask you a question; “Where are you?” Are you a Christian agnostic or do you believe in the faithfulness and power of God? Life will unfold for you according to your faith. Do you need to change your faith address?
Daily Bible Commentary By Terry Baxter: Cofounder of GoServ Global
Sent from my iPhone
Uganda Update
May 13, 2026
Uganda Update:
Our time in Uganda is slipping away very fast. The students are drinking in the Freedom Quest Material while being set free from sinful bondage and being equipped for fruitful ministry.
I promised to give an update on funds needed to keep the very demanding schedule for the rest of 2026. The supply has trickled in very slowly. We are behind.
Yesterday, I had to notify the YWAM Director in Tanzania that we may have to cancel the two week long pastors conferences because of insufficient funds. The two conferences represent around 400 pastors.
He begged me to reconsider. I shared it would take a major financial miracle to move forward. I told him I would make a final decision next week when I return to the United States from Uganda.
The second two weeks in Tanzania are still being planned. Our cost is much less. This is the first time in over thirty-five years we have faced this level of insufficient funds. I am seeking the Lord for long term direction.
This is the most fruitful season of life with many open doors, but His provision is lacking. I’m seriously waiting on the Lord for His leading.
Terry Baxter Freedom Quest Director
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Our time in Uganda is slipping away very fast. The students are drinking in the Freedom Quest Material while being set free from sinful bondage and being equipped for fruitful ministry.
I promised to give an update on funds needed to keep the very demanding schedule for the rest of 2026. The supply has trickled in very slowly. We are behind.
Yesterday, I had to notify the YWAM Director in Tanzania that we may have to cancel the two week long pastors conferences because of insufficient funds. The two conferences represent around 400 pastors.
He begged me to reconsider. I shared it would take a major financial miracle to move forward. I told him I would make a final decision next week when I return to the United States from Uganda.
The second two weeks in Tanzania are still being planned. Our cost is much less. This is the first time in over thirty-five years we have faced this level of insufficient funds. I am seeking the Lord for long term direction.
This is the most fruitful season of life with many open doors, but His provision is lacking. I’m seriously waiting on the Lord for His leading.
Terry Baxter Freedom Quest Director
Sent from my iPhone
The Great Comparison
May 7, 2026
The Great Comparison
“18) For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind, 19) and to the blast of a trumpet and the sound of words which sound was such that those who heard begged that no further word be spoken to them.
22) But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, 23) to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, 24) and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel.” Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24
This text establishes the difference between the old system and the new. It does not work to mix or blend them. The new is built on the old, but the dynamics are different.
Take some time and compare the two in this text. We are in the church age. We cannot study the church without pondering this text it always causes me great joy and wonder. Our blessings “in Christ” are beyond comprehension! What Jesus built is much greater than what Moses Built.
Daily Bible Commentary By Terry Baxter: Cofounder of GoServ Global
Sent from my iPhone
“18) For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind, 19) and to the blast of a trumpet and the sound of words which sound was such that those who heard begged that no further word be spoken to them.
22) But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, 23) to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, 24) and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel.” Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24
This text establishes the difference between the old system and the new. It does not work to mix or blend them. The new is built on the old, but the dynamics are different.
Take some time and compare the two in this text. We are in the church age. We cannot study the church without pondering this text it always causes me great joy and wonder. Our blessings “in Christ” are beyond comprehension! What Jesus built is much greater than what Moses Built.
Daily Bible Commentary By Terry Baxter: Cofounder of GoServ Global
Sent from my iPhone
