Have you ever seen horses running wild in a field or maybe watched it on a video or movie? It seems great fun: manes waving gracefully in the wind, and tails held high and flowing. Sometimes they even shake their beautiful heads. Are you like these wild ponies? Do you shake your head “NO” to God as you run away to do as you please? It is fun to be selfish and willful at times, BUT if you “come” when…..
In the book of Ezra, when he comes on the scene, the Word says in Ezra 7:10, “For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statues and judgments” (KJV). Because he did this, and Ezra was living in the time of favor with King Artaxerxes, we read that the “hand of the Lord was upon him” in Ezra 7:6, and 7:28. What does it mean to…..
The Lord has many desires for those who love Him. He speaks to us through Hosea 6:6, “Loyalty is my desire, not sacrifice, not whole-offerings but the knowledge of God” (NEB). We can sacrifice all our time, effort, and money to the things of God, but what He really desires is for us to give Him our minds and heart, and to get to KNOW HIM. Spend time communicating with God, and everything else will fall into place. Seek to…..
When you pray and grieve because of the evil around you, God puts a special mark on your forehead, which might be called a special “love” tatoo. It actually keeps you from His Wrath. When angels see that mark, they are instructed to, “touch no one who bears the mark” (Ezekiel 9:6, NEB). I believe that this is true in our time also. If sin causes you to grieve over another person’s sins, and you begin to intercede, or come…..
We are nearing the beginning of a New Age in the earth. We who are here were chosen by God to be here at this time, and Jesus warned us many times to “not fear.” He said in Matthew 24:1-14: “The time is coming when you will hear the noise of battle near at hand and the news of battles far away; see that you are not alarmed. Such things are bound to happen; but the end is still to…..
To possess means to occupy, dominate, or control (a person) from within (dictionary.com). What possesses you? Is it the news, media of some sort, education, Google, sports, exercise, TV, movies, work, porn, drugs, coffee, sugar, Facebook, rock or country music? What occupies most of your time and energy? Who dominates you with their opinions? What controls the direction of your life? When you are at the end of your life, what are people going to say about you and what…..
You can have the keys to a brand new car, but until you put them in the ignition, or push the start button, nuttin’ is going to happen. You are the instigator of the action which starts the motor. Jesus has given us keys to the kingdom of Heaven which can be used here on earth by believers in Him. They are a very precious gift that He earned and freely gives to us to use against the devil. He…..
The word defer means to to put off an action until a future time, or to show respect or to go in a different direction (dictionary.com). We can defer to God. We can decide to show honor to Him, and not do what our flesh wants or needs, but to do what God has shown us in our hearts is right. Isaiah 45:13 speaks prophetically of Jesus, “I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his…..
On your worst day, you are still bigger than the devil. How can I say that? This truth comes by faith in God’s Words. If He says it, it has to be the Gospel Truth. Either you believe the Bible, or not. You choose. If you choose to believe just a little part here or there, then you might as well chuck the whole thing out! Really. How dare us to think that we can pick and choose what is…..
Jesus said an amazing thing in John 7:38, “He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water” (KJV). If this scripture is meditated on, it will bring itself to pass, because the Word never returns void (Isaiah 55:11). There is a river spoken of in Ezekiel, which is also the river of life-giving, or living water. Ezekiel 47:9 states, “And it shall come to pass, that everything that liveth,…..