If you truly love the LORD, your heart is probably grieved by most of the things you see on television. There are great rays of hope, but most of the news is “bad news,” where the name of the LORD is obscured in order to not be offensive to those who don’t believe. Wowsers! Let’s remember that we need to pray without ceasing for the LORD to open eyes and change hearts so that when these unbelievers stand before the…..
There are two massive opposing forces in the universe. Faith and fear. Fear is being more aware of the power of the devil and his buddies to do evil, than being aware of God’s supreme power and the ability of His Word combined with the Blood of Jesus to destroy evil. Revelation 11:12 states: “And they overcame him [the devil] by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their own lives…..
Birds have to flap their wings in order to take off in flight. A space rocket must also put out tremendous power in order to break away from gravity. Every true work of God is going to take a lot of effort in the beginning, and will seemingly be impossible except with the LORD’s help. The bird never stops flapping until it catches a strong breeze which will take it where it needs to go. The space rocket will get…..
In every relationship, in every chance meeting, in every God-connection, see ’em with God’s eyes. I can judge people all day long according to my own intelligence and righteousness, but in the end, all that hard work is totally worthless trash. God created us, and He doesn’t create junk. He sees the potential He placed within us, and the influences, both evil and good, that we have lived with and are guided by. Seek the LORD’s view at all times…..
Human beings like to be comfortable: economically, socially, physically, and spiritually. We like to snuggle into routines, thought patterns, and keeping the same thing the same thing. God, however is in to multiplication, growth, and advancement of wisdom and knowledge of Him, and therefore we are always pushed to NOT become comfortable in our physical world, but to accept that the Status Quo (our physical world) will be constantly changing. When tribulation comes, it is an ripe opportunity to grow…..
When you want your money to multiply, you invest it to get interest. When you want your knowledge of God to multiply, you invest in reading the WORD, sitting under Holy, Godly teachers and preachers, and learning how to pray more, and pray more productively. I had gone to church all my life, but when I finally read the Bible through at 28, I felt like my entire world had changed. There was stuff in there that was so powerful…..
Adam and Eve had a huge test, and it all had to do with an apple. It is so natural to want to eat more than you should, and eat things that are not so good for you. They are addicting, and taste good to the flesh. God, however, asks that we fast for breakthrough, knowledge, and closeness to Him. We need to cross-over into the spiritual realm, and that is aided tremendously when we deny our flesh what it…..
You gotta push into the things of God. If you think it is all “la la la” easy, you are wrong! The enemy of your soul will fight with all he has in order to keep you from pressing into God, and loving Him with all your heart. There are deep treasures of wisdom and knowledge to be found, and unlimited supernatural power in the Most Holy Places, but you can’t stay in the shallow end of salvation and receive…..
aWhen you are driving on a busy 6-lane highway in a large city, you don’t want to be distracted, even for a moment. If you look at a text, or pick something up off the floor, you can cause a massive wreck, perhaps killing yourself and others. You could even fly off an embankment, or hit a culvert, flipping your car end over end. So it is with the intensely busy highways of life. The prophet Daniel described it when…..
There are times when God uses hard things to test us. It is easy to serve him when everything is going well, but when the going gets rough, the tough get going. Will you believe when things look bleak? Will you serve Him and love Him when you can’t see one foot in front of you? Will you praise Him like Job when all is taken away? In every situation, there is a choice to trust. We have to choose…..