There is so much going on in the spiritual realm right now. I have been being impressed over and over how the devil is looking for cracks and holes and invitations into people’s lives to take them down, but Jesus is hovering over this earth because the harvest is ready and He wants more souls for eternity. It is an OBVIOUS battle between good and evil. Witches and warlocks are praying over territories right now openly. In this moment…
1 Peter 5 1 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: 2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; 3 Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. 4 And…
“So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss. If you only know yourself, but not your opponent, you may win or may lose. If you know neither yourself nor your enemy, you will always endanger yourself.” – Sun Tzu, The Art of War The question is not whether you want to be in this war. Everyone is in it. That’s why we are told to…
“Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my…
When are your battles won? When is the test aced? When is a marathon won? When is a car’s crashworthiness proven? BEFORE the battle. BEFORE the test. BEFORE the race. BEFORE the crash. How you get through your battles in life, your tests… how you run your race, and how you survive your crashes will not be determined at the time of the battles, tests, races or crashes, but will be determined by how ready and prepared you are. Parents,…
We’ve all been there. Blown it. Irreparably. Can’t fix it; can’t undo it. Other times, we’ve been the brunt of someone else blowing it. Someone has hurt us. Badly. Irreparably. Can’t fix it; can’t undo it. We are stuck. Stuck in a RUT. Two different times this week, I’ve heard it said that God doesn’t give us more than we can bear. Then why does it seem we just can’t bear it? Because God didn’t SAY some things wouldn’t be…
This message needs to be shouted from the rooftops! See Leslie Vernick’s website for more help on dealing with abusive and troubled relationships… Leslie Vernick These days we are influenced by a culture of talk and tweets. We’re told to express our feelings, hold nothing back. We’ve all seen in national news how people’s unrestrained talk and tweets get them into public hot water. Every day I see the relational fallout that comes from thoughtless, foolish, deceitful, and cruel words….
Influence: the capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something. One day, I was trying to turn around a median in an unfamiliar area, when I realized I had gone the wrong way around the median. The worst thing was is that three cars were following me! That is the way our lives are: our lives are like a book that is read by others, making a huge impact for good or bad.[1]…
Don’t let the world around you squeeze you into its own mold, but let God re-mold your minds from within, so that you may prove in practice that the plan of God for you is good, meets all his demands and moves towards the goal of true maturity. (Romans 12.1 Phillips) Anyone who claims to be intimate with God ought to live the same kind of life Jesus lived. (1 John 2.6 MSG) Time. 24/7. A precious commodity. When we…
Be a Barnabas Joseph, a descendant of Levi, had been born on the island of Cyprus. The apostles called him Barnabas, which means “a person who encourages. He sold his field and gave the money to the apostles for the work of God.[1] He was a prophet and a teacher (Acts 13.1). When all the disciples were afraid of Paul after his conversion, it was Barnabas that took him and explained his conversion and verified his testimony.[2] Here is the…
