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Are You Overwhelmed With Life?

God fits everything into a pattern for our good. Have you heard of the devotional book “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young.  For many years, Kathy and I read daily selections from this book. This one below from last month’s readings seems especially relevant to today’s challenges and blessings. Let me share a few lines from…

A Great Word by John Fenn:

“Jesus will stand to accuse, and then sit to render judgment.  2 Corinthians 5:10 reads: ‘For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for the things he did while in his body, good or bad.’ So we don’t come before Jesus Who we expect to…

I Am a Minister of “The Gospel”

When people contact me for prayer or whenever I phone them and they desire prayer, I listen to their need or complaint. Then the compassion of the Lord overtakes me. At that point I intercede and take their need directly to the Throne of Grace and pray for God’s help and intervention for their situation.…

Our Spiritual Authority

Continuing on my posts of late: Spiritually speaking, we are seated with Christ at the right hand of Father God, and have been given authority over the invisible powers of darkness operating in the heavenly realms (Ephesians 1:20-23, 2:6, 6:12). If we are not aware of the spiritual battle for our souls we are in…

In Heavenly Places

“These phrases in Ephesians that contain the phrase ‘heavenly places’ are fascinating when read consecutively:  “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and seated…

“Deliverance” or “Manipulation?”

Have you heard of deliverance ministries-those where “ministers” claim to discern demons, generational curses, and similar issues in people? My view is that many of these are not ministering the pure deliverance message of Jesus. Instead, they often speak from their own minds and imaginations, sometimes even engaging in harmful or “evil” speech. Demons are…

The Faith of God

Our responsibility is to hear and respond to the Lord’s call by faith. But how do believers hear God’s voice — that “still, small voice” we so often hear about? For me, I’ve never heard Him audibly, though I realize some have. Scripture teaches that faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of…

When Did NT Believers Meet for “Church”?

It’s only natural for the followers of Jesus to meet on the day of his resurrection which was the very center of there belief (even today this is the main day for a majority of all the Christians to worship.) The Apostle Paul and the Christians of Troas, gathered on the Lord’s Day (Sunday) “to…

God Is In the NOW!

Thank God, that He has written in His Word that WE WIN! But I’m not just saying that we win ultimately in the end when we go to Heaven. We are winners right NOW. We have Christ in us. We have the Holy Spirit to guide and direct our steps. We have access to Father…

Be Compassionate

Recently I asked the Lord to give me even more compassion than I have had in the past. Here are a few Bible verses about our care for others. “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you” ~~ Ephesians 4:32. “Finally, all of you, be like-minded,…

God’s Promises for You

These powerful scriptures are perfect! “This is what God says, the God who builds a road right through the ocean, who carves a path through pounding waves, the God who summons horses and chariots and armies — they lie down and then can’t get up; they’re snuffed out like so many candles: ‘Forget about what’s…

Romans 6:16

Thank You Jesus that Your Holy Spirit “testifies with our spirit that we are the children of God!” We have an inner witness, a revelation, and assurance that confirms our identity as co-heirs with Christ. Therefore we have confidence in this deep, personal, spiritual confirmation that God dwells in us and that we truly have…

Blessings in Deuteronomy 11

The Lord says, “Keep every commandment which I command you today, that you may be strong, and go in and possess the land” ~~ vs-7.  “Teach these words to your children” ~~ vs. 19a. “For if you carefully keep all these commandments which I command you to do—to love the Lord your God, to walk…

Our Fortress of Invincibility

We benefit from the Holy Spirit’s Guidance System. The Lord loves us and cares for us — and for all who put their trust in Him.  We hear from God. Every morning I listen for His voice; and where and when He guides, He provides. That is His promise! Now, the Bible also says that there…

Transformation

God has taken me from being a seemingly insignificant skinny kid and has led and guided me, grown me, and prepared me to be an intercessor and prayer warrior for His glory. In His perfect way and timing, what may have appeared to be delayed was not actually denied because God was working behind the…