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Trust in God Pays Dividends

God desire to restore your dreams. He has promised to take care of everything that concerns you. When we cast our cares on Him and trust Him to work out every detail of our lives, we are better able to enjoy that precious sleep that He has for us every night; and our daily spiritual…

Fear Nothing At All!

Remember the promise of Psalms 91:5–10: We don’t need to fear the terror of night, the dangers of day, disease, or destruction. Even when thousands fall around us, God is our refuge and protection so that no plague will come near our dwelling. Does this really apply to us? Yes. Through Jesus, God has already…

The Coming Reformation of America

I’m called to teach, model, and live out God’s ways in families, business, education, and media—not by imposing laws, but by sharing His principles and living a life of prayer and intercession. Salvation opens the door, but discipleship brings maturity. New believers are hungry for truth and want to do God’s will, so we must…

The Word Fast

Today I share a few lines from a book written by my longtime ORU friend – Tim Cameron – titled “The Forty Day Word Fast” “Complaining disconnects our communication with the Lord. It’s akin to taking a pair of snips and cutting a telephone cable cleanly into two pieces. No signal can transmit to the…

The Faithfulness of God

These wonderful scripture passages remind us of God’s love and faithfulness.  “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness”  ~~ Lamentations 3:22-23. “I will declare that Your love stands firm forever, that You have established Your faithfulness in heaven…

Take No Thought??

The Bible says “Take no thought!” Don’t take the pressure of forethought upon yourself. It is not only wrong to worry, it is infidelity, because worrying means that we think that God can’t look after the practical details of our lives. Have you ever noticed what Jesus said would choke the Word He puts in?…

Be Encouraged Today!

There are YET seasons of favor and increase planned by God for your future! It turns out recently God removed some the clutter from my life so I could better hear His voice. As I praise and worship Him, He gives me peace that passes all understanding. Remember the song by Andre Crouch: “Through It…

Don’t Panic! This Is Only a Test! 

Even though we walk by faith, sometimes our circumstances are very serious. Then if we panic we only make things worse! But as we maintain our peace and trust God, we allow Him to work everything out for our good and His glory. God is the Author of peace and our very present help in…

How to Deal With Negative Circumstances

For myself, I speak words of faith such as: “It may look bad right now but this is not the way it’s staying. God will help me to overcome this situation. In the meantime God is giving me the grace and ability to continue to trust Him.” Therefore I say by faith these scriptures: “l…

Jesus’ Resurrection

Thank God that in Christ we have become a new creation! It is true that through Jesus’ death on the cross our sins were fully forgiven — His shed blood brought cleansing, mercy, and forgiveness from sin. Yet the full reality of our new life was revealed and secured through His Resurrection. Before the Resurrection,…

Today Is My Wedding Anniversary!

Although my precious wife Kathy is now with the Lord, today I am thanking God for the 50+ years of our marriage.  Rejoice with me! “Husbands, love your wives” ~~ Colossians 3:19a (ESV).       “husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself…” ~~ Ephesians 5:28b…

Our New Life in Christ

God, the Author of life, wants us to live our lives to the fullest — to live in abundance! So no matter what, give Him praise for our eternal life! Thank Him daily — even now, and praise Him for the blessings you DO have — for His joy and peace, for His love for…

We Do Our Part, Then We Trust God

Often, when I’m praying for people on the phone, they would ask me why after prayer they didn’t yet received the answer. Maybe someone that their church prayed for them, maybe someone on a national telephone prayer line, maybe it was me through the ministry I represent who previously prayed for them. At any rate,…

Citizens of Heaven

We believers have been translated out of the kingdom of darkness, and are entirely new creation of the Lord being established in the Kingdom of God.  While in the body we are subject to temptations to sin. But our salvation is secure because we are citizens of the Heavenly Kingdom. Hallelujah!  “This is the life-giving…