A Properly Requisitioned Future

Today and tonight, the Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead will be at work in people who are related to your future. For some readers, this may include a spouse. For some, a coworker in a business or other ministry. Some will include people who will be driving while you are driving, or cooking food that you will eat […]

Ask. Seek. Knock.

One night, Jesus prayed through the night to discern which of His disciples would be the first of His apostles (Luke 6:12-16). He trained them to lead the ekklesia that He told them He was building. He prophesied over them that they would each rule over a tribe of Israel in His Kingdom. Even Judas. On the night before his […]

Offense or Defense?

Health maintenance is a billions-dollars industry in the United States. Diets, Drugs, Diagnoses, Dollars. The industry includes people’s ideas about “natural” health aids. I worked for a physician for a few years. He needed a new Physicians’ Desk Reference volume each year. It included indications for which certain drugs were prescribed, prescription strengths based on weight and age, and interactions […]

Being Bored

A young friend of mine recently created several bits of online content with a video app because she was bored. That’s what the titles to the content indicated. The content was not really very interesting. It will likely make our lives improve in many ways if we turn to the Spirit in conversation when we are bored. He invented the […]

Eternity’s View

From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that it is necessary for Him to go away to Jerusalem, and to suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and to be killed, and to be raised on the third day. And Peter having taken Him aside, began to rebuke Him, saying, “Far be it […]

Having & Being Had

Most of the modern church happily exists in the same situation, condition & strength displayed by believers in Acts chapter 1, unaware of the differences they could experience in each of those categories if they were to live through the experiences in Acts chapter 2. We cannot believe and be saved from our sin if the Holy Spirit is not […]

Gnarly Trees Have Great Views

Trees that grow in pine fields fight for sunlight at their tops and wither from lack of it at their bottoms. Planted in rows, they are usually pretty all alike, because their opportunities are pretty similar. The ones that are at the edge of the field, though, get sun down their sides. Their limbs and needles stay alive a bit […]

Ruling Over Death

When Jesus took His disciples north of Israel to Caesarea Philippi, He took them to one of several places on the planet where there was a cave from which water flowed or a very deep lake that the Greeks called a Gate of Hades (Matthew 16:13-20). It is still there, and is still called a Gate of Hades. There is […]

Free to Change

Just as Jesus turned water into wine, He is capable of turning wine into work and groceries and a home. He sets captives free to find life and purpose and family. Pray for someone who needs freedom from some slavery. Expect miracles.

Just Like Jesus

It would probably be good to read this every morning: This is My command: love one another as I have loved you.(John 15:12 HCSB ©®) When we decide to love each other the way Jesus loves us, life will take a leap into new awesomeness for us all.