In 1975, Bill Bright and Loren Cunningham, both leaders of international ministries committed to evangelism and discipleship, individually received revelation on a day before they were planning to meet for lunch. They each felt that they should share the idea they had received with the other. The idea was that there are seven “mind molders” (Cunningham) or “world kingdoms” (Bright) […]
Three reasons there is always a desert between the place of hearing an instruction or promise from Yahweh and the fulfillment or acquisition of that promise or purpose are so that we can learn more about Who Yahweh is, about who He says we are, and about what our purposes and goals are when we enter the place we have […]
O Death, where is your victory? O Death, where is your sting? Now the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ! Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work, knowing that your labor in […]
James had this advice about selfish ambition: Who is wise and understanding among you? He should show his works by good conduct with wisdom’s gentleness. But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t brag and lie in defiance of the truth. Such wisdom does not come down from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. For […]
Amy Carmichael served Jesus faithfully and effectively in India until 1951. She knew Him well and shared that knowledge with all who would listen. Some of her knowledge of Him includes: “You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.” “Satan is much more in earnest than we are – he buys up the opportunity while we are […]
Amy Carmichael was born in Ireland in 1867, and died in India in 1951. She understood that difficulties in life are our trip with Jesus through the desert of preparation. The more we take advantage of the difficulties as opportunities to be with Him, the more they make us like Him. This poem of hers is called “No Scar?” Hast […]
When something is “on ice,” it is in a place of preservation. A conversation that is on ice is temporarily or permanently delayed from continuing. A deal that is on ice is settled or established. How much of your life is a settled issue? What expectations are unquestionable? What promised things are not in need of defense, since they cannot […]
When Paul wrote the following instructions to the congregations he had launched in Colossae, he clearly had in mind that believers should be easy to pick out of a crowd. Not because they wore their hair in buns, or had long dresses, or had a fine selection of “church hats.” Because they had their minds so set on another dimension […]
Today I read some of Philip Schaff’s “History of the Christian Church.” It saddened me to see his account of the migration of congregations from meeting in each other’s homes to the building of temples that were clearly inspired by the same designs used to worship Saturn or Zeus or Dianna: Let us glance first at the places of public […]
You need me on days. And I need you. We need the Holy Spirit in each other. We can’t see everything well. The two ways we can find in the teachings of Jesus on getting rid of sight-limiting items in our eyes are: If its a log, remove it yourself If its a speck, get some help from another believer […]