The Spirit of Jesus expects us to look to Him for wisdom and strength and direction and the ability to manifest what Paul called His fruit. He wants to lead us all the time. If we are just thinking of being led by Him when we have a tough situation that we can’t figure out without Him, we are likely […]
The day I encountered Jesus and became a follower of His, I surrendered to Him as a King and as a Savior. The poor chump who was the “minister” of the congregation whose building Jesus met me in thought it was funny the next Sunday when I told him that I had gotten saved the week before. He thought everybody […]
Contemporary Roman Mythology has influenced many generations directly and through the daughters of the church of Rome with great fear of hell. Even after being born of Yahweh, victims continue to fear the lake of fire up to their last breath. Popes created the fear factor to keep their subjects dependent on them for salvation. You need one of their […]
Everyone can probably help someone along the way who is younger or less informed or lost. Not everyone is a leader, though. Not every leader is a good leader, either. The best leaders are not the ones with the most followers. The best ones are the ones who have equipped the most leaders. If you are a leader, and you […]
If you have some sense of what your God has called you to be and to do in the earth, you are farther along than perhaps 8 out of 10 believers. Still, to know is not to be nor to do. The most important thing you can do is to start the preparation and then the work. The second most […]
We are servants of the King of Heaven and Earth. Religion typically teaches that a minister is in charge, but minister is a foreign word for servant. On good days, we can step into the place of being a servant. We can even enjoy serving Jesus by serving the least of His people at times. A good test of our […]
When Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around Him while He was by the sea. One of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at His feet and kept begging Him, “My little daughter is at death’s door. Come and lay Your hands on her […]
He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and most important commandment. The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.(Matthew 22:37-39 HCSB ©®) Why did Jesus say that loving your neighbor as you love yourself is a command that is […]
The grace of God that we have needed in our sin and our deadness was grace of His sacrifice. After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them: “Brothers, you are aware that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the gospel message and believe. […]
May grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. For His divine power has given us everything required for life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness.(2 Peter 1:2-3 HCSB ©®)