Proverbs 22:9 has an interesting phrase in it. In the Holman Christian Standard Bible, it reads: A generous person will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor. Young’s Literal Translation left a picture untouched in it, though: The good of eye — he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor. The person […]
Some believers, probably with the gift of evangelism, are very upset over something they call the “Social Gospel.” It upsets them because it is not focused on evangelism. Of course… Some believers, probably with gifts of teacher or pastor, are upset that the church is seeming to be irrelevant to the culture it encounters in our towns and cities and […]
Have you ever suffered the effects of what people call a “tension headache”? How often does it come from the tension between what God has said to us He desires to see happening in the earth, and the contrast of what we actually see happening in the earth?
When Jesus was being tortured to death by soldiers employed by Rome, something else was happening in another dimension. Jesus had ordained a few acolytes to help Him offer a Sacrifice. The soldiers became the acolytes. They became part of the process of offering an Eternal Sacrifice. The Lamb who was slain before the foundation of the world entered that […]
C. Peter Wagner, in his book This Changes Everything – How God Can Transform your Mind and Change Your Life (Regal Books, ©2013 Peter Wagner), offered this list of American Jewish people’s leadership accomplishments: Jews make up only 2% of the American population, yet 45% of the top 40 Forbes richest Americans are Jewish 33% of American multimillionaires are tallied […]
I am convinced that one reason why Yahweh never seems to be upset by the fact that Jacob stole his elder brother’s inheritance is because Esau insulted Yahweh by not valuing it. The heritage that we have received from believing parents or grandparents is part of our spiritual inheritance. The character and mindset that our mentors had as they influenced […]
If we knew we only had one day to live, that knowledge would likely affect the choices we made about how to spend that most valuable day. Wisdom would demand that we seek the Spirit of the Lord for advice about how to spend that day, and we would count it off in hours first, but soon in minutes. Any […]
Naaman, commander of the army for the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded because through him, the Lord had given victory to Aram. The man was a brave warrior, but he had a skin disease. Aram had gone on raids and brought back from the land of Israel a young girl who […]
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation; because by Him everything was created, in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities— all things have been created through Him and for Him. He is before all things, and by Him all things hold together. He […]
Happy the person who finds wisdom, the person who acquires understanding; for her profit exceeds that of silver, gaining her is better than gold, she is more precious than pearls — nothing you want can compare with her. Long life is in her right hand, riches and honor in her left. Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths […]