May our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal encouragement and good hope by grace, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good work and word. (2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 HCSB ©®)
Paul had a revelation that he shared with the Roman Church in chapter 8 of his letter to them: that for Jew or gentile, the righteous requirements of the law are fully met in us if we walk after the Spirit, not after the flesh. “When we have a set of rules, we don’t need the Holy Spirit, because we […]
Ben Simonton has managed people and taught others to manage people for a few decades. Some of his ideas include, “You can’t ‘engage’ an employee. You can only create an environment in which an employee can and will become engaged,” and “’Turned on’ people figure out how to beat the competition. ‘Turned off’ people only complain about being beaten by […]
Rome has been deemed by millions through millennia to be a city that is magical and royal and spiritual and holy. Supernatural. The gods thought of it as a door into the earth. In terms defined by the Kingdom of Heaven, most of what it represents and has represented is dark and deceptive and evil. It was raised up for […]
The best relationships I have had were the ones in which the other person felt greater or stronger or more important or more valuable when they were with me. When they feel smaller or less important or weaker, I have harmed them. “As the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you. Remain in My love. If you keep […]
Jesus said, “Everyone who drinks from this water will get thirsty again. But whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will never get thirsty again—ever! In fact, the water I will give him will become a well of water springing up within him for eternal life.”(John 4:13-14 HCSB ©®) I am the living bread that came down […]
Now those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. If they had been remembering that land they came from, they would have had opportunity to return. But they now aspire to a better land—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them. […]
Despising singularity, some people marry. Discovering the cost of relationships and community, some people divorce. As we mature in life, there are times of being liberated from habits and deceptions and relationships that are powerful enough to change our identity. Other times are events of being brought under the power of the love of Jesus and given freedom to be […]
Most of the people I know are more interested in their pasts than their presents or futures. Most people who want some move of the Spirit in the land are hoping for the revival of something that died or has been lost or neglected. I think that the people of Jesus need to be getting ready for what’s next, not […]
“Who then is a faithful and sensible slave, whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give them food at the proper time? That slave whose master finds him working when he comes will be rewarded. I assure you: He will put him in charge of all his possessions.”(Matthew 24:45-47 HCSB ©®) Moreover, dear friends, do not […]